1940s

Events

(For events in this decade with specific dates, see the "Years" links below.)

• World War II is fought on Earth.

• Bunkers are built in the London Undeground, including Covent Gardens. Professor Edward Travers sells the Yeti robot captured in Tibet to Silverstein ("The Web of Fear").

• Amelia Ducat manns an ack-ack station at Folkestone ("The Seeds of Doom").

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

• Radcliffe is imprisoned for sympathizing with the Nazis, arguing that Britain is fighting on the wrong side ("Remembrance of the Daleks").

• The Paragon Freeth begin visiting Earth, sparking the first reports of flying saucers ("The Paradise of Death").

• German scientists work on the Gruber-Schneider device, hoping to perfect it by 1944. Melanie Bush's grandfather is killed fighting the German army ("Just War").

Years

• 1940

• 1941

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

• 1949