1959

Events

 * A Nostalgia Tours tourist vessel carrying predominantly Navarino travelled to Earth; its destination was Disneyland but it landed at a Welsh holiday camp, carrying, in addition to the Navarinos, the last of the Chimeron, fleeing the Bannermen. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen)
 * Edgar Nelson-Stanley and his wife killed one of the three Gorgons. (SJA: Eye of the Gorgon)
 * Circa this date, aliens landed on the Moon and tried to contact Earth, requesting a exchange of information. The American government intercepted the message and began preparations for a Moon landing to meet them. (WC: Blue Moon)
 * Rock 'n' Roll singers The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly were killed in a plane crash. The Doctor heard this news on the radio while he was in 1959.

November

 * 14 - Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor, was born in Liverpool, England.