1938

October

 * 30 - Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre perform an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS Radio. The broadcast causes a nationwide panic. Although calm soon settles as America realizes it was only a play, unknown to the public some elements of the production were based on actual events. (BFA: Invaders from Mars)

Unknown dates

 * Nancy gives birth to Jamie. Being an unwed teenaged mother, she pretends that Jamie is her little brother ("The Empty Child").


 * Adolf Hitler obtains the Validium Arrow, one of the key components of the Nemesis statue. Around the same time, the Nemesis statue passes Earth, heralding Hitler's annexation of Austria and the coming outbreak of World War II ("Silver Nemesis").


 * In what becomes known as "the Cambridge University Fiasco," an archaeological team attempts and fails to open the Devil's Hump ("The Dæmons").


 * Mr. Bayles begins working as a butcher in Crook Marsham ("Nightshade")


 * Joe Louis beats German heavyweight challenger Max Schmeling in a New York boxing match. Cody McBride is amongst the spectators ("Illegal Alien").

May

 * 29 - Barry Jackson, who played Drax and several other characters on Doctor Who, is born in Birmingham, England.

June

 * 28 - John Tillinger, who played Simon Duval in "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve," is born in Tabriz, Iran.

September

 * 17 - Richard Kane, who played Valmar in "The Power of the Daleks," is born in Birmingham, England.

October

 * 30 - The real-life radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds occurs, establishing Orson Welles as a star and later inspiring the Big Finish production Invaders from Mars.

November

 * 1 - Frances White, who played Cassandra in "The Myth Makers," is born in Leeds, England.

December

 * 9 - Waris Hussein is born

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 * David Weston, who played Nicholas Muss in "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve" and Biroc in "Warriors' Gate," is born.