1949

Events

 * Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
 * Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
 * Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, a future companion of the First Doctor, was born in the north of England. (PROSE: Salvation)


 * 16 January - Actress Caroline Munro was born.


 * 6 February - Actress Carmen Gómez was born.


 * 15 March - Actor John Duttine was born.


 * 14 April - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
 * 29 April - Actress Anita Dobson was born.


 * 13 May - Actress Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City.
 * 22 May - Actress Cheryl Campbell was born.
 * 24 May - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
 * 24 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.


 * 3 June - Actor Ian Gelder was born.
 * 10 June - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
 * 13 June - Actor Simon Callow was born.
 * 21 June - Actress Stacey Tendeter was born.


 * 3 July - Actress Susan Penhaligon was born.
 * 11 July - Actor Eden Phillips was born.


 * 4 August - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
 * 11 August - Visual effects designer Mickey Edwards was born.
 * 23 August - Actor Christopher Blake was born.


 * 23 September - Actress Floella Benjamin was born.
 * 26 September - Actress Anne Robinson was born.


 * 14 October - Actress Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey.


 * 10 December - Actor Martyn Whitby was born.
 * 12 December - Actor Bill Nighy was born.
 * 18 December - Actress Jeananne Crowley was born.