1947

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The events of Dying in the Sun take place


 * Aleister Crowley fakes his own death in Hastings, as part of his recruitment by the Americans for the Golgotha Project (Heart of TARDIS).


 * The events of Ghosts of India take place


 * A Nedenah spacecraft crashes in Roswell, New Mexico (Devil Goblins from Neptune).

January

 * 11 - Anna Calder-Marshall is born in Kensington, London.

February

 * 17 - Dallas Adams is born.

March

 * 10 - Colin Stinton, who plays Arthur Coleman Winters (President of the USA) in The Sound of Drums, is born in Canada.


 * 17 - Petra Markham is born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England.


 * 29 - Leslie Meadows is born.

May

 * 6 - Alan Dale is born.

June

 * 1 - Jonathan Pryce is born in Holywell, Wales.


 * 12 - Christopher Farries is born.

July

 * 10 - Jackie Lane, who portrayed companion Dodo Chaplet, is born in Manchester, England.

August

 * 12 - John Nathan-Turner is born.

September

 * 12 - Christopher Neame is born in London.


 * 18 - Paul Seed is born.


 * 30 - Rula Lenska is born.

October

 * 16 - Guy Siner is born.

November

 * 17 - James Warwick is born.

December

 * 7 - Wendy Padbury, who portrayed companion Zoe Heriot, is born at Stratford-upon-Avon, England.


 * 29 - Alan David is born.