1933

1933 saw some major events in the lead up to World War II. (AUDIO: Neverland) The Eighth Doctor spent much of this year sailing "the South Seas". (PROSE: Eater of Wasps)

January

 * 30 - Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany, as noted by the Matrix. (AUDIO: Neverland)

March

 * 23 - Adolf Hitler became Führer of Germany, thanks to enhanced oratory and mass hypnosis skills bestowed upon him by the War Lords and the Timewyrm. The Doctor witnessed one of his speeches. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

December

 * 5 - Prohibition was repealed in the United States of America. A celebration of the repeal was held at Doc's Place in Chicago. (PROSE: Blood Harvest)

Unknown dates

 * Cuevas discovered part of the Templo Mayor, also known as Great Temple of the Aztecs in Mexico City. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

January

 * 29 - Geoffrey Frederick, who played Exorse in TV: The Savages, was born in London.

February

 * 11 - Derek Martin, who played David Mitchell in TV: Image of the Fendahl, was born.
 * 22 - Sheila Hancock, who played Helen A in TV: The Happiness Patrol, was born.

March

 * 7 - Donald Douglas (Vural in TV: The Sontaran Experiment) was born.
 * 22 - Richard Easton (Captain Stapley in TV: Time-Flight) was born.

April

 * 24 - Claire Davenport, who portrayed the Empress in TV: Marco Polo, was born in Sale, Cheshire, England.

June

 * 4 - Bill Wiesener (a White Robot in TV: The Mind Robber) was born.
 * Ric Felgate, who played several roles in different Doctor Who serials, was born.
 * 8 - Derek Newark, who portrayed Za in TV: An Unearthly Child and Greg Sutton in TV: Inferno, was born.

July

 * 12 - Brian Cant, who played Kert Gantry in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan and Tensa in TV: The Dominators, was born in Ipswich, Suffolk.

August

 * 5 - Jeffry Wickham (Webster in TV: The Reign of Terror) was born.
 * 15 - Barbara Shelley (Sorasta in TV: Planet of Fire) was born.
 * 23 - Peter Wyngarde (Timanov in TV: Planet of Fire) was born.
 * 28 - Clifford Earl, who appeared in two Doctor Who stories, was born.

September

 * 18 - Michael Allaby (Larn in TV: The Keys of Marinus) was born.

October

 * 1 - Victor Carin, who played Virgil Earp in TV: The Gunfighters, was born in Scotland.

November

 * 13 - Adrienne Corri (Mena in The Leisure Hive) was born.
 * 15 - Donald Pickering, who played Eyesen in TV: The Keys of Marinus, Blade in TV: The Faceless Ones and Beyus in TV: Time and the Rani, was born.

December

 * 8 - Hugh Martin (Munro in TV: Terror of the Zygons) was born.
 * Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia in the Doctor Who story The Web Planet) was born.
 * 10 - Tony Lambden, who would appear in several uncredited roles in Doctor Who, was born.