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Events
Doctor Who Universe
May
- The Doctor and Donna Noble, near the Dover cliffs in the UK, work to prevent a Nemonite invasion from derailing a Second World War counterattack called Operation Dynamo. (BBCR: The Nemonite Invasion)
- 27th May-4th June - British Army soldiers are evacuated from Dunkirk (noted by the Matrix in BFA: Neverland). The Doctor convinces Adolf Hitler to allow the evacuation to proceed. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus) The Doctor and Donna Noble prevent a Nemonite from disrupting the evacuation. (The Nemonite Invasion) The Doctor is present at the evacuation itself. (NA: Just War, PDA: Byzantium!)
December
- The Doctor visits Guernsey. (NA: Just War)
Unknown date
- The last in an eight year series of child abductions by the Pied Piper occurs in America. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)
Real World
January
- 11 - R.J. Bell is born.
- 19 - Mike Reid, who had an uncredited role as a soldier in DW: The War Machines and appeared as Frank Butcher in DW: Dimensions in Time is born in Hackney, London.
February
- 20 - Judy Cornwell is born.
March
- 13 - Christopher Gable is born.
April
- 2 - Sean Barry-Weske is born.
- 15 - Sean Caffrey is born.
- 26 - Harry Fielder is born.
May
- 18 - Ray Lonnen is born.
- 28 - Frank Cox is born.
June
- 4 - David Collings is born.
- 7 - Ronald Pickup, who played the physician in DW: The Reign of Terror, is born in Chester, England.
- 8 - Carole Ann Ford, who portrayed Susan Foreman, is born.
July
- 7 - Ringo Starr, who appeared as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.
- 28 - Brigit Forsyth is born.
- 31 - Louise Pajo is born.
August
- 9 - Bernard Holley is born.
- 18 - Barry Justice, who played King Charles IX in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, is born in Lucknow, India.
- 25 - John J. Carney is born.
September
- 3 - Pauline Collins, who played Samantha Briggs in DW: The Faceless Ones and Victoria in DW: Tooth and Claw, is born in Exmouth, Devon, England.
October
- 9 - John Lennon, who appeared as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.
- 12 - Gawn Grainger is born.
- 29 - Angela Douglas is born.
November
- 1 - Yvonne Antrobus is born.
- 17 - William Simons is born.
- 24 - Alan Lake is born.
December
- 11 - Tony Adams is born.
- 15 - Pennant Roberts is born.
Unknown date
- Mark Heath, who played Ralph in DW: The Moonbase, is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Barry Stanton is born.
- Ben Howard is born.
- John Gregg is born.