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[[File:August on a calendar.jpg|thumb|left|A [[calendar]] displaying the [[month]] of August. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|The Zero Imperative (home video)}})]]
According to the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] calendar, 23 August was the tenth day before the Calends of [[September]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'')
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'''23 August''' was a [[Calendar date|date]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[79]] - The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] arrived in [[Pompeii]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'') as did the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
In the year [[79]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] arrived in [[Pompeii]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)}}) as did the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]. [[24 August|The next day]], the city's [[Mount Vesuvius]] [[Volcano|erupted]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}})
* [[1628]] - [[George Villiers]] died. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
In [[1572]], [[Catherine de Medici]] persuaded her [[son]], [[King]] [[Charles IX]] of [[France]], to give [[order]]s for the [[Huguenot]] [[leader]]s to be [[kill]]ed, leading to the [[St Bartholomew's Day massacre]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A History of Humankind (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Massacre (novel)}})
* [[1933]] - [[Peter Wyngarde]] ([[Timanov]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]'') was born.
* [[1949]] - [[Christopher Blake]] ([[Ptolem]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase]]'') was born.
* [[1991]] - ''Doctor Who'' [[producer]] [[Innes Lloyd]] died.


[[Category:Dates| 0823]]
The [[Dalek]]s once stole the Mark One model of a [[time machine]] called the [[Time-Conveyor]], which was built by [[Peter (Timechase)|Peter]] and [[David (Timechase)|David]]'s [[Uncle (Timechase)|uncle]]. They hoped to reverse-engineer their own time machine from it. Peter and David pursued them through time in the Mark Two. They finally recovered it in Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius, having defeated the Daleks one-by-one along the way. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timechase (short story)}})
 
In [[2001]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] reportedly went missing. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny}}) In reality, she was turned into a [[vampire]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight}}) and was later recruited by [[the Forge]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus}})
 
In [[2211]], the [[Woolly Rebellion|Great Woolly Rebellion]] began. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
 
== Births and deaths ==
In [[1628]], [[George Villiers]] died. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Church and the Crown (audio story)}})
 
== Events ==
According to the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] calendar, 23 [[August]] was the tenth day before the Calends of [[September]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)}})
 
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A calendar displaying the month of August. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative [+]Loading...["The Zero Imperative (home video)"])
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23 August was a date.

Events

In the year 79, the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush arrived in Pompeii (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan [+]Loading...["The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)"]) as did the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble. The next day, the city's Mount Vesuvius erupted. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"])

In 1572, Catherine de Medici persuaded her son, King Charles IX of France, to give orders for the Huguenot leaders to be killed, leading to the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"], TV: The Massacre [+]Loading...["The Massacre (novel)"])

The Daleks once stole the Mark One model of a time machine called the Time-Conveyor, which was built by Peter and David's uncle. They hoped to reverse-engineer their own time machine from it. Peter and David pursued them through time in the Mark Two. They finally recovered it in Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius, having defeated the Daleks one-by-one along the way. (PROSE: Timechase [+]Loading...["Timechase (short story)"])

In 2001, Cassandra Schofield reportedly went missing. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny [+]Loading...["Project Destiny (audio story)","Project: Destiny"]) In reality, she was turned into a vampire (AUDIO: Project: Twilight [+]Loading...["Project Twilight (audio story)","Project: Twilight"]) and was later recruited by the Forge. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus [+]Loading...["Project Lazarus (audio story)","Project: Lazarus"])

In 2211, the Great Woolly Rebellion began. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Births and deaths

In 1628, George Villiers died. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown [+]Loading...["The Church and the Crown (audio story)"])

Events

According to the Roman calendar, 23 August was the tenth day before the Calends of September. (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan [+]Loading...["The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)"])