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'''1957''' was the official start of [[human]]ity's [[space]] age. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)|Inter-Galactic Cat]]'') | '''1957''' was the official start of [[human]]ity's [[space]] age. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)|Inter-Galactic Cat]]'') | ||
On [[1 May]], the [[Soviet Union]] secretly launched [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, ''Sputnik'', but it was hijacked by {{Frontier}} to send a signal to the [[Tzun]]. The Soviets wiped the embarrassing failure from their history books. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | |||
In [[October]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] visited [[New Mexico]], where they stopped {{Frontier}} and the [[Tzun]] from conquering Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | |||
On [[15 October]], a [[BBC|BBC News]] bulletin reported on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Russia|Soviet Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'') | |||
On [[25 December]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] met the Cracker family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crackers (short story)|The Crackers]]'') | |||
[[Noel Coward]] met [[Iris Wildthyme]] at the [[Royal Variety Performance]] at some point this year. They immediately became friends. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'') | |||
[[Douglas Caldwell]], a member of [[Torchwood One]], died. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') | |||
[[Edgar Nelson-Stanley]] discovered the [[Gorgon]] [[talisman]] in [[Syria]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]'') | |||
[[The Doctor]] owned a map of [[Paris]] from this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Death of Art]]'') | |||
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