1946

1946 was one of the years visited by the First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom at Christmas as they unknowingly followed Robert's distress signal. (PROSE: The Little Drummer Boy)

Events
In 1964, Sir Toby Kinsella and his old school friend Professor Jeffrey Broderick shared a bottle of single malt brewed in France during 1946 in the former's office in Whitehall. Sir Toby noted that it was the first post-World War II vintage. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence)

Elsewhere, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis was born to Mabel Ann Lewis. (TV: Ghost Machine)

January

 * 18 - Actor Andrew Tourell was born.

February

 * 1 - Actress Elisabeth Sladen was born.
 * 27 - Actor Tom Chadbon was born.

March

 * 21 - Actor Timothy Dalton was born.

April

 * 5 - Actress Jane Asher was born.

May

 * 1 - Actress Joanna Lumley was born.
 * 10 - Actress Maureen Lipman was born.
 * 13 - Actor Tim Piggott-Smith was born.

June

 * 1 - Actor Brian Cox was born.
 * 3 - Actress Penelope Wilton was born.
 * 15 - Actor Roy Holder was born.
 * 16 - Actor Simon Williams was born.
 * 18 - Actress Luan Peters was born.

July

 * 12 - Writer Everett DeRoche was born.
 * 18 - Actor Dicken Ashworth was born.
 * 28 - Director Kenny McBain was born.

August

 * 13 - H. G. Wells died.
 * 27 - Actor Peter Craze was born.

September

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

October

 * 4 - Actor Roger Davenport was born.
 * 16 - Actor Tariq Yunus was born.

November

 * 23 - Actress Diana Quick was born.
 * 25 - Actor Brian Hibbard was born.
 * 27 - Actor Howard Attfield was born.

December

 * 13 - Visual effects designer Peter Wragg was born.
 * 16 - Actor Richard Ireson was born.
 * 29 - Jon Pertwee made his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.

Unknown date

 * Actor Martin Cochrane was born.