1940s

Events
(For events in this decade with specific dates, see the "Years" links below.)


 * World War II is fought on Earth.


 * Bunkers are built in the London Undeground, including Covent Gardens. Professor Edward Travers sells the Yeti robot captured in Tibet to Silverstein ("The Web of Fear").


 * Amelia Ducat manns an ack-ack station at Folkestone ("The Seeds of Doom").


 * Albert Einstein is kidnapped by the Rani ("Time and the Rani").


 * Radcliffe is imprisoned for sympathizing with the Nazis, arguing that Britain is fighting on the wrong side ("Remembrance of the Daleks").


 * The Paragon Freeth begin visiting Earth, sparking the first reports of flying saucers ("The Paradise of Death").


 * German scientists work on the Gruber-Schneider device, hoping to perfect it by 1944. Melanie Bush's grandfather is killed fighting the German army ("Just War").

Years

 * 1940


 * 1941


 * 1942


 * 1943


 * 1944


 * 1945


 * 1946


 * 1947


 * 1948


 * 1949