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In '''1947''', a [[Nedenah]] spacecraft [[Roswell crash|crashed in Roswell, New Mexico]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'')
== Events ==
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
* A [[Nedenah]] spacecraft [[Roswell crash|crashed in Roswell, New Mexico]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'')
 
* [[13 June|13]] - Another [[spacecraft]], piloted by [[alien]] ambassador [[Seruba Velak]], also crash landed in the vicinity of [[Roswell]]. She was taken prisoner by the [[United States|US]] government and held in captivity in [[Area 51]] for the next eleven years until being freed by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and her husband [[Rivesh Mantilax]] in [[1958]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
 
* The technology from one of the above crashes ended up in the hands of [[Henry van Statten]] decades later. He used it to develop broadband [[internet]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
 
* The [[Second Doctor]] recalled either participating in or observing an alien autopsy, which was recorded, in Roswell during this year. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the crash of the Nedenah spacecraft. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'')
 
   
 
On [[13 June]], another [[spacecraft]], piloted by [[alien]] ambassador [[Seruba Velak]], also crash landed in the vicinity of [[Roswell]]. She was taken prisoner by the [[United States|US]] government and held in captivity in [[Area 51]] for the next eleven years until being freed by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and her husband [[Rivesh Mantilax]] in [[1958]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
=== Unknown Dates ===
 
* The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] arrived in [[Los Angeles]] and assisted the police in a [[murder ]]investigation. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'')
 
* [[British]] [[occult]]ist [[Aleister Crowley]] faked his own death in [[Hastings]] as part of his recruitment by the [[America]]ns into the [[Golgotha Project]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'')
 
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] arrived in [[Calcutta]], [[India|British India]] where they met [[Mohandas Gandhi]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Ghosts of India]]'')
 
   
 
The technology from one of the above crashes ended up in the hands of [[Henry van Statten]] decades later. He used it to develop broadband [[internet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
 
=== [[January]] ===
 
* [[2 January|2]] - [[Eiji Kusuhara]], [[Toshio Shimura]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks]]'', was born.
 
* [[11 January|11]] - [[Anna Calder-Marshall]] was born in Kensington, London.
 
* [[17 January|17]] - [[John Alkin]] ([[Lomand]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') was born.
 
* [[27 January|27]] - [[Peter Burroughs]] (the [[Jester]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'') was born.
 
* [[30 January|30]] - [[Paddy Kingsland]], who provided [[incidental music]] for ''Doctor Who'', was born.
 
   
 
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] arrived in [[Calcutta]], [[British Raj|British]] [[India]] where they met [[Mohandas Gandhi]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'') India gained dominion status that same year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'')
=== [[February]] ===
 
* [[10 February|10]] - [[Michael Keating]] ([[Goudry]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'') was born.
 
* [[17 February|17]] - [[Dallas Adams]] ([[Howard Foster]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') was born.
 
   
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On [[17 August]], [[Pakistan]] declared independence from [[India]] in what would become known as the [[Partition of India]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Ryan Sinclair]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] visited India and Pakistan on this date and listened to the partition being announced on the radio. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')
=== [[March]] ===
 
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[[File:Believe in Love Highlight - Episode 6 Doctor Who BBC America|thumb|The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] officiates [[Umbreen]] and [[Prem]]'s [[wedding]], on the new [[India]]-[[Pakistan]] [[border]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')]]
* [[10 March|10]] - [[Colin Stinton]] ([[Arthur Coleman Winters]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') was born in [[Canada]].
 
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On [[18 August]], the first wedding in Pakistan was held, between the [[Islam|Muslim]] [[Umbreen]] and the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Prem]]. However, Prem was later killed by his brother [[Manish]] for marrying someone from another [[religion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')
* [[15 March|15]] - [[Tony Osoba]] ([[Lan]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' and [[Kracauer]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') was born.
 
* [[17 March|17]] - [[Petra Markham]] was born in Prestbury, Cheshire, [[England|England.]]
 
* [[25 March|25]] - [[Elton John]] was born.
 
* [[29 March|29]] - [[Leslie Meadows]] ([[Adlon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'') was born.
 
   
 
The [[Second Doctor]] recalled either participating in or observing an alien autopsy, which was recorded, in Roswell during this year. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the crash of the Nedenah spacecraft. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'')
=== [[April]] ===
 
* [[30 April|30]] - [[Leslie Grantham]] ([[Kiston]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') was born.
 
   
 
The Second Doctor, [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] arrived in [[Los Angeles]] and assisted the police in a [[murder]] investigation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun (novel)|Dying in the Sun]]'')
=== [[May]] ===
 
* [[6 May|6]] - [[Alan Dale]] ([[Aaron Copley]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') was born.
 
* [[19 May|19]] - [[Michael Cochrane]], who played several roles in ''Doctor Who'', was born.
 
   
 
[[British]] [[occult]]ist [[Aleister Crowley]] faked his own death in [[Hastings]] as part of his recruitment by the [[America]]ns into [[the Golgotha Project]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'')
=== [[June]] ===
 
* [[1 June|1]] - [[Jonathan Pryce]] was born in Holywell, Wales.
 
* [[12 June|12]] - [[Christopher Farries]] ([[Sauvix]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'') was born.
 
* [[24 June|24]] - [[Brendan Price]] ([[Tomas]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') was born.
 
   
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The [[First Doctor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]] visited [[Scrabster Harbour]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of Earth (audio story)|Masters of Earth]]'')
=== [[August]] ===
 
* [[12 August|12]] - [[John Nathan-Turner]] was born.
 
   
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[[Kenneth James Valentine]] joined that [[Cardiff Borough Police]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]'')
=== [[September]] ===
 
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* [[30 September|30]] - [[Rula Lenska]] was born.
 
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=== [[October]] ===
 
* [[16 October|16]] - [[Guy Siner]] ([[Ravon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') was born.
 
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
* [[17 November|17]] - [[James Warwick]] was born.
 
 
=== [[December]] ===
 
* [[7 December|7]] - [[Wendy Padbury]], who played [[Zoe Heriot]], was born at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], [[England]].
 
* 7 - [[Patrick Troughton]] made his TV debut in a production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' broadcast in the UK.
 
* [[29 December|29]] - [[Alan David]] ([[Gabriel Sneed]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') was born.
 
 
=== Unknown ===
 
* [[Terry Molloy]] was born in [[Liverpool]].
 
 
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In 1947, a Nedenah spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)

On 13 June, another spacecraft, piloted by alien ambassador Seruba Velak, also crash landed in the vicinity of Roswell. She was taken prisoner by the US government and held in captivity in Area 51 for the next eleven years until being freed by the Tenth Doctor and her husband Rivesh Mantilax in 1958. (TV: Dreamland)

The technology from one of the above crashes ended up in the hands of Henry van Statten decades later. He used it to develop broadband internet. (TV: Dalek)

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble arrived in Calcutta, British India where they met Mohandas Gandhi. (PROSE: Ghosts of India) India gained dominion status that same year. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)

On 17 August, Pakistan declared independence from India in what would become known as the Partition of India. The Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien visited India and Pakistan on this date and listened to the partition being announced on the radio. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)

Believe_in_Love_Highlight_-_Episode_6_Doctor_Who_BBC_America

Believe in Love Highlight - Episode 6 Doctor Who BBC America

The Thirteenth Doctor officiates Umbreen and Prem's wedding, on the new India-Pakistan border. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)

On 18 August, the first wedding in Pakistan was held, between the Muslim Umbreen and the Hindu Prem. However, Prem was later killed by his brother Manish for marrying someone from another religion. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)

The Second Doctor recalled either participating in or observing an alien autopsy, which was recorded, in Roswell during this year. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the crash of the Nedenah spacecraft. (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice)

The Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright arrived in Los Angeles and assisted the police in a murder investigation. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun)

British occultist Aleister Crowley faked his own death in Hastings as part of his recruitment by the Americans into the Golgotha Project. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS)

The First Doctor and Dodo Chaplet visited Scrabster Harbour. (AUDIO: Masters of Earth)

Kenneth James Valentine joined that Cardiff Borough Police. (PROSE: Trace Memory)