1917

Events

 * Reginald Tyler began writing The True History of Planets. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
 * An unknown number of soldiers and other personnel involved in World War I - including Lt. Jeremy Carstairs, Lady Jennifer Buckingham, Major Barrington and Captain Ransom - were transported to another planet by the War Lords, where they became unwitting players in an experiment. Later, the survivors were returned to Earth by the Time Lords. (DW: The War Games)
 * The Fifth Doctor, Erimem and Peri visited Tibet and battle the Great Old Ones. (BFA: The Roof of the World)
 * The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex visited Charnage Hospital in France. (BFA: No Man's Land)
 * Walther Schwieger was killed in World War I. BFA: The Sirens of Time)

March

 * 21 - Eric Francis, who played the First Elder in DW: The Sensorites, was born in Manchester.

April

 * 1 - Sydney Newman, the creator of Doctor Who, was born in Toronto, Canada.

May

 * 9 - John Arnatt, who played Borusa in DW: The Invasion of Time, was born.

June

 * 5 - Anne Tirard (Locusta in DW: The Romans and the Seeker in DW: The Ribos Operation) was born.
 * 10 - Reed De Rouen (Pa Clanton in DW: The Gunfighters) was born.

August

 * 8 - Earl Cameron, who played Glyn Williams in DW: The Tenth Planet, was born in Pembroke, Bermuda.
 * 8 - John Baker (a Time Lord in DW: Colony in Space and Ralph in The Visitation) was born.

September

 * 7 - Ewen Solon, who played Chal in DW: The Savages and Vishinsky in DW: Planet of Evil, was born in Auckland, New Zealand.
 * 17 - Peter Bennett (a guard in DW: The Enemy of the World) was born.
 * 17 - Peter Glaze (the Third Sensorite in DW: The Sensorites) was born.