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The [[World War II|Second World War]] continued in '''1941'''.
 
The [[World War II|Second World War]] continued in '''1941'''.
== Events ==
 
* [[1 January]] - [[Professor]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived on [[Guernsey]] in the [[English Channel]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
 
* [[20 January]] - [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] and [[Toshiko Sato]] met the real [[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|Captain Jack Harkness]] at the [[Kiss the Boys Goodbye Dance]] at the [[the Ritz|Ritz]] in [[Cardiff]]. Tosh sent a message to [[Torchwood Three]] in [[2008]] containing her half of the [[Rift Manipulator]] formula to bring her and Jack back. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
 
** The [[Ninth Doctor]] traced a [[Chula ambulance]] to [[London]], thinking it a warship. He found a boy called [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]], who had been partially resurrected by [[nanogene]]s. Jamie pursued the Doctor, [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] after Jack set off emergency protocols, releasing an army of [[Empty Child|people made to be just like Jamie]] searching for his mother. [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] told Jamie that she was his mother, not his sister, after lying to him all his life. The nanogenes repaired Jamie and returned all the infected to normal. Jack began travelling in the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] after the Doctor and Rose saved his life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
 
* [[21 January]] - [[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|Captain Jack Harkness]] was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
 
** In [[London]], another American [[Royal Air Force]] volunteer who was also named [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] failed to report for duty and was never heard from again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
 
* [[1 March]]-[[6 March]] - Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]], stranded on [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Guernsey]], uncovered a secret [[German]] weapon based on technology from the future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
 
* [[7 June]] - [[Clyde Langer]] and [[George Woods]] evaded a group of Nazis after taking a piece of [[Chronosteel]] from them. Shortly afterward, Clyde returned to [[Ealing]] on [[23 November]] [[2010]]. George was inspired by Clyde to join the [[British Army]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')
 
* [[18 August]] - [[Bilis Manger]] contacted [[Tilda Brennan]] and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')
 
* [[22 August]] - [[Jack Harkness]] returned to the Hub to find the personnel of [[Torchwood Three]] incapacitated by [[Tilda Brennan]], shot dead when [[the Light]] gave up possession of her body. The Light used the diary of [[Gideon Tarry]] to take the body of [[Greg Bishop]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')
 
* [[Reg Arwell]]'s plane crashed, but later landed thanks to [[Madge Arwell|Madge]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
 
* [[24 December]] - [[Madge Arwell]] and her children [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell|Lily]] met [[the Doctor]]. Cyril found a Christmassy land with naturally growing Christmas trees. Lily and the Doctor followed him. Madge later followed as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
 
   
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== Dated events ==
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=== January - June ===
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] were summoned to the [[Cabinet War Rooms]] in [[London]] by [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]]. The Doctor discovered [[Dalek]]s working for Churchill. Increasingly frustrated by their charade as "soldiers", he shouted his name at them. This testimony unwittingly activated the [[Progenitor]], awakening the [[New Dalek Paradigm]], who killed the older Daleks. The new Daleks distracted the Doctor by arming their robot [[Edwin Bracewell|Bracewell]] with [[Oblivion Continuum|a bomb]] that would destroy the [[Earth]]. The Doctor saved the Earth, but the Daleks escaped. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
 
 
On [[1 January]], [[Professor]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived on [[Guernsey]] in the [[English Channel]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
* [[11 January]] - Actor [[Malcolm Terris]] was born.
 
* [[17 February]] - Actor [[Julia McKenzie]] was born.
 
* [[24 February]] - Actor [[David Gooderson]] was born.
 
* [[13 March]] - Actor [[Michael Walker]] was born.
 
* [[26 March]] - Scientist [[Richard Dawkins]] was born.
 
* [[9 April]] - Actor [[Hannah Gordon]] was born.
 
* [[13 April]] - Actor [[Christopher Tranchell]] was born.
 
* [[2 May]] - Actor [[Paul Darrow]] was born.
 
* [[13 May]] - Actor [[Frank Jarvis]] was born.
 
* [[18 May]] - Actor [[Miriam Margolyes]] was born.
 
* [[29 May]] - Actor [[Mike Lucas]] was born.
 
* [[8 July]] - Actor [[Polly James]] was born.
 
* [[10 July]] - Actor [[Jackie Lane]] was born.
 
* [[15 July]] - [[Incidental music]] composer [[Geoffrey Burgon]] was born.
 
* [[28 July]] - Actor [[Patrick Tull]] was born.
 
* [[4 August]] - Actor [[Martin Jarvis]] was born.
 
* Actor [[John Atterbury]] was born.
 
* [[2 September]] - Actor [[Kay Patrick]] was born.
 
* [[23 September]] - [[Film editor]] [[Colin Eggleston]] was born.
 
* [[2 October]] - Actor [[Sam Dastor]] was born.
 
* [[16 October]] - Actor [[David Ashford]] was born.
 
* [[20 October]] - Actor [[Anneke Wills]] was born.
 
* [[28 October]] - Actor [[John Hallam (actor)|John Hallam]] was born.
 
* [[8 November]] - Actor [[Nerys Hughes]] was born.
 
* [[2 December]] - Actor [[Colin McCormack]] was born.
 
* [[24 December]] - Actor [[John Levene]] was born.
 
[[Category:DWU years]]
 
   
 
On [[20 January]], [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] and [[Toshiko Sato]] met the real [[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|Captain Jack Harkness]] at the [[Kiss the Boys Goodbye Dance]] at [[the Ritz]] in [[Cardiff]]. Tosh sent a message to [[Torchwood Three]] in the [[21st century]] containing her half of the [[Rift Manipulator]] formula to bring her and Jack back. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
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On [[21 January]], Captain Jack Harkness was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
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In [[London]], another American [[Royal Air Force]] volunteer who was also named [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] failed to report for duty and was never heard from again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
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[[Tom Flanagan|Thomas Erasmus Flanagan]] was forgotten at a train station. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'')
 
From [[1 March]] to [[6 March]], Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]], stranded on [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Guernsey]], uncovered a secret [[German]] weapon based on technology from the future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
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On [[7 June]], [[Clyde Langer]] and [[George Woods]] evaded a group of Nazis after taking a piece of [[Chronosteel]] from them. Shortly afterward, Clyde returned to [[Ealing]] on [[23 November]] [[2010]]. George was inspired by Clyde to join the [[British Army]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')
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In June, the war spread [[Eastern Front (World War II)|into Eastern Europe]] as Germany attacked the [[Soviet Union]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Losing the Audience (short story)|Losing the Audience]]'')
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=== July - December ===
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[[File:The Way of All Flesh 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Torajenn]] deposit [[human]] [[skeleton]]s into [[Susini]]'s [[configuration vortex]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Way of All Flesh (comic story)|The Way of All Flesh]]'')]]
 
On [[18 August]], [[Bilis Manger]] contacted [[Tilda Brennan]] and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'')
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On [[22 August]], Jack Harkness returned to the Hub to find the personnel of [[Torchwood Three]] incapacitated by [[Tilda Brennan]], shot dead when [[the Light (The Twilight Streets)|the Light]] gave up possession of her body. The Light used the diary of [[Gideon Tarry]] to take the body of [[Greg Bishop]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'')
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On [[2 November]], the [[Torajenn]] and [[Susini]] attempted to use of [[Day of the Dead]] celebrations in [[Coyoacan]] to harvest human body parts. The Torajenn used their [[bio-nuclear force field]]s to assume the appearance of dead loved ones and get close enough to humans to strip their flesh and steal their skeletons. The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] arrived in Coyoacan and were separated. While Izzy helped [[Frida Kahlo]] protect a large celebration in the town's cemetery from the Torajenn, the Doctor met [[Diego Rivera]] and killed the Torajenn and Susini.
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[[File:Eight talks about Izzy.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eighth Doctor]] chats with [[Diego Rivera]] in [[Coyoacan]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Way of All Flesh (comic story)|The Way of All Flesh]]'')]]
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For a few more days in early [[November]], the Doctor and Izzy stayed with Frida and Diego in their Coyoacan home. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Way of All Flesh (comic story)|The Way of All Flesh]]'')
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In [[December]], the [[United States of America]] became involved in the war when [[Japan]]ese forces [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|bombed]] [[Pearl Harbor]]. [[9 December|Two days later]], [[Terrence Moody]] was shot down during the [[Battle of the Philippines]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy (short story)|Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy]]'')
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[[Reg Arwell]]'s plane crashed, but later landed thanks to [[Madge Arwell|Madge]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
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On [[24 December]], Madge Arwell and her children [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell|Lily]] met [[the Doctor]]. Cyril found [[Androzani Minor|a Christmassy land with naturally growing Christmas trees]]. Lily and the Doctor followed him. Madge later followed as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
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[[Winter]] arrived in [[Russia]] in December, bringing the German advance to a halt not far from [[Moscow]]. The [[Red Army]] counterattack pushed the [[Wehrmacht]] back, turning Germany's war into a defensive one for the first time. Germany was forced to abandon [[the Blitz]] as well as any plans of [[Operation Sealion|invading Britain]]. The possibility that Germany may lose the war began to be considered in [[Berlin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
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== Undated events ==
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] traced a [[Chula ambulance]] to [[London]], thinking it a warship. He found a boy called [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]], who had been partially resurrected by [[nanogene]]s. Jamie pursued the Doctor, [[Rose Tyler]] and Jack Harkness after Jack set off emergency protocols, releasing an army of [[Empty Child|people made to be just like Jamie]] searching for his mother. [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] told Jamie that she was his mother, not his sister, after lying to him all his life. The nanogenes repaired Jamie and returned all the infected to normal. Jack began travelling in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after the Doctor and Rose saved his life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') Shortly afterwards, the Chula ambulance and Jamie's gas mask were found and stored at the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Security Bot (video game)|Security Bot]]'')
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[[File:EleventhDoctorDalekVOTD1.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovers the [[Ironside Project]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')]]
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] were summoned to the [[Cabinet War Rooms]] in [[London]] by [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]]. The Doctor discovered [[Dalek]]s working for Churchill. Increasingly frustrated by their charade as "soldiers", he shouted his name at them. This testimony unwittingly activated the [[Progenitor]], awakening the [[New Dalek Paradigm]], who killed the older Daleks. The new Daleks distracted the Doctor by arming their robot [[Edwin Bracewell|Bracewell]] with [[Oblivion Continuum|a bomb]] that would destroy the [[Earth]]. The Doctor saved the Earth, but the Daleks escaped. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
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''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'' was found in an attic in [[France]]. Bracewell showed it to Churchill, who called [[River Song]] about it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
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In [[Shanghai]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] helped a group of stranded [[Alpha Centauran]]s return home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'')
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The [[United States of America|United States]] was in the process of developing [[sonar]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dark Convoy (audio story)|Dark Convoy]]'')
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The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] visited the [[Sahara Desert]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Instruments of War (comic story)|The Instruments of War]]'')
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[[Emil Hartung]] was killed while test piloting the [[Nazi]] stealth plane ''[[Hugin]]'' in [[Guernsey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
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The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] visited London during the Blitz. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]'')
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[[Geoff Cooper]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Entropy Composition (audio story)|The Entropy Composition]]'')
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[[Kenneth James Valentine]] joined the [[Royal Dragoon Guards]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]'')
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1941 in

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Timeline for 1941
20th century | 1940s

1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947
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The Second World War continued in 1941.

Dated events

January - June

On 1 January, Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel. (AUDIO: Just War)

On 20 January, Captain Jack Harkness and Toshiko Sato met the real Captain Jack Harkness at the Kiss the Boys Goodbye Dance at the Ritz in Cardiff. Tosh sent a message to Torchwood Three in the 21st century containing her half of the Rift Manipulator formula to bring her and Jack back. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)

On 21 January, Captain Jack Harkness was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)

In London, another American Royal Air Force volunteer who was also named Captain Jack Harkness failed to report for duty and was never heard from again. (TV: Everything Changes)

Thomas Erasmus Flanagan was forgotten at a train station. (TV: Ghost Machine) From 1 March to 6 March, Professor Bernice Summerfield, stranded on Nazi-occupied Guernsey, uncovered a secret German weapon based on technology from the future. (AUDIO: Just War)

On 7 June, Clyde Langer and George Woods evaded a group of Nazis after taking a piece of Chronosteel from them. Shortly afterward, Clyde returned to Ealing on 23 November 2010. George was inspired by Clyde to join the British Army. (TV: Lost in Time)

In June, the war spread into Eastern Europe as Germany attacked the Soviet Union. (PROSE: Just War, Losing the Audience)

July - December

The Way of All Flesh 2

Torajenn deposit human skeletons into Susini's configuration vortex. (COMIC: The Way of All Flesh)

On 18 August, Bilis Manger contacted Tilda Brennan and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets)

On 22 August, Jack Harkness returned to the Hub to find the personnel of Torchwood Three incapacitated by Tilda Brennan, shot dead when the Light gave up possession of her body. The Light used the diary of Gideon Tarry to take the body of Greg Bishop. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets)

On 2 November, the Torajenn and Susini attempted to use of Day of the Dead celebrations in Coyoacan to harvest human body parts. The Torajenn used their bio-nuclear force fields to assume the appearance of dead loved ones and get close enough to humans to strip their flesh and steal their skeletons. The Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair arrived in Coyoacan and were separated. While Izzy helped Frida Kahlo protect a large celebration in the town's cemetery from the Torajenn, the Doctor met Diego Rivera and killed the Torajenn and Susini.

Eight talks about Izzy

The Eighth Doctor chats with Diego Rivera in Coyoacan. (COMIC: The Way of All Flesh)

For a few more days in early November, the Doctor and Izzy stayed with Frida and Diego in their Coyoacan home. (COMIC: The Way of All Flesh)

In December, the United States of America became involved in the war when Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor. Two days later, Terrence Moody was shot down during the Battle of the Philippines. (PROSE: Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy)

Reg Arwell's plane crashed, but later landed thanks to Madge. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

On 24 December, Madge Arwell and her children Cyril and Lily met the Doctor. Cyril found a Christmassy land with naturally growing Christmas trees. Lily and the Doctor followed him. Madge later followed as well. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

Winter arrived in Russia in December, bringing the German advance to a halt not far from Moscow. The Red Army counterattack pushed the Wehrmacht back, turning Germany's war into a defensive one for the first time. Germany was forced to abandon the Blitz as well as any plans of invading Britain. The possibility that Germany may lose the war began to be considered in Berlin. (PROSE: Just War)

Undated events

The Ninth Doctor traced a Chula ambulance to London, thinking it a warship. He found a boy called Jamie, who had been partially resurrected by nanogenes. Jamie pursued the Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness after Jack set off emergency protocols, releasing an army of people made to be just like Jamie searching for his mother. Nancy told Jamie that she was his mother, not his sister, after lying to him all his life. The nanogenes repaired Jamie and returned all the infected to normal. Jack began travelling in the TARDIS after the Doctor and Rose saved his life. (TV: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances) Shortly afterwards, the Chula ambulance and Jamie's gas mask were found and stored at the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME: Security Bot)

EleventhDoctorDalekVOTD1

The Eleventh Doctor discovers the Ironside Project. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond were summoned to the Cabinet War Rooms in London by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Doctor discovered Daleks working for Churchill. Increasingly frustrated by their charade as "soldiers", he shouted his name at them. This testimony unwittingly activated the Progenitor, awakening the New Dalek Paradigm, who killed the older Daleks. The new Daleks distracted the Doctor by arming their robot Bracewell with a bomb that would destroy the Earth. The Doctor saved the Earth, but the Daleks escaped. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

The Pandorica Opens was found in an attic in France. Bracewell showed it to Churchill, who called River Song about it. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)

In Shanghai, the Fourth Doctor helped a group of stranded Alpha Centaurans return home. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)

The United States was in the process of developing sonar. (AUDIO: Dark Convoy)

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald visited the Sahara Desert. (COMIC: The Instruments of War)

Emil Hartung was killed while test piloting the Nazi stealth plane Hugin in Guernsey. (PROSE: Just War)

The First Doctor and Susan Foreman visited London during the Blitz. (AUDIO: The Alchemists)

Geoff Cooper was born. (AUDIO: The Entropy Composition)

Kenneth James Valentine joined the Royal Dragoon Guards. (PROSE: Trace Memory)