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| + | On [[20 August]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that thousands had died in the [[Battle of the Somme]]. A man who had been in the battle in [[July]] 1916, but was sent to [[1892]] by a [[Weeping Angel]], died of a heart attack after he read the headline. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') |
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| ⚫ | In [[December]], the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Liz Shaw]] visited [[St Petersburg]] in the [[Russia|Russian Empire]] and met [[Grigori Rasputin]] shortly before he was [[murder]]ed by Prince [[Felix Yusupov]] and his co-conspirators Grand Duke [[Dmitri Pavlovich]] and [[Vladimir Purishkevich]] in the [[Moika Palace]], Prince Felix's residence in St Petersburg. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin (novel)|The Wages of Sin]]'') |
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| − | * [[Church]] historian [[Owen Chadwick]] was born. While [[punt]]ing with [[Romana II|Romana]] at [[Cambridge]] in [[1980]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] mentioned Chadwick as one of the university's great alumni. ([[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') |
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| + | [[Dawon]] left the [[Karabar Caves]] in [[India|British India]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emerald Tiger (audio story)|The Emerald Tiger]]'') |
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| − | * [[7 February|7]] - [[John Baskcomb]] ([[Luigi Rossini]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[13 February|13]] - [[Joseph Fürst]] ([[Zaroff]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[17 February|17]] - [[David Blake Kelly]] ([[Benjamin Briggs]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'' and [[Jacob Kewper]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'') was born. |
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| + | [[Richard Hadleman]] was killed in a poison gas attack during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') |
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| − | * [[5 April|5]] - [[Peter Sargent]] (a [[film cameraman]] for ''Doctor Who'') was born. |
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| − | * [[10 April|10]] - [[John Alderson]], who played [[Wyatt Earp]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'', was born in [[Wikipedia:Horden|Horden]], [[England]]. |
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| − | * [[29 April|29]] - [[William Squire]] ([[the Shadow]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'') was born. |
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| + | [[Herbert Asquith]] left office as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') |
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| − | * [[2 May|2]] - [[Peggy Mount]] (the [[Stallslady]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') was born. |
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| + | [[Henry James]] died. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]'') |
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| − | === [[June]] === |
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| − | * [[19 June|19]] - [[George Pravda]] ([[Alexander Denes]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'', [[Jaeger (The Mutants)|Jaeger]] in ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' and [[Spandrell]] in ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[24 June|24]] - [[Neil Wilson]] ([[Sam Seeley]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') was born. |
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| + | One possible "game over" for the video game ''[[Don't Blink (video game)|Don't Blink]]'' has the player being sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]] to the year 1916 to die in the Battle of the Somme. |
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| − | * [[3 August|3]] - [[Anthony Steven]] (writer of [[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[20 August|20]] - [[Bernard Archard]] ([[Bragen]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and [[Marcus Scarman]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[5 October|5]] - [[Ronald Leigh-Hunt]] ([[Julian Radnor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and Commander [[Stevenson]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[23 November|23]] - [[Michael Gough]] ([[the Celestial Toymaker]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' and [[Hedin]] in ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[25 December|25]] - [[Edward Burnham]] ([[Watkins]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' and Professor [[J.P. Kettlewell]] in ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') was born. |
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| − | * [[27 December|27]] - [[Noel Johnson]], who played King [[Thous]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' and [[Charles Grover]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', was born in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. |
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| − | * [[28 December|28]] - [[Dennis Edwards]], who played [[Gomer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', was born. |
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Revision as of 00:36, 22 June 2020
| Timeline for 1916 |
1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 |
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In 1916, the First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan Foreman were caught in a Zeppelin raid. (TV: Planet of Giants, AUDIO: The Alchemists)
On 20 August, the New York Times reported that thousands had died in the Battle of the Somme. A man who had been in the battle in July 1916, but was sent to 1892 by a Weeping Angel, died of a heart attack after he read the headline. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)
In December, the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Liz Shaw visited St Petersburg in the Russian Empire and met Grigori Rasputin shortly before he was murdered by Prince Felix Yusupov and his co-conspirators Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich in the Moika Palace, Prince Felix's residence in St Petersburg. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin)
Dawon left the Karabar Caves in British India. (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger)
Richard Hadleman was killed in a poison gas attack during the Battle of the Somme. (PROSE: Human Nature)
Herbert Asquith left office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (PROSE: Birthright)
Henry James died. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Malkin Place)
Behind the scenes
One possible "game over" for the video game Don't Blink has the player being sent back in time by a Weeping Angel to the year 1916 to die in the Battle of the Somme.