5 November
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On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes attempted to bomb Parliament as part of the Gunpowder Plot. His failure was later celebrated in Britain as Bonfire Night on 5 November each year. (PROSE: The Plotters, GAME: The Gunpowder Plot, WC: The Night After Hallowe'en, TV: Galaxy 4, TV: Sky)
The Eleventh Doctor attended a Bonfire Night with Louie Rollins and Millie Peterson, when the effigies of Fawkes that were to be burned were animated by an alien force. (WC: The Night After Hallowe'en)
On the same day, in 1854, Mollie Dawson's uncle was killed at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
Behind the scenes
- 1918 - Actor Alan Tilvern was born.
- 1927 - Actor Kenneth Waller was born.
- 1966 - Episode one of The Power of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1977 - Part two of Image of the Fendahl was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1981 - "The Firemaker" was repeated on BBC2.
- 1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith was born.
- 1993 - Actor Michael Bilton died.
- 2003 - Actor Brian McDermott died.
- 2006 - Cyberwoman was first broadcast on BBC Three.
- 2006 - Actor R.J. Bell died.
- 2007 - Part two of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? was first broadcast on CBBC.
