1916

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The Doctor and Susan are caught in a zeppelin raid (DW: Planet of Giants).


 * The War Lords kidnap soldiers and other personnel from a battlefield near Ypres for use in their war games. (DW: The War Games)


 * Church historian Owen Chadwick is born. While punting with Romana at Cambridge in 1980 the Fourth Doctor mentions Chadwick as one of the university's great alumni (DW: Shada, The Five Doctors).

April

 * 10 - John Alderson, who played Wyatt Earp in The Gunfighters, is born in Horden, England.

December

 * 27 - Noel Johnson, who played King Thous in The Underwater Menace and Charles Grover in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, is born in Birmingham, England.