1939

Events

April

• 1st April - Spanish Civil War, which began in 1936, ended.

August - September

• As World War II progressed, Reverend Wainwright, the vicar of St. Judd's church at Maiden's Point, began to lose his faith as the allied bombing campaign inflicted huge civilian casualties on German cities. This doubt began to seep into his sermons and would eventually cost him his life when faced with the Haemovores four years later. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

September

• 1 - World War II began on Earth as Germany invaded Poland. The Seventh Doctor warned Hitler that Britain and France would declare war if he took this action. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus)
• 3 - Cecelia "Sissy" Pollard, a member of the League of English Fascists and the younger sister of the Eighth Doctor's companion Charley Pollard, committed suicide in Munich as she was extremely distraught at the idea of the two countries which she loved, Britain and Germany, being at war. (BFG: A Blind Eye)

Undated

• Jack Harkness was active in this year, as shown by photos of him found in the CIA Archive. (TW: The New World)

January

• 9 - Susannah York, who voiced Registry and Our Mother in BFA: Valhalla, was born.

February

• 10 - Peter Purves, who played Steven Taylor, was born in New Langton, Lancashire, England.
• 11 - Bernard Finch, who played a Mentiad in DW: The Pirate Planet, was born.
• 20 - Elroy Josephs, who played Jamaica in DW: The Smugglers, was born.

March

• 2 - Hugh Walters, who played William Shakespeare in DW: The Chase, Runcible in DW: The Deadly Assassin and Vogel in DW: Revelation of the Daleks, was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.
• 6 - Jonathan Newth, who played Orfe in DW: Underworld, was born.
• 12 - George Lee (Forbes in DW: Spearhead from Space and a farmworker in The Time Monster) was born.
• 16 - Katherine Schofield (Sabetha in DW: The Keys of Marinus) was born.
• 24 - Bruce Montague, a Big Finish Productions voice actor, was born.

April

• 20 - Ray Brooks (David in the movie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.) was born.
• 22 - Mark Jones (Arnold Keeler in DW: The Seeds of Doom) was born.
• 25 - Marina Martin, who played Drahvin One in DW: Galaxy 4, was born.

May

• 2 - Peter Dean was born.
• 5 - Terry Walsh, a fight arranger, stunt arranger and stuntman for Doctor Who, was born.
• 5 - Ian McCulloch (Nilson in DW: Warriors of the Deep) was born.

June

• 4 - John Joyce, who played Garvin in DW: The Dæmons, was born.
• 16 - Kenneth McMillan, a film cameraman for DW: Planet of Evil was born.

July

• 13 - Peter Cushing made his film debut in The Man in the Iron Mask.
• 26 - Bob Baker was born.

August

• 10 - Kate O'Mara, who played the Rani, was born in Leicester, England.
• 11 - Ian Thompson, who played Hetra in DW: The Web Planet and Malsan in DW: The Chase, was born in Chester, England.
• 31 - Peter Childs (Jack Ward in DW: The Mark of the Rani) was born.

September

• 6 - Gordon Reid (Phillips in DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) was born.
• 19 - Charles Pemberton (a Cyberman in DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen and an Alien Technician in The War Games) was born.
• 24 - Maurice Colbourne (Lytton in DW: Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen) was born.
• 27 - Garrick Hagon (Ky in DW: The Mutants) was born.
• 28 - Rudolph Walker (Harper in DW: The War Games) was born.

October

• 20 - Ian Cullen, who played Ixta in DW: The Aztecs, was born in Sunderland, England.
• 27 - John Cleese was born.

November

• 28 - Jonathan Burn (Silas P in DW: The Happiness Patrol) was born.

December

• 8 - Jennie Linden (Barbara in Dr. Who and the Daleks) was born.
• 13 - Eric Flynn (Leo Ryan in DW The Wheel in Space) was born.

Unknown

• Brenda Kempner was born.