1926

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The author of boys' stories for the Ensign magazine vanishes from his home in England, transported to the Land of Fiction, where he becomes the Master of the Land. He later returns after being freed by the Doctor ("The Mind Robber").


 * June - The novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is published. The plot of this book would later form an unconscious template for the actions of a vespiform who encounters Christie and the Doctor later in the year. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)


 * 2nd June - The SS Bernice sets sail from Bombay.


 * 4th June - The SS Bernice vanishes from the Indian Ocean, becoming an exhibit in Vorg's Mini-Scope, together with a plesiosaurus from 150 million years earlier ("Carnival of Monsters").


 * 8th December - The Doctor and Donna Noble meet Agatha Christie and she goes missing for the next ten days. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)


 * 18th December - Agatha Christie is found at a hotel in Harrogate. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

December

 * 14 - Alan Rowe, who played numerous memorable guest roles on Doctor Who, is born in Palmerston North, New Zealand.