1935

Events

January

• The Doctor met Mao Tse-Tung during the Long March. (TV: The Mind of Evil)

March

• 10 - Death in the Clouds, a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, was first published. Although she had forgotten the events of her adventure with the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble in 1926, a subconscious memory of those events inspired her to write this book, which was destined to remain in print to the year 5,000,000,000. A facsimile edition of Death in the Clouds published in this year was obtained by the Doctor. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Unknown date

• Edward Travers uncovered the Great Intelligence and robot Yetis in Tibet. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear)

Behind the scenes

January

• 1 - Writer Dave Martin, who co-wrote many stories and co-created K9 with Bob Baker, was born in Birmingham.
• 5 - David Ryall (Carthok in AUDIO: Phantasmagoria) was born.

February

• 9 - Michael Imison, who would direct TV: The Ark, was born.

March

• 16 - Tristan de Vere Cole, who would direct TV: The Wheel in Space, was born.
• 24 - Rodney Bennett, who would direct three Doctor Who serials, was born.
• 25 - Susan Engel (Cessair in TV: The Stones of Blood) was born.
• 27 - Julian Glover, who played Richard the Lionheart in TV: The Crusade and Scaroth in TV: City of Death, was born in London.

April

• 18 - Harold Innocent, who played Gilbert M in TV: The Happiness Patrol, was born.
• 28 - Anthony Read (Doctor Who script editor) was born.

May

• 10 - Terrance Dicks, script editor of Doctor Who from 1968 to 1974 (apart from TV: The Space Pirates) and writer of scripts, novels and novelisations, was born in East Ham, Greater London.
• 19 - Michael Wisher, the first actor to play Davros, was born.
• 28 - Anne Reid (Nurse Crane in TV: The Curse of Fenric) was born.

June

• 1 - Glenn Beck, who played the TV announcer in TV: The Tenth Planet, was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada.
• 2 - Roger Brierley (Trevor in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) was born.
• 19 - Derren Nesbitt, who played Tegana in TV: Marco Polo, was born in London.

July

• 1 - Dave Prowse (the Minotaur in TV: The Time Monster) was born.
• 6 - Derrick Goodwin (director of TV: The Invisible Enemy) was born.
• 19 - Peter Birrel was born.

August

• 5 - Wanda Ventham (Jean Rock in TV: The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome and the Fendahl Core in TV: Image of the Fendahl and Faroon in TV: Time and the Rani) was born.
• 16 - Janet Henfrey (Miss Hardaker in TV: The Curse of Fenric) was born.
• 30 - Anna Barry (Anat in TV: Day of the Daleks) was born.

September

• 27 - Frank Wylie (Ruther in TV: Castrovalva) was born.

October

• 29 - Michael Jayston, who has played the Valeyard in many stories, was born.

November

• 27 - Verity Lambert, the first producer of Doctor Who, was born in London.

Unknown Date

• David Brierley, who provided the voice of K9 Mark II during Season 17 of Doctor Who, was born in Yorkshire, England.
• Margot Van der Burgh, who played Cameca in TV: The Aztecs and Katura in TV: The Keeper of Traken, was born in London.
• Graham Armitage, who played Barney in TV: The Macra Terror, was born in Manchester.
• George Roubicek was born.
• Johnny Byrne was born.
• Moris Farhi was born.
• Norman Jones was born.