1949

Events

 * Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (TN: The Cabinet of Light)
 * Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)

January

 * 16 - Caroline Munro (Sentia in BFA: Omega) was born.

February

 * 6 February - Carmen Gómez (Anita in DW: The Two Doctors) was born.

March

 * 15 - John Duttine (Hector Taylor in BFA: Exotron) was born.

April

 * 14 - Christopher Whittingham, who played a crew member on DW: Earthshock, was born.
 * 29 - Anita Dobson (Eileen Klint in BFA: Blood of the Daleks) was born.

May

 * 13 - Zoë Wanamaker, Honourary CBE, who played Lady Cassandra in DW: The End of the World and DW: New Earth, was born in New York City.
 * 24 - Jim Broadbent, who played the non-canonical Eleventh Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death, was born.
 * Rob Edwards, Chub in DW: The Robots of Death and one of the voices of Xoanon in DW: The Face of Evil, was born.

June

 * 10 - Andrew Johns (Kravos in DW: Genesis of the Daleks) was born.
 * 13 - Simon Callow, who has played Charles Dickens twice on Doctor Who, was born.

July

 * 3 - Susan Penhaligon (Lakis in DW: The Time Monster and Shayla in BFA: Primeval) was born.
 * 11 - Eden Phillips, who played a crewman in DW: Nightmare of Eden, was born.

August

 * 4 - Russ Karel, an assistant floor manager for Doctor Who, was born.
 * 23 - Christopher Blake (Ptolem in BFA: The Mutant Phase) was born.

September

 * 23 - Floella Benjamin, who played Professor Rivers in four episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures, was born.
 * 26 - Anne Robinson (Anne Droid, DW: Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways) was born.

October

 * 14 - Katy Manning, who portrayed companion Jo Grant in the original television series and also provides the voice for Iris Wildthyme, was born in Guildford, Surrey.

December

 * 12 - Bill Nighy (Black in DW: Vincent and the Doctor) was born.