1942
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1942 was a year. World War II was being fought on Earth.
Events
Dated
In January, the Third Doctor encountered several Nazi soldiers in France. (COMIC: Timebenders [+]Loading...["Timebenders (comic story)"])
On 15 January, Charley Pollard arrived on the SS Batavia. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)"])
On 28 July, the American Federation of Musicians' recording ban first started, banning American artists from recording music. (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues [+]Loading...["Atom Bomb Blues (novel)"])
On 24 December, Oskar Steinmann supervised the first test of a "flying bomb" at Peenemünde. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
Undated
Reports of vampires emerged from Romania. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"])
The British conducted a raid into occupied France. (PROSE: Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (novelisation)"])
The Doctor visited the labyrinth under Buda Castle, which was being used as a military hospital. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle [+]Loading...["The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)"])
Births and deaths
Ben Jackson (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) and Polly Wright were born this year, (PROSE: The Murder Game [+]Loading...["The Murder Game (novel)"], AUDIO: Resistance [+]Loading...["Resistance (audio story)"]) as was Anthony Chambers. (AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])
Gerald Kneale died, becoming one of the few Torchwood Institute operatives not to be killed on active service. (COMIC: Rift War! (part six: circles) [+]Loading...{"part":"Six: Circles","1":"Rift War! (comic story)"})
Other
One of the believed causes of the Time Fracture was a bomb or something more sinister detonating during the Blitz in 1942. (WC: Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! [+]Loading...["Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)"])
