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1940
| Timeline for 1940 |
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Events 
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May Edit
- The Doctor and Donna Noble, near the Dover cliffs in the UK, worked to prevent a Nemonite invasion from derailing a Second World War counterattack called Operation Dynamo. (BBCR: The Nemonite Invasion)
- 27 May - 4 June - British Army soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk (this event was noted by the Matrix as a significant part of the Web of Time). (BFA: Neverland) The Seventh Doctor convinced Adolf Hitler to allow the evacuation to proceed. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus) The First Doctor was present at the evacuation itself. (NA: Just War, PDA: Byzantium!)
October Edit
- 12 - At 8:47 p.m., the New Regency Theatre, which had been owned and operated by the late Henry Gordon Jago in the 1890s, was destroyed in the Blitz, as was the hotel next to it. (JAL: Swan Song)
December Edit
- The Doctor visited Guernsey. (NA: Just War)
- A Berserker Pendant was lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of Park Vale Comprehensive School. (SJA: The Mark of the Berserker)
Unknown Dates Edit
- The last in an eight year series of child abductions by the Pied Piper occurred in the United States of America. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)
Behind the scenes Edit
January Edit
- 11 - R.J. Bell (The Garm in DW: Terminus (TV story)) was born.
- 16 - Tony Holland, who played the third assistant in DW: The Savages, was born.
- 19 - Mike Reid, who had an uncredited role as a soldier in DW: The War Machines and appeared as Frank Butcher in DW: Dimensions in Time, was born in Hackney, London.
February Edit
- 20 - Judy Cornwell was born.
March Edit
- 08 - Christopher Wray was born.
- 13 - Christopher Gable was born.
April Edit
- 2 - Sean Barry-Weske was born.
- 15 - Sean Caffrey (Palmerdale in DW: Horror of Fang Rock) was born.
- 26 - Harry Fielder was born.
May Edit
- 18 - Ray Lonnen was born.
- 28 - Frank Cox was born.
June Edit
- 4 - David Collings was born.
- 7 - Ronald Pickup, who played the physician in DW: The Reign of Terror, was born in Chester, England.
- 8 - Carole Ann Ford, who portrayed Susan Foreman, was born.
July Edit
- 7 - Ringo Starr, who appeared as himself, one of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, was born in Liverpool.
- 17 - Tim Brooke-Taylor, who voiced Mims in BFA: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth, was born.
- 28 - Brigit Forsyth was born.
- 31 - Louise Pajo was born.
August Edit
- 9 - Bernard Holley was born.
- 18 - Barry Justice, who played King Charles IX in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, was born in Lucknow, India.
- 25 - John J. Carney, who played Bloodaxe in DW: The Time Warrior, was born.
September Edit
- 3 - Pauline Collins, who played Samantha Briggs in DW: The Faceless Ones and Victoria in DW: Tooth and Claw, was born in Exmouth, Devon, England.
October Edit
- 9 - John Lennon, who appeared as himself, as one of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, was born in Liverpool.
- 12 - Gawn Grainger was born.
- 29 - Angela Douglas was born.
November Edit
- 1 - Yvonne Antrobus was born.
- 17 - William Simons was born.
- 24 - Alan Lake was born.
December Edit
- 11 - Tony Adams, who would play Elgin in DW: The Green Death, was born.
- 15 - Pennant Roberts was born.
Unknown date Edit
- Mark Heath, who played Ralph in DW: The Moonbase, was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Barry Stanton was born.
- Ben Howard was born.
- John Gregg was born.
