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'''1951''' was a [[year]].

==Events==
===Dated===
Before [[25 May]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] attended the [[Festival of Britain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] also passed through the Festival at the same time. He briefly saw his past self and his former companion but did not recognise either of them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], and [[Zoe Heriot]] visited the Festival and encountered a [[Vardan]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The British Invasion (audio story)|The British Invasion]]'')

On [[22 June]], the last [[Witch]]craft Act was {{w|Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951|repealed}} in the [[United Kingdom]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')

===Undated===
The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] moved a replica of the [[Stone of Scone]] to [[Arbroath Abbey]], where it was accidentally broken in two. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set in Stone (short story)|Set in Stone]]'')

''[[What's My Line?]]'' was [[host]]ed by [[Eamonn Andrews]] and ran on [[British]] [[television]] from 1951 to [[1963]], each [[Sunday]] at 8.30[[pm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')

The first [[radio telescope]] was invented. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')

[[Edith Randall|Mrs Randall]] was given a prize as "[[Ealing|Miss Ealing]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'')

The local people of Lapperton on the [[Dorset Coast]] found the face of a large creature stuck inside the cliff. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] identified the creature as a [[Demigod]]. It broke free in search of its other half. For the first time in a while, it went away. ([[COMIC]]: '' [[The Cliff Face (comic story)|The Cliff Face]]'')

[[Annette Billingsley]] started publishing ''[[The Troubleseekers]]'' series of books. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (short story)|The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]'')

==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
On [[16 April]], [[Owain Vine]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'')

On [[18 August]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s parents, [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]], died in a car accident on a country lane outside of the village of [[Foxgrove]]. Sarah Jane was subsequently raised by Eddie's sister [[Lavinia Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')

===Undated===
[[File:3MonthOld-SaraJaneSmith-19510818-andDadsHand.jpg|thumb|left|The infant Sarah Jane Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')]]
[[Michael Duncan]] was born. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}})

[[John Grainger]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Incongruous Details (short story)|Incongruous Details]]'')

[[Carla Morgan]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')

[[Sarah Jane Smith]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') Other accounts dated her birth to [[1 February]] [[1956]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roving Reporter (short story)|The Roving Reporter]]'')

[[Mary Jane Powell]] died falling off a balcony. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
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