| Timeline for 1940 |
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In 1940, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.
- 1 January - Actor Tony Wall was born.[1]
- 11 January - Actor R.J. Bell was born.[2]
- 14 January - Actor John Castle was born.[3]
- 18 January - Actor Tony Holland was born.[4]
- 19 January - Actor Mike Reid was born.[5]
- 22 January - Actor John Hurt was born.[6]
- 28 January - Head of Series Peter Cregeen was born.[7]
- 4 February - Director David Lane was born.[8]
- 20 February - Visual effects designer Ian Scoones was born.[9]
- 22 February - Actor Judy Cornwell was born.[10]
- 27 February - Actor Bill Hunter was born.[11]
- 2 March - Actor Sean Barry-Weske was born.[12]
- 8 March - Actor Christopher Wray was born.[13]
- 11 March - Actor Derek Deadman was born.[14]
- 13 March - Actor Christopher Gable was born.[15]
- 18 March - Actor Lyn Ashley was born.[16]
- 2 April - Writer Peter Haining was born.[17]
- 7 April - Actor Roger Jacombs was born.[18]
- 11 April - Actor Sheila Dunn was born.[19]
- 15 April - Actor Sean Caffrey was born.[20]
- 25 April - Actor Robert La'Bassiere was born.[21]
- 26 April - Actor Harry Fielder was born.[22]
- 4 May - Artist John Ridgway was born.[23]
- 4 May - Actor Sean Barrett was born.[24]
- 8 May - Actor Joanna Wake was born.[25]
- 9 May - Director John Black was born.[26]
- 18 May - Actor Ray Lonnen was born.[27]
- 19 May - Actor Jim McManus was born.[28]
- 28 May - Director Frank Cox was born.[29]
- 31 May - Actor Peter Mayock was born.[30]
- 4 June - Actor David Collings was born.[31]
- 7 June - Actor Ronald Pickup was born.[32]
- 16 June - Actor Carole Ann Ford was born.[33]
- 21 June - Actor David Calderisi was born.[34]
- 7 July - Drummer Ringo Starr was born.[35]
- 15 July - Actor Jack Pitt was born.[36]
- 17 July - Production manager Gary Downie was born.[37]
- 17 July - Actor Tim Brooke-Taylor was born.[38]
- 26 July - Actor Linda Marlowe was born.[39]
- 28 July - Actor Brigit Forsyth was born.[40]
- 31 July - Actor Louise Pajo was born.[41]
- 9 August - Actor Bernard Holley was born.[42]
- 11 August - Vision mixer Clive Doig was born.[43]
- 13 August - Actor Johnny Dennis was born.[44]
- 18 August - Actor Barry Justice was born.[45]
- 25 August - Actor John J. Carney was born.[46]
- 3 September - Actor Pauline Collins was born.[47]
- 10 September - Artist David Mann was born.[48]
- 19 September - Actor Caroline John was born.[49]
- 9 October - Musician John Lennon was born.[50]
- 11 October - Actor Gerald Taylor was born.[51]
- 14 October - Actor Christopher Timothy was born.[52]
- 19 October - Actor Michael Gambon was born.[53]
- 29 October - Actor Angela Douglas was born.[54]
- 1 November - Actor Yvonne Antrobus was born.[55]
- 13 November - Writer Wally K Daly was born.[56]
- 17 November - Actor William Simons was born.[57]
- 24 November - Actor Alan Lake was born.[58]
- 3 December - Actor Rod Beacham was born.[59]
- 11 December - Actor Tony Adams was born.[60]
- 15 December - Director Pennant Roberts was born.[61]
- 26 December - Actor James Beckett was born.[62]
- 27 December - Director Paul Joyce was born.
- Unknown - Film editor Pam Bosworth was born.[63]
- Unknown - Designer Nigel Jones was born.[64]
- Unknown - Visual effects designer Peter Pegrum was born.[65]
- Unknown - Actor John Gregg was born.[66]
- Unknown - Actor Ben Howard was born.[67]
- Unknown - Actor Annette Robertson was born.
- Unknown - Actor Barry Stanton was born.[68]
- Unknown - Fight arranger John Waller was born.[69]
Footnotes
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Allmovie
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ Find a Grave
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Peliplat
- ↑ Doctor Who News
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ The Guardan
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ The Independent
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ Goodreads
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ INFO: The Sensorites
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ Discogs
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who News
- ↑ The Independent
- ↑ BFI
- ↑ BFI
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ A Tech-Ops History
- ↑ Doctor Who News
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Find a Grave
- ↑ BFI Screenonline
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ Famous Birthdays
- ↑ Britannica
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ CBBC Newsround
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Discogs
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who In Memoriam 2021
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ IMDb