1945

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * February - First publication of Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie. The book's title may have originated from her spoken reaction upon seeing the Doctor react to being poisoned in 1926 (although her explicit memories of this and related events were suppressed). (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)


 * 30th April - Adolf Hitler commits suicide to escape capture as Allied troops move into Berlin.


 * 23rd May - Heinrich Himmler commits suicide shortly after his capture by British forces.


 * World War II ends on Earth, and the first atomic weapons come into use on that planet.

February

 * 16 - Jeremy Bulloch, who played Tor in "The Space Museum" and Hal in "The Time Warrior," is born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.

September

 * 30 - Sandra Bryant, who played Kitty in "The War Machines" and Chicki in "The Macra Terror," is born in Edgware, Middlesex, England.

December

 * 11 - Zienia Merton, who played Ping-Cho in "Marco Polo," is born in Burma (now Myanmar).


 * 22 - Billie Davis, who portrayed a member of the Tribe of Gum in "An Unearthly Child," is born in Woking, Surrey, England.