1957

1957 was the official start of humanity's space age. (DWAN: Inter-Galactic Cat)

Noel Coward met Iris Wildthyme at the Royal Variety Performance at some point this year. They immediately became friends. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)

Douglas Caldwell, a member of Torchwood One, died in 1957. (TW: To the Last Man)

Elsewhere, Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)

The Doctor owned a map of Paris from 1957. (NA: The Death of Art)

May

 * 5 - Richard E. Grant was born.

June

 * 19 - The Army Game debuted on UK television. The series co-stared William Hartnell in what became his best-known role prior to Doctor Who.

August

 * 24 - Stephen Fry was born.

December

 * 6 - Arabella Weir was born in San Francisco.