1953

1st June - 2nd June

 * Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at Westminster in London. The coronation is televised live, and as no one in the village of Llanfer Ceiriog has a television, the townsfolk travel by bus to Doctor Snape's house in Gwydyr to watch it on his set ("Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark").


 * The events of "The Idiot's Lantern" occur at this time.

Exact dates unknown

 * Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, based on the witch trials at Salem Village, is written. The First Doctor and his companions will see a production of the play in Bristol the following year ("The Witch Hunters").


 * Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart begins his military career ("Mawdryn Undead").

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