1942

Events

Doctor Who Universe

November

• Reports of vampires emerged out of Romania. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

December

• 24th December - Oskar Steinmann supervised the first test of a "flying bomb" at Peenemunde., (NA: Just War)

Unknown Date

• Ben Jackson was born in this year. (MA: Invasion of the Cat-People)
• Summer - In an alternate timeline, the allied leaders met in a secret bunker underneath Washington, D.C.. With no common enemy to fight against, relations between the Soviets, Americans and British broke down and the centre of the debate was the Ironsides. Neither Stalin or Truman were keen to allow such powerful weapons to be the property of the British Army alone, but the Ironsides' insistance that under no circumstances would they relocate from the United Kingdom meant that Churchill had no choice but to agree to their destruction. (DWAN: Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011)

See also

• World War II

Real World

January

• 25 - John Owens is born.

February

• 7 - Gareth Hunt is born.
• 14 - Michael E. Briant is born.
• 16 - Patricia Maynard is born.
• 28 - Robin Phillips, who played Altos in DW: The Keys of Marinus, is born in Haslemere, Surrey, England.

March

• 6 - David Cleeve is born.
• 24 - Lynda Baron, who provided the singing narration for DW: The Gunfighters and played Wrack in DW: Enlightenment, is born in Manchester, England.
• 24 - Stephen Yardley is born.

April

• 22 - Denis Lill is born.
• 28 - Ilona Rodgers, who played Carol Richmond in DW: The Sensorites, is born in Harrogate, England.

May

• 12 - Pam St. Clement is born.
• 12 - Royce Mills is born.
• 14 - Prentis Hancock is born.
• 15 - Paul Shelley is born.
• 22 - Cavan Kendall is born.

June

• 8 - Peter Grimwade is born.
• 18 - Paul McCartney, who appeared as himself as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.

August

• 16 - John Challis is born.

November

• 29 - Michael Craze, who portrayed companion Ben Jackson, is born in Cornwall, England.

December

• 2 - John D. Collins is born.
• 19 - Ian Talbot is born.
• 23 - Chubby Oates is born.

unknown date

• Carl Rigg is born.
• Max Harvey is born.