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'''17 December''' was a [[Calendar date|date]]. | '''17 December''' was a [[Calendar date|date]]. | ||
==Holidays and observances== | == Holidays and observances == | ||
During the [[120th century]], 17 [[December]] was the [[calendar date|date]] of [[Neo-Saturnalia]] in the [[New Roman Empire]], a [[winter celebration]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) | During the [[120th century]], 17 [[December]] was the [[calendar date|date]] of [[Neo-Saturnalia]] in the [[New Roman Empire]], a [[winter celebration]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) | ||
==Events== | == Events == | ||
In [[BC#1st century B.C.|47 BC]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited [[Rome]] for the festival of [[Saturnalia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Best of Days (short story)}}) | In [[BC#1st century B.C.|47 BC]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited [[Rome]] for the festival of [[Saturnalia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Best of Days (short story)}}) | ||
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In [[2006]], aboard the [[SS Elysium|SS ''Elysium'']], [[Ruby Duvall]] was queried by [[Diana Milton]] and [[Leslie Laughland]] about her father [[Philip Duvall]] and [[Isobel Watkins]]. They discussed the supposed [[Cyberman]] invasion and mostly found it bogus, little knowing that the Cyber-threat would reach them [[22 December|just a few days later]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}) | In [[2006]], aboard the [[SS Elysium|SS ''Elysium'']], [[Ruby Duvall]] was queried by [[Diana Milton]] and [[Leslie Laughland]] about her father [[Philip Duvall]] and [[Isobel Watkins]]. They discussed the supposed [[Cyberman]] invasion and mostly found it bogus, little knowing that the Cyber-threat would reach them [[22 December|just a few days later]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}) | ||
==Other== | == Other == | ||
According to a [[calendar]] on the [[Snowcap]] base, 17 December [[1986]] was a [[Wednesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) | According to a [[calendar]] on the [[Snowcap]] base, 17 December [[1986]] was a [[Wednesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) | ||
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17 December was a date.
Holidays and observances
During the 120th century, 17 December was the date of Neo-Saturnalia in the New Roman Empire, a winter celebration. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
Events
In 47 BC, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Rome for the festival of Saturnalia. (PROSE: The Best of Days [+]Loading...["The Best of Days (short story)"])
17 December 1903 was the date of the "historic" flight of the first aeroplane by the Wright brothers, landing in Kitty Hawk. It was observed by time-traveller Albert Cragg as he tested his time cabinet. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales 42 [+]Loading...["Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 42 comic story)"])
Before the First Doctor and Susan Foreman settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans on this day in 1997 to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor and his companions Romana and K9 were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things [+]Loading...["The Little Things (short story)"])
In 2006, aboard the SS Elysium, Ruby Duvall was queried by Diana Milton and Leslie Laughland about her father Philip Duvall and Isobel Watkins. They discussed the supposed Cyberman invasion and mostly found it bogus, little knowing that the Cyber-threat would reach them just a few days later. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])
Other
According to a calendar on the Snowcap base, 17 December 1986 was a Wednesday. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
