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| Timeline for 1957 |
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1957 was the official start of humanity's space age. (DWAN: Inter-Galactic Cat)
Noel Coward met Iris Wildthyme at the Royal Variety Performance at some point this year. They immediately became friends. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
Douglas Caldwell, a member of Torchwood One, died in 1957. (TW: To the Last Man)
Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)
The Doctor owned a map of Paris from 1957. (NA: The Death of Art)
Behind the scenes
January
- 1 - Janet Fielding, who played companion Tegan Jovanka, was born in Brisbane, Australia.
March
- 10 - Andrew Boxer ( Robin Stuart in DW: Arc of Infinity) was born.
- 24 - Christine Kavanagh (Aram in DW: Timelash) was born
- 29 - Yolande Palfrey (Janet in DW: Terror of the Vervoids) was born.
April
- 6 - Glen Murphy (Dibber in DW: The Mysterious Planet) was born.
May
- 5 - Richard E. Grant, who played two BBC-authorised yet non-canonical Doctors, was born.
- 12 - Sneh Gupta (Osborn in DW: Resurrection of the Daleks) is born.
June
- 5 - Steven Pacey (Trevor in BFA: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth) was born.
- 19 - The Army Game debuted on UK television. The series co-stared William Hartnell in what became his best-known role prior to Doctor Who.
- 23 - Leee John (Mansell in DW: Enlightenment) was born.
July
26 - Nana Visitor (Olivia Colasanto in TW: Immortal Sins and TW: End of the Road) was born.
August
- 24 - Stephen Fry was born.
September
- 15 - Dorota Rae (Lavel in DW: Battlefield) was born.
December
- 6 - Arabella Weir was born in San Francisco.