1943

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 * Soviet soldiers came ashore at Maiden's Point, Northumberland, concealing themselves as part of a plan to steal the ULTIMA machine - a sophisticated military decipher device - located in a base nearby. However, the British already knew of their intentions and intended to let them steal the machine; it contained a bomb of poisonous fluid/gas secreted underground in the area. The next day, the Seventh Doctor arrived and quickly became involved in a battle with his old foe Fenric, an ancient being he imprisoned in a flask seventeen centuries earlier. Fenric activated the long-dormant Haemovores from the local bay and later their master, Ingiger, who came from Earth's far future and was the last creature left alive before the polluted planet died. After a conflict that saw the Soviet and British troops decimated, the Doctor defeated his enemy, partly by persuading Ingiger to attack Fenric who, the Doctor revealed, caused the polluted nightmare of the future by forcing Ingiger to poison the planet with the fluid/gas that had been stockpiled at the base. Dr Judson, Rev Wainwright, Captain Sorin and the deranged Commodore Millington all lost their lives. Ace's grandmother, Kathleen Dudman escaped from the base with her baby daughter, Audrey - Ace mother. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

Alternate Timeline

 * On the 24th February, the United States of America conducted the first test of the atom bomb in order to destroy the Ironsides, unwilling to leave the powerful weapons in the sole hands of the British. (DWA: Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011)

February

 * 24 - Beatle George Harrison, who appeared as himself in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.

March

 * John Leeson, the best known actor to provide the voice of K9, is born in Leicester, England.

May

 * 9 - Virginia Wetherell, who portrayed Dyoni in DW: The Daleks, is born in Farnham, Surrey, England.

June

 * 8 - Colin Baker, the sixth actor to portray The Doctor, is born at Waterloo, London.


 * 29 - Maureen O'Brien, who portrayed companion Vicki, is born in Liverpool, England.

August

 * 4 - Georgina Hale is born.
 * 20 - Sylvester McCoy, the seventh actor to portray The Doctor, is born James Kent-Smith in Danoon, Strathclyde, Scotland.

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 * The war documentary Fighting Norway is released. It is directed by Sydney Newman and is the future Doctor Who creator's earliest credit on the Internet Movie Database.