1937

1937 saw the Eighth Doctor, Anji Kapoor and Fitz Kreiner visit Spain in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. Anji and the Doctor stayed in Barcelona and became involved with a group of anarchists. Fitz visited Guernica, Spain and witnessed the town's destruction at the hands of the Luftwaffe, the first real case of total war.

The Doctor identified the Absolute as the cause of disruptions in history and stopped him from causing any more problems. (PROSE: History 101)

Elsewhere, the Ninth Doctor attended George VI's coronation. (WEB: Who is Doctor Who?)

Nancy gave birth to Jamie. Being an unwed teenaged mother, she pretended that Jamie was her little brother. (TV: The Doctor Dances)
 * 16 January - Actor David Arlen was born.
 * 28 January - Actor John Normington was born.
 * 31 January - Actor Davyd Harries was born.
 * 2 March - Actor Henry Stamper was born.
 * 16 March - Actor Ben Aris was born.
 * 16 - Actor Peter Rutherford was born.
 * 17 March - Actor Michael Napier-Brown was born.
 * 19 March - Actor Maurice Roëves was born.
 * 3 April - Actor William Gaunt was born.
 * 6 April - Actress Katie Cashfield was born.
 * 6 - Actor Terrence Hardiman was born.
 * 14 April - Actor Brian Cullingford was born.
 * 26 April - Production assistant and assistant floor manager Gareth Gwenlan was born.
 * 1 May - Actress Una Stubbs was born.
 * 5 May - Music arranger Delia Derbyshire, who arranged the original Doctor Who title theme, was born.
 * 15 May - Director Darrol Blake was born.
 * 26 May - Actor Derrick Gilbert was born.
 * 14 June - Director Michael Ferguson was born.
 * 16 June - Actor Michael Kilgarriff was born.
 * 22 June - Actor Richard Hampton was born.
 * 21 July - Actor Brian Ellis was born.
 * 22 July - Actress Adrienne Hill was born.
 * 1 August - Actor Ian Hogg was born.
 * 3 August - Actor Steven Berkoff was born.
 * 6 August - Actress Barbara Windsor was born.
 * 16 September - Actress Bella Emberg was born.
 * 22 September - Actor Tony Caunter was born.
 * 28 September - Actor Donald Gee was born.
 * 9 October - Director Fiona Cumming was born.
 * 29 October - Actor Hugh Futcher was born.
 * 21 November - Actress Ingrid Pitt was born.
 * 7 December - Actor Kenneth Colley was born.
 * 10 December - Actor Keith James was born.
 * 18 December - Actor Derrick Slater was born.
 * 21 December - Actress Sheila Reid was born.