1946

Events

In 1964, Sir Toby Kinsella and his old school friend Professor Jeffrey Broderick shared a bottle of single malt brewed in France during 1946 in the former's office in Whitehall. Sir Toby noted that it was the first post-World War II vintage. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence)

Elsewhere, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis was born to Mabel Ann Lewis. (TV: Ghost Machine)

Behind the scenes

January

• 18 - Andrew Tourell, who played Constable Cummings in TV: Black Orchid, was born.

February

• 1 - Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) was born.
• 27 - Tom Chadbon, an actor across media ranges in the Doctor Who universe, was born.

March

• 21 - Timothy Dalton, who played Rassilon in TV: The End of Time, was born.

April

• 5 - Jane Asher (Andrea Yates in TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?) was born.

May

• 1 - Joanna Lumley (the Thirteenth Doctor in TV: The Curse of Fatal Death) was born.
• 10 - Maureen Lipman was born.
• 13 - Tim Pigott-Smith was born.

June

• 1 - Brian Cox (the voice of the Ood Elder in TV: The End of Time) was born.
• 3 - Penelope Wilton, who played Harriet Jones, was born.
• 15 - Roy Holder was born.
• 16 - Simon Williams (Ian Gilmore in TV: Remembrance of the Daleks and various roles for Big Finish Productions) was born.
• 18 - Luan Peters (Chicki in TV: The Macra Terror and Sheila in Frontier in Space) was born.

July

• 12 - Everett DeRoche, who co-wrote TV: Fear Itself, was born.
• 18 - Dicken Ashworth (Sezon in TV: Timelash) was born.
• 28 - Kenny McBain was born.

August

• 13 - H. G. Wells died.
• 27 - Peter Craze, who appeared numerous times on the original Doctor Who television series and was the brother of Michael Craze, was born.

September

• 25 - Felicity Kendal was born.
• 26 - Togo Igawa was born.

October

• 4 - Roger Davenport (a Trooper in TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) was born.
• 16 - Tariq Yunus (Cass in TV: The Robots of Death) was born.

November

• 23 - Diana Quick was born.
• 25 - Brian Hibbard was born.
• 27 - Howard Attfield (Geoff Noble in TV: The Runaway Bride) was born.

December

• 13 - Peter Wragg, a visual effects designer for Doctor Who, was born.
• 16 - Richard Ireson was born.
• 29 - Jon Pertwee made his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.

Unknown date

• Martin Cochrane was born.