1952

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Polly attends a fair where she visits a gypsy fortune teller, who warns her of a tall, dark stranger. (MA: Invasion of the Cat-People)

February

 * 06 - Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the throne of Great Britain upon the death of her father, King George VI. She is coronated on 2nd June 1953. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)

September

 * Aliens manipulate the timelines to prevent the first idea of a stardrive being thought of by linking this year with 2197, briefly. (BFA: The Nowhere Place)

December

 * The Doctor opens a watch fixing shop in London called 'Fixing Time'. (PDA: Amorality Tale)

March

 * 11 - Douglas Adams is born.
 * 16 - Graham Cole is born.

May

 * 9 - Patrick Ryecart is born.

August

 * 7 - Alexei Sayle is born.

September

 * 17 - Tomek Bork is born.

Month unknown

 * Judith Byfield is born.