| Timeline for 1949 |
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Events
- Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
- Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
- Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, a future companion of the First Doctor, was born in the north of England. (PROSE: Salvation)
Behind the scenes
January
- 16 - Actress Caroline Munro was born.
February
- 6 February - Actress Carmen Gómez was born.
March
- 15 - Actor John Duttine was born.
April
- 14 - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
- 29 - Actress Anita Dobson was born.
May
- 13 - Actress Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City.
- 24 - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
- 24 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.
June
- 10 - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
- 13 - Actor Simon Callow was born.
- 21 - Actress Stacey Tendeter was born.
July
- 3 - Actress Susan Penhaligon was born.
- 11 - Actor Eden Phillips was born.
August
- 4 - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
- 23 - Actor Christopher Blake was born.
September
- 23 - Actress Floella Benjamin was born.
- 26 - Actress Anne Robinson was born.
October
- 14 - Actress Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey.
December
- 12 - Actor Bill Nighy was born.