Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was a 20th century Soviet cosmonaut who became, as far as the majority of humanity was aware, the first human being to journey into outer space circa 1960. (DW: The Seeds of Death)


 * The Second Doctor estimated the year based on the design of the spacesuit, before he realised it belonged to Gagarin. In real life, Gagarin entered outer space on 12 April 1961.

The Seventh Doctor, Ace, Markus Creevy and Lt Raina Kerenskaya saw both Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, on a podium in Red Square, Moscow, in the Soviet Union at a ceremony marking the fiftieth anniversary of the October Revolution on 7 November 1967. (BFA: Thin Ice)