1940s

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 Doctor Who Universe 1.1.1 Major events 1.1.2 Minor events 2 Years

[edit] Events

[edit] Doctor Who Universe

[edit] Major events

• World War II continues.

[edit] Minor events

• Bunkers are built in the London Underground, including Covent Gardens. Professor Edward Travers sells the Robot Yeti captured in Tibet to Julius Silverstein. (DW: The Web of Fear)

• Amelia Ducat mans an "ack ack" station at Folkestone. (DW: The Seeds of Doom)

• Albert Einstein is kidnapped by the Rani. (DW: Time and the Rani)

• George Ratcliffe is imprisoned for sympathizing with the Nazis, arguing that Britain is fighting on the wrong side. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks)

• The Parakon named Freeth begins visiting Earth, sparking the first reports of flying saucers. (BBCR: The Paradise of Death)

• Work commences on the ULTIMA Machine. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

• German scientists work on the Gruber-Schneider device, hoping to perfect it by 1944. (NA: Just War)

• Melanie Bush's grandfather is killed fighting the German army. (NA: Just War)

[edit] Years

• 1940

• 1941

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

• 1949

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