1959

Events

 * A Nostalgia Tours tourist vessel carrying mostly Navarino travelled to Earth; its destination was Disneyland but it landed at a Welsh holiday camp. In addition to the Navarinos, it carried the last of the Chimeron, fleeing the Bannermen. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen) James Stevens later investigated the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush's presence at the camp. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy) UNIT was already aware of the Doctor's involvement in the incident by the 1960s. (BFA: The Architects of History)
 * Edgar Nelson-Stanley and his wife Bea killed one of the three Gorgons. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)
 * Circa this date, aliens landed on the Moon and tried to contact Earth, requesting an exchange of information. The American government intercepted the message and began preparations for a moon landing to meet them. (WC: Blue Moon)
 * The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond visited the Blue Boar service station on the newly opened M1 motorway and encountered Petrolions. (DWA: Madness on the M1!)
 * In a parallel universe in which Britain was a fascist state known as the Republic of Great Britain, the Republican Security Forces battled the Bannermen in Wales, from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology. (PDA: The Face of the Enemy)

January

 * 27 - Glenn Taranto (the Security Chief in TW: Rendition) was born.

July

 * 7 - Stephen Garlick (Ibbotson in DW: Mawdryn Undead) was born.

October

 * 20 - Christopher Bowen (Mordred in DW: Battlefield) was born.

November

 * 14 - Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor, was born in Liverpool, England.
 * 28 - Jonathan Pearce (Garny Diblick in BFA: The Game) was born.

December

 * 28 - Marty Ryan, who played the Older Guard in TW: The Middle Men, was born.