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1910s •1920s • 1930s • 1940s |
1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1950s part of the 20th century 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
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1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s |
The Seventh Doctor described the 1950s as the height of American suspicion and xenophobia as a result of the Cold War. (COMIC: The Good Soldier)
A secret bunker was built under Whitehall. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
In the second half of the decade, the British government created Department C19. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart joined the Scots Guards and was stationed for a time at Aldgate. (TV: The Web of Fear, The Green Death)
Two chapters of The True History of Planets were published as short stories in magazines. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
Behind the scenes
- The first airing of the Quatermass serials, which would have a tremendous influence on Doctor Who, occurred.