1950s

Doctor Who Universe

 * The Doctor described this as the height of American suspicion and xenophobia as a result of the Cold War. (DWM: The Good Soldier)

Minor Events

 * Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart joins the Scots Guards and is stationed for a time at Aldgate (DW: The Web of Fear, The Green Death).

Major events

 * In the latter part of the decade, the British government create Department C19. (MA: The Scales of Injustice)

Real World

 * The first airing of the Quatermass serials, which would have a tremendous influence on Doctor Who.

Years

 * 1950


 * 1951


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 * 1955


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 * 1958


 * 1959