1917

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Reginald Tyler begins writing The True History of Planets. ("Mad Dogs and Englishmen")

January

 * Leonard Trolley, who played Supt. Reynolds in "The Faceless Ones," is born.

March

 * 21 - Eric Francis, who played the First Elder in "The Sensorites," is born in Manchester.

April

 * 1 - Sydney Newman, the man who created Doctor Who, is born in Toronto, Canada.

August

 * 8 - Earl Cameron, who played Glyn Williams in "The Tenth Planet," is born in Pembroke, Bermuda.

September

 * 7 - Ewen Solon, who played Chal in "The Savages" and Vishinsky in "Planet of Evil," is born in Auckland, New Zealand.