1928

Events

Doctor Who universe

• Temporal Mechanics published the first formulation of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation).
• Ernest Hemingway settled in Key West. The Seventh Doctor tried to take Ace and Benny to Key West at some later moment to have drinks with "Ernie," but ended up in 1915 Haiti instead (NA: White Darkness).
• Goronwy set down some hibiscus blossom. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen)
• Angelo Colasanto was released from prison and was shocked to see Jack Harkness alive. He stabbed him, believing him to be the Devil. Eventually Jack was locked away at a butcher's shop, where more witnesses of his miraculous recovery referred to him as the Devil and attempted to kill him for good. Eventually, Angelo released Jack, wanting to accompany him to Los Angeles but Jack left, leaving his old life behind once more. (TW: Immortal Sins)

Behind the scenes

January

• 27 - Michael Craig is born.

February

• 1 - Robert Rowland, who had an uncredited role as a "terrified Earthling" in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth," is born in London.
• 10 - John Ringham is born.
• 14 - Mark Eden, who played the title character of Marco Polo, is born in London.
• 23 - Bernard Kay, who played various roles in several stories of the original Doctor Who television series, is born in Bolton, Lancashire, England.

March

• 6 - Glyn Owen is born.
• 23 - Louis Marks is born.
• 29 - Philip Locke is born.
• 31 - John Lee, who portrayed Alydon in The Daleks, is born in Launceston, Tasmania.

April

• 9 - Aubrey Woods is born.
• 18 - Writer and Script Editor David Whitaker is born.

May

• 8 - John Bennett is born.
• 18 - John Abineri is born.
• 29 - Frederick Jaeger, who played Jano in The Savages, Sorenson in "Planet of Evil" and Professor Marius in The Invisible Enemy, is born in Berlin, Germany.

June

• 19 - Ken Barker is born.
• 25 - Moray Watson is born.

September

• 1 - Emrys James is born.

October

• 23 - Jerome Willis is born.

November

• 26 - Michael Hawkins is born.
• 30 - John Bay, who played the Earl of Leicester in The Crusade, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

December

• 29 - Bernard Cribbins is born.

Unknown date

• Peter Cellier is born.