1957

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

October

 * 15 - A BBC News bulletin reported on the recent launch of Sputnik, Earth's first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union. (AUDIO: Unregenerate!)

Unknown dates

 * Noel Coward met Iris Wildthyme at the Royal Variety Performance at some point this year. They immediately became friends. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
 * Douglas Caldwell, a member of Torchwood One, died. (TV: To the Last Man)
 * Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
 * The Doctor owned a map of Paris from this year. (PROSE: The Death of Art)

March

 * 10 - Andrew Boxer ( Robin Stuart in TV: Arc of Infinity) was born.
 * 24 - Christine Kavanagh (Aram in TV: Timelash) was born
 * 29 - Yolande Palfrey (Janet in TV: Terror of the Vervoids) was born.

April

 * 6 - Glen Murphy (Dibber in TV: The Mysterious Planet) was born.

May

 * 5 - Richard E. Grant, who played two BBC-authorised yet non-canonical Doctors, was born.
 * 12 - Sneh Gupta (Osborn in TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) is born.

June

 * 5 - Steven Pacey (Trevor in AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth) was born.
 * 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.
 * 23 - Leee John (Mansell in TV: Enlightenment) was born.

July

 * 26 - Nana Visitor (Olivia Colasanto in TV: Immortal Sins and TV: End of the Road) was born.

August

 * 24 - Stephen Fry was born.

September

 * 15 - Dorota Rae (Lavel in TV: Battlefield) was born.

December

 * 6 - Arabella Weir was born in San Francisco.