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Events
- Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (TN: The Cabinet of Light)
- Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
Behind the scenes
May
- 13- Zoë Wanamaker, Honourary CBE, who played Lady Cassandra in DW: The End of the World and DW: New Earth, was born in New York City.
September
- 26 - Anne Robinson (Anne Droid, DW: Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways) was born.
October
- 14 - Katy Manning, who portrayed companion Jo Grant in the original television series and also provides the voice for Iris Wildthyme, was born in Guildford, Surrey.