1916

History of the Doctor Who Universe

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


 * The War Lords kidnap soldiers and other personnel from a battlefield near Ypres for use in their war games. ("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 ("Shada," "The Five Doctors").

April

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

December

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