Events
- Traditional date of Christmas Day.
History of the Doctor Who Universe
- 1851: The Cybus Cybermen try to conquer Earth. The Cyber-King attacks London for a brief period of time but is destroyed by the Doctor and sends it to the Time Vortex. (DW: The Next Doctor)
- 2006: The Doctor, Rose Tyler, and Mickey Smith stop an invasion of Earth by the Sycorax. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
- 2008: A spacegoing replica of the RMS Titanic, also called the Titanic, narrowly avoids a planned collision with Buckingham Palace thanks to the timely intervention of the Doctor. (DW: Voyage of the Damned) Had it hit, London would have been destroyed in a nuclear blast. (DW: Turn Left)
- 2058 - Crew of Bowie Base One celebrate their first Christmas on Mars. (DW: The Waters of Mars)
- 4398 - Kazran Sardick spends his last christmas day with Abigail Pettigrew (DW: A Christmas Carol)
History of Doctor Who
- 1965 - "The Feast of Steven" episode 7 of DW: The Daleks' Master Plan was first broadcast.
- 1984 - Birth of Georgia Moffett (daughter of Peter Davison, later to portray the Doctor's daughter Jenny).
- 1988 - Writer and director Terence Dudley died.
- 1999 - Actor Peter Jeffrey died.
- 2003 - Comic artist Art Wetherell died.
- 2005 - DW: The Christmas Invasion was first broadcast.
- 2006 - DW: The Runaway Bride was first broadcast.
- 2007 - DW: Voyage of the Damned was first broadcast.
- 2008 - DW: The Next Doctor was first broadcast.
- 2009 - Part One of DW: The End of Time was first broadcast.
- 2010 - DW: A Christmas Carol first broadcast, VG: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada released & K9TV: Jaws of Orthrus is first broadcast on Five in the UK.
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