1933

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

January

 * 30 - Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany, as noted by the Matrix. (BFA: 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. (NA: 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 * 5 - Prohibition was repealed in the United States of America.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. (NA: Blood Harvest)

Unknown dates

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

January

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

February

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

March

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

April

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

June

 * 4 - Bill Wiesener (a White Robot in DW: 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 DW: An Unearthly Child and Greg Sutton in DW: Inferno, was born.

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

 * 15 - Donald Pickering, who played Eyesen in DW: The Keys of Marinus, Blade in DW: The Faceless Ones and Beyus in DW: Time and the Rani, was born.

December

 * 8 - Hugh Martin (Munro in DW: Terror of the Zygons) was born.
 * Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia in the Doctor Who story The Web Planet) was born.