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| Timeline for 1957 |
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1957 was the official start of humanity's space age. (DWAN: Inter-Galactic Cat)
Noel Coward met Iris Wildthyme at the Royal Variety Performance at some point this year. They immediately became friends. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
Douglas Caldwell, a member of Torchwood One, died in 1957. (TW: To the Last Man)
Elsewhere, Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)
The Doctor owned a map of Paris from 1957. (NA: The Death of Art)
Behind the scenes
May
- 5 - Richard E. Grant was born.
June
- 19 - The Army Game debuted on UK television. The series co-stared William Hartnell in what became his best-known role prior to Doctor Who.
August
- 24 - Stephen Fry was born.
December
- 6 - Arabella Weir was born in San Francisco.