1949

Events

 * Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
 * Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
 * Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, a future companion of the First Doctor, was born in the north of England. (PROSE: Salvation)

January

 * 16 - Actress Caroline Munro was born.

February

 * 6 February - Actress Carmen Gómez was born.

March

 * 15 - Actor John Duttine was born.

April

 * 14 - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
 * 29 - Actress Anita Dobson was born.

May

 * 13 - Actress Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City.
 * 24 - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
 * 24 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.

June

 * 10 - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
 * 13 - Actor Simon Callow was born.
 * 21 - Actress Stacey Tendeter was born.

July

 * 3 - Actress Susan Penhaligon was born.
 * 11 - Actor Eden Phillips was born.

August

 * 4 - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
 * 23 - Actor Christopher Blake was born.

September

 * 23 - Actress Floella Benjamin was born.
 * 26 - Actress Anne Robinson was born.

October

 * 14 - Actress Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey.

December

 * 12 - Actor Bill Nighy was born.