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Events
Unknown dates
- Charles Dickens died, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
- The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams encountered Kahler-Jex and Kahler-Tek in Mercy, Nevada. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)
Behind the scenes
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was first published. The enigmatic character of Captain Nemo would be a model for Sydney Newman's original concept for the Doctor.[source needed]