1942

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Timeline for 1942

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1942 was a year. World War II was being fought on Earth.

Events

In January, the Third Doctor encountered several Nazi soldiers in France. (COMIC: Timebenders ^[+]Loading...["Timebenders (comic story)"])

On 15 January, Charley Pollard arrived on the SS Batavia. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was ^[+]Loading...["The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)"])

On 28 July, the American Federation of Musicians' recording ban first started, banning American artists from recording music. (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues ^[+]Loading...["Atom Bomb Blues (novel)"])

On 24 December, Oskar Steinmann supervised the first test of a "flying bomb" at Peenemünde. (PROSE: Just War ^[+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

The German calendar for January 1942. (COMIC: Timebenders ^[+]Loading...["Timebenders (comic story)"])

Reports of vampires emerged from Romania. (TV: The Curse of Fenric ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"])

The British conducted a raid into occupied France. (PROSE: Survival ^[+]Loading...["Survival (novelisation)"])

The Doctor visited the labyrinth under Buda Castle, which was being used as a military hospital. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle ^[+]Loading...["The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)"])

Ben Jackson (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People ^[+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) and Polly Wright were born this year, (PROSE: The Murder Game ^[+]Loading...["The Murder Game (novel)"], AUDIO: Resistance ^[+]Loading...["Resistance (audio story)"]) as was Anthony Chambers. (AUDIO: The Reaping ^[+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])

Gerald Kneale died, becoming one of the few Torchwood Institute operatives not to be killed on active service. (COMIC: Rift War! (part six: circles) ^[+]Loading...{"part":"Six: Circles","1":"Rift War! (comic story)"})

One of the believed causes of the Time Fracture was a bomb or something more sinister detonating during the Blitz in 1942. (WC: Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! ^[+]Loading...["Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)"])