1946

Events

 * 13 August - H. G. Wells died.


 * 15 October - Hermann Goering committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial for war crimes at Nuremberg.


 * 16 October - Joachim von Ribbentrop was executed for war crimes at Nuremberg.

January

 * 18 - Andrew Tourell, who played Constable Cummings[[ in [[DW: Black Orchid, was born.

February

 * 27 - Tom Chadbon, an actor across media ranges in the Doctor Who universe, was born.

March

 * 21 - Timothy Dalton, who played Rassilon in DW: The End of Time, was born.

April

 * 5 - Jane Asher (Andrea Yates in SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?) was born.

May

 * 1 - Joanna Lumley was born.
 * 10 - Maureen Lipman was born.
 * 13 - Tim Pigott-Smith was born.

June

 * 3 - Penelope Wilton, who played Harriet Jones, was born.
 * 15 - Roy Holder was born.
 * 16 - Simon Williams was born.
 * 18 - Luan Peters was born.

July

 * 12 - Everett DeRoche, who co-wrote K9TV: Fear Itself, was born.
 * 18 - Dicken Ashworth was born.
 * 28 - Kenny McBain was born.

August

 * 13 - H. G. Wells died.
 * 27 - Peter Craze, who appeared numerous times on the original Doctor Who television series and was the brother of Michael Craze, was born.

September

 * 25 - Felicity Kendal was born.
 * 26 - Togo Igawa was born.

October

 * 4 - Roger Davenport was born.
 * 16 - Tariq Yunus (Cass in DW: The Robots of Death) was born.

November

 * 23 - Diana Quick was born.
 * 25 - Brian Hibbard was born.

December

 * 16 - Richard Ireson was born.
 * 29 - Jon Pertwee made his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.

Unknown date

 * Martin Cochrane was born.