1940

Timeline for 1940

20th century | 1940s

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Events

May

• The Doctor and Donna Noble, near the Dover cliffs in the UK, worked 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 were evacuated from Dunkirk (this event was noted by the Matrix as a significant part of the Web of Time. (BFA: Neverland) The Seventh Doctor convinced Adolf Hitler to allow the evacuation to proceed. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus) The First Doctor was present at the evacuation itself. (NA: Just War, PDA: Byzantium!)

October

• 12th October - The New Regency Theatre, which had been owned and operated by the late Henry Gordon Jago towards the end of the 19th century, was destroyed in the Blitz, as was the hotel next to it. (JAL: Swan Song)

December

• The Doctor visited Guernsey. (NA: Just War)
• A Berserker Pendant was lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of Park Vale Comprehensive School. (SJA: The Mark of the Berserker)

Unknown dates

• The last in an eight year series of child abductions by the Pied Piper occured in America. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)

Behind the scenes

January

• 11 - R.J. Bell was born.
• 19 - Mike Reid, who had an uncredited role as a soldier in DW: The War Machines and appewered as Frank Butcher in DW: Dimensions in Time was born in Hackney, London.

February

• 20 - Judy Cornwell was born.

March

• 13 - Christopher Gable was born.

April

• 2 - Sean Barry-Weske was born.
• 15 - Sean Caffrey was born.
• 26 - Harry Fielder was born.

May

• 18 - Ray Lonnen was born.
• 28 - Frank Cox was born.

June

• 4 - David Collings was born.
• 7 - Ronald Pickup, who played the physician in DW: The Reign of Terror, was born in Chester, England.
• 8 - Carole Ann Ford, who portrayed Susan Foreman, was born.

July

• 7 - Ringo Starr, who appeared as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, was born in Liverpool.
• 28 - Brigit Forsyth was born.
• 31 - Louise Pajo was born.

August

• 9 - Bernard Holley was born.
• 18 - Barry Justice, who played King Charles IX in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, was born in Lucknow, India.
• 25 - John J. Carney was born.

September

• 3 - Pauline Collins, who played Samantha Briggs in DW: The Faceless Ones and Victoria in DW: Tooth and Claw, was born in Exmouth, Devon, England.

October

• 9 - John Lennon, who appewered as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, was born in Liverpool.
• 12 - Gawn Grainger was born.
• 29 - Angela Douglas was born.

November

• 1 - Yvonne Antrobus was born.
• 17 - William Simons was born.
• 24 - Alan Lake was born.

December

• 11 - Tony Adams was born.
• 15 - Pennant Roberts was born.

Unknown date

• Mark Heath, who played Ralph in DW: The Moonbase, was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Barry Stanton was born.
• Ben Howard was born.
• John Gregg was born.