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{{first pic|1986 December 1986.jpg|A calendar showing December 1986. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}})}} | |||
'''24 December''' was the traditional date of [[Christmas Eve]] on [[Earth]]. In addition to being a time of celebration, many notable things occurred on this day. | |||
==Holidays and observances== | |||
24 December was the traditional date of [[Christmas Eve]] on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Born Again (TV story)}}) | |||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
=== | ===Early years=== | ||
In [[1783]], the [[Third Doctor]] pursued [[Casimer]] to [[Sommerton Manor]] in [[Shrewsbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sommerton Fetch (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1851]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and [[Jackson Lake]], who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Next Doctor (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[1864]], the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sommerton Fetch (short story)}}) | |||
=== | In [[1869]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] encountered [[Charles Dickens]] as he was giving a [[reading]] in [[Cardiff]], which was under attack from the gaseous [[Gelth]] that had come through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]]. [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], a local girl they met, sacrificed herself to trap the Gelth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}) [[Critic]]s [[praise]]d Dickens' dramatic [[delivery]] and the impressive [[special effect]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) | ||
In [[1873]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] saved the children of [[London]] from [[Krampus (species)|Krampus]], a creature that fed on fear and sadness. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Red Christmas (comic story)}}) | |||
In [[1889]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instead of You (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1892]], the Eleventh Doctor met [[Clara Oswin Oswald]], another [[Clara Oswald splinter]], and encountered the [[Great Intelligence]] in the form of telepathic [[snow]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}) | |||
===20th century=== | |||
In [[1906]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] briefly visited [[Edward Grove]] and met with [[Edith Thompson]]. In an alternate timeline, Edward Grove became alive due to a [[time loop]] caused by the [[temporal paradox]] created by Edith Thompson's [[suicide]]. When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death, this timeline was negated. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)}}) | |||
In [[1909]], [[Missy]] helped some [[Thief|thieves]] steal the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[crown jewels]] from inside [[Edinburgh Castle]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Missing Habitas Frond (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1938]], the Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in [[Earth]]'s orbit. He escaped and fell to Earth, but was saved by [[Madge Arwell]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[1940]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] encountered the [[Home Guard]] volunteer [[Richard Charlesworth]] in [[Charnage House]] in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1941]], Madge, [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell]] travelled from [[England]] to [[Planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|a planet]] in [[5345]] through a present the Eleventh Doctor, posing as their caretaker, had given them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[1942]], [[Oskar Steinmann]] supervised the first test of a [[V1 flying bomb]] at [[Peenemünde]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}) | |||
In [[1966]], the Eighth Doctor visited [[Whitehall]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1969]], the Third Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[Saigon]], [[Vietnam]] during the [[Christmas]] ceasefire of the [[Vietnam War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interesting Times (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1973]], the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sommerton Fetch (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1975]], the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and [[Hex]] defeated the [[Kellenian]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Presence (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1985]], the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1987]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1993]], the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sommerton Fetch (short story)}}) | |||
=== 21st century === | |||
In [[2004]], [[Ruby Sunday]] was abandoned at [[Church, Ruby Road|the church]] on [[Ruby Road]] in [[Manchester]], mere hours after her birth. Her [[Cracked timeline (The Church on Ruby Road)|timeline was temporarily altered]] when [[Goblin]]s captured her and almost fed to the [[Goblin King]], but the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] was able to restore the timeline by saving Ruby. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2006]], the newly-regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the [[Powell Estate]]. Later that day, [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were attacked by [[Roboform|Robot Santas]] while out shopping. When they arrived back home, they were attacked by a [[Roboform Christmas tree]]. Later that night, the [[Sycorax]] made first contact with Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}) | |||
Also in 2006, an older version of the Tenth Doctor returned to London on the day that his newly regenerated self was battling the Sycorax above the city. On that occasion, he visited a young patient at [[St. Nicholas's Hospital]], [[Daniel Francis Thompson]], and helped him awaken from his coma. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)}}) | |||
In [[2007]], [[Donna Noble and Lance Bennett's wedding|the wedding]] of [[Donna Noble]] and [[Lance Bennett]] was interrupted by Donna's sudden disappearance. She was transported to [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. When the Doctor brought her back home, she was kidnapped by Roboforms. After being rescued, they arrived at the reception, which was attacked by Roboforms and a Roboform Christmas tree. The Tenth Doctor, Donna and Lance went to [[H.C. Clements]], where they found a secret floor, which led to a secret [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] base under the [[Thames Flood Barrier]]. There, the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]] was using technology and [[Huon]] particles from Torchwood to free the [[Racnoss]] children trapped in Earth's core. After Lance was killed by the Racnoss, the Doctor drowned the Racnoss children using the water from the [[Thames]]. Enraged, the Empress used a [[Webstar]] to destroy parts of London. The Webstar was shot down by a [[tank]] on the orders of [[Harold Saxon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) | |||
At some point in the [[2000s]],{{note|See [[Aliens of London dating controversy]].}} [[Diane Holmes]] flew the ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'' through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] in an attempt to return home to [[1953]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, {{cs|Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)}}){{note|Date given by ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', events occur in ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]''.}} | |||
In the 2000s,{{note|See [[Aliens of London dating controversy]].}} a [[Titanic (spaceship)|space-faring replica]] of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was struck by [[meteorite]]s, sending it and its [[nuclear storm drive]] on a collision course with Earth. The survivors were being killed off by the [[Heavenly Host]] as part of [[Max Capricorn]]'s [[retirement]] plan. The Tenth Doctor, along with [[Alonso Frame]], managed to steer the ship away from [[Buckingham Palace]], where it was about to crash. During these events, [[Wilfred Mott]] briefly met the Doctor before the Doctor was teleported back to the ship. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}}) | |||
In or around the 2000s,{{note|See [[Aliens of London dating controversy]].}} {{Simm}} was resurrected on Earth by the [[Disciples of Saxon]] and had his lifeforce sapped when his wife [[Lucy Saxon]] attempted to destroy the ritual. Lucy effectively committed [[suicide]] by doing so, creating an explosion that consumed her and the Disciples. The Master lived on, but his body was left unstable. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2012]], the Eleventh Doctor and [[Decky Flamboon|Decky]] encountred [[Edger]] on Earth. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|On the Cards (comic story)}}) | |||
In [[2017]], a TV episode called ''[[Iris Wildthyme & the Mars Conundrum]]'' was aired. It was written by [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Magrs Conundrum! (short story)}}) | |||
In the [[2020s]], ([[WC]]: {{cs|14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}}, etc.) on one night before Christmas, a [[Humans (And now for a story...)|group of four humans]] received [[Kate Stewart]]'s message ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|And now for a story... (short story)}}) about being recruited for [[Operation Time Fracture]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|14684 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}}) | |||
In [[2023]], the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited a [[Los Angeles]] toy shop. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instead of You (short story)}}) | |||
Also in 2023, [[Ruby Sunday]], now living in [[Notting Hill]] with her [[Carla Sunday|foster mother]] and [[Cherry Sunday|grandmother]], commemorated her ninteenth birthday by saving her foster sister [[Lulubelle]] from being eaten by the [[Goblin King]], with assistance from the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. After the Goblins were defeated, she stepped inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] for the first time. Earlier in the day, [[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]] contacted her to inform her that she was unable to locate her birth parents. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
===Later years=== | |||
In [[3060]] and [[3090]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] visited the human colony planet [[Puxatornee]] during Christmas in two versions of the timeline whilst searching for [[Leptonite crystal]]s so they could defeat the [[Quark]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Flip-Flop (audio story)}}) | |||
In [[3181]], the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Africa|Eastern Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instead of You (short story)}}) | |||
===Alternate realities=== | |||
On Christmas Eve 2007, in [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]], the Tenth Doctor failed to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] and died with the Racnoss children. The Webstar was destroyed by the [[British Army]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}}) | |||
==Births and deaths== | |||
===Births=== | |||
In [[1983]], [[Jason Kane]], future husband of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was born in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Return of the Living Dad (novel)}}) | |||
In [[2004]], Ruby Sunday, future [[companion]] of the [[Fifteenth Doctor]], was born in [[Manchester]]. She was later abandoned outside [[Church, Ruby Road|a church]] by her [[Ruby Sunday's mother|birth mother]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2023]], [[Lulubelle]] was born in [[London]], and given up into foster care by her [[Lulubelle's mother|mother]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | |||
===Deaths=== | |||
In [[1930]], [[Edith Thompson]] committed [[suicide]] because [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] died in the crash of the ''[[R101]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)}}) | |||
In [[1971]], [[Carmen (Be Forgot)|Carmen]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Be Forgot (comic story)}}) | |||
== | ==Other== | ||
According to a [[calendar]] on the [[Snowcap]] base, 24 December [[1986]] was a [[Wednesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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24 December was the traditional date of Christmas Eve on Earth. In addition to being a time of celebration, many notable things occurred on this day.
Holidays and observances
24 December was the traditional date of Christmas Eve on Earth. (TV: Born Again [+]Loading...["Born Again (TV story)"])
Events
Early years
In 1783, the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. (PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch [+]Loading...["The Sommerton Fetch (short story)"])
In 1851, the Tenth Doctor encountered the Cybermen and Jackson Lake, who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor. (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
In 1864, the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. (PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch [+]Loading...["The Sommerton Fetch (short story)"])
In 1869, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler encountered Charles Dickens as he was giving a reading in Cardiff, which was under attack from the gaseous Gelth that had come through the Rift. Gwyneth, a local girl they met, sacrificed herself to trap the Gelth. (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"]) Critics praised Dickens' dramatic delivery and the impressive special effects. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
In 1873, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond saved the children of London from Krampus, a creature that fed on fear and sadness. (COMIC: Red Christmas [+]Loading...["Red Christmas (comic story)"])
In 1889, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited London. (PROSE: Instead of You [+]Loading...["Instead of You (short story)"])
In 1892, the Eleventh Doctor met Clara Oswin Oswald, another Clara Oswald splinter, and encountered the Great Intelligence in the form of telepathic snow. (TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])
20th century
In 1906, the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard briefly visited Edward Grove and met with Edith Thompson. In an alternate timeline, Edward Grove became alive due to a time loop caused by the temporal paradox created by Edith Thompson's suicide. When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death, this timeline was negated. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight [+]Loading...["The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)"])
In 1909, Missy helped some thieves steal the Scottish crown jewels from inside Edinburgh Castle. (PROSE: Missing Habitas Frond [+]Loading...["Missing Habitas Frond (short story)"])
In 1938, the Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in Earth's orbit. He escaped and fell to Earth, but was saved by Madge Arwell. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])
In 1940, the Fourth Doctor and Leela encountered the Home Guard volunteer Richard Charlesworth in Charnage House in England. (PROSE: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow [+]Loading...["It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)"])
In 1941, Madge, Cyril and Lily Arwell travelled from England to a planet in 5345 through a present the Eleventh Doctor, posing as their caretaker, had given them. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])
In 1942, Oskar Steinmann supervised the first test of a V1 flying bomb at Peenemünde. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
In 1966, the Eighth Doctor visited Whitehall. (PROSE: For the Man Who Has Everything [+]Loading...["For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)"])
In 1969, the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited Saigon, Vietnam during the Christmas ceasefire of the Vietnam War. (PROSE: Interesting Times [+]Loading...["Interesting Times (short story)"])
In 1973, the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. (PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch [+]Loading...["The Sommerton Fetch (short story)"])
In 1975, the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex defeated the Kellenian invasion of Earth in New York City. (PROSE: Presence [+]Loading...["Presence (short story)"])
In 1985, the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a Christmas party at Sally Sparrow's aunt's house in Devon, when the TARDIS "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using her Christmas essay from 2005, the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for Sally Sparrow to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS reset button to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow [+]Loading...["What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)"])
In 1987, David Gilligan burgled several houses in the suburbs of Illinois. (PROSE: Be Good for Goodness's Sake [+]Loading...["Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)"])
In 1993, the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. (PROSE: The Sommerton Fetch [+]Loading...["The Sommerton Fetch (short story)"])
21st century
In 2004, Ruby Sunday was abandoned at the church on Ruby Road in Manchester, mere hours after her birth. Her timeline was temporarily altered when Goblins captured her and almost fed to the Goblin King, but the Fifteenth Doctor was able to restore the timeline by saving Ruby. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
In 2006, the newly-regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the Powell Estate. Later that day, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith were attacked by Robot Santas while out shopping. When they arrived back home, they were attacked by a Roboform Christmas tree. Later that night, the Sycorax made first contact with Earth. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
Also in 2006, an older version of the Tenth Doctor returned to London on the day that his newly regenerated self was battling the Sycorax above the city. On that occasion, he visited a young patient at St. Nicholas's Hospital, Daniel Francis Thompson, and helped him awaken from his coma. (PROSE: Deep and Dreamless Sleep [+]Loading...["Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)"])
In 2007, the wedding of Donna Noble and Lance Bennett was interrupted by Donna's sudden disappearance. She was transported to the Doctor's TARDIS. When the Doctor brought her back home, she was kidnapped by Roboforms. After being rescued, they arrived at the reception, which was attacked by Roboforms and a Roboform Christmas tree. The Tenth Doctor, Donna and Lance went to H.C. Clements, where they found a secret floor, which led to a secret Torchwood base under the Thames Flood Barrier. There, the Empress of the Racnoss was using technology and Huon particles from Torchwood to free the Racnoss children trapped in Earth's core. After Lance was killed by the Racnoss, the Doctor drowned the Racnoss children using the water from the Thames. Enraged, the Empress used a Webstar to destroy parts of London. The Webstar was shot down by a tank on the orders of Harold Saxon. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
At some point in the 2000s,[nb 1] Diane Holmes flew the Sky Gypsy through the Cardiff Rift in an attempt to return home to 1953. (TV: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"], Captain Jack Harkness [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)"])[nb 2]
In the 2000s,[nb 3] a space-faring replica of the RMS Titanic was struck by meteorites, sending it and its nuclear storm drive on a collision course with Earth. The survivors were being killed off by the Heavenly Host as part of Max Capricorn's retirement plan. The Tenth Doctor, along with Alonso Frame, managed to steer the ship away from Buckingham Palace, where it was about to crash. During these events, Wilfred Mott briefly met the Doctor before the Doctor was teleported back to the ship. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
In or around the 2000s,[nb 4] the Saxon Master was resurrected on Earth by the Disciples of Saxon and had his lifeforce sapped when his wife Lucy Saxon attempted to destroy the ritual. Lucy effectively committed suicide by doing so, creating an explosion that consumed her and the Disciples. The Master lived on, but his body was left unstable. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
In 2012, the Eleventh Doctor and Decky encountred Edger on Earth. (COMIC: On the Cards [+]Loading...["On the Cards (comic story)"])
In 2017, a TV episode called Iris Wildthyme & the Mars Conundrum was aired. It was written by Paul Magrs. (PROSE: The Magrs Conundrum! [+]Loading...["The Magrs Conundrum! (short story)"])
In the 2020s, (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], etc.) on one night before Christmas, a group of four humans received Kate Stewart's message (PROSE: And now for a story... [+]Loading...["And now for a story... (short story)"]) about being recruited for Operation Time Fracture. (WC: 14684 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14684 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
In 2023, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited a Los Angeles toy shop. (PROSE: Instead of You [+]Loading...["Instead of You (short story)"])
Also in 2023, Ruby Sunday, now living in Notting Hill with her foster mother and grandmother, commemorated her ninteenth birthday by saving her foster sister Lulubelle from being eaten by the Goblin King, with assistance from the Fifteenth Doctor. After the Goblins were defeated, she stepped inside the TARDIS for the first time. Earlier in the day, Davina McCall contacted her to inform her that she was unable to locate her birth parents. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
Later years
In 3060 and 3090, the Seventh Doctor and Mel visited the human colony planet Puxatornee during Christmas in two versions of the timeline whilst searching for Leptonite crystals so they could defeat the Quarks. (AUDIO: Flip-Flop [+]Loading...["Flip-Flop (audio story)"])
In 3181, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Eastern Africa. (PROSE: Instead of You [+]Loading...["Instead of You (short story)"])
Alternate realities
On Christmas Eve 2007, in a parallel world, the Tenth Doctor failed to regenerate and died with the Racnoss children. The Webstar was destroyed by the British Army. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
Births and deaths
Births
In 1983, Jason Kane, future husband of Bernice Summerfield, was born in England. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
In 2004, Ruby Sunday, future companion of the Fifteenth Doctor, was born in Manchester. She was later abandoned outside a church by her birth mother. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
In 2023, Lulubelle was born in London, and given up into foster care by her mother. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
Deaths
In 1930, Edith Thompson committed suicide because Charley Pollard died in the crash of the R101. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight [+]Loading...["The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)"])
In 1971, Carmen died. (PROSE: Be Forgot [+]Loading...["Be Forgot (comic story)"])
Other
According to a calendar on the Snowcap base, 24 December 1986 was a Wednesday. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
Footnotes
- ↑ See Aliens of London dating controversy.
- ↑ Date given by Captain Jack Harkness, events occur in Out of Time.
- ↑ See Aliens of London dating controversy.
- ↑ See Aliens of London dating controversy.
