5 December: Difference between revisions

[[File:1986 December 1986.jpg|thumb|A calendar showing December 1986. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')]]

On 5 [[December]] [[1783]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] arrived at [[St Christophe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead of Winter (novel)|Dead of Winter]]'')

In [[1872]], the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' was found [[abandon]]ed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'') Another account dated this to the [[4 December|previous day]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'')

In [[1920]], [[Kathy Nightingale]], having been touched by the [[Weeping Angel]]s in the [[2000s]],{{note|While ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in [[2007]] and "twenty minutes to [[Red Hatching]]" a year later in [[2008]]—as [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in [[1920]]", and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s side of his conversation with [[Sally Sparrow]] in [[1969]] happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In ''[[Angels (audio story)|Angels]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests [[2009]] as the year of the Red Hatching. In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of [[Andy Proctor]], who was last seen by his daughter [[Cleo Proctor|Cleo]] "nearly 20 years" before [[2022]] according to ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''.}} was transported to [[Hull]] on this date. Stranded, she established a new life for herself, eventually marrying [[Ben Wainwright]] and raising a family. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')

In [[1933]], [[Prohibition]] was repealed in the [[United States of America]]. A celebration of the repeal was held at [[Doc's Place]] in [[Chicago]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Blood Harvest (short story)|Prelude Blood Harvest]]'')

In [[1952]], the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] continued their opposition to [[Tommy Ramsey]]'s [[mafia]]-esque grip on [[London]] and the [[Xhinn]] invasion of the city. Ramsey's violent tendencies reached their apex, as his men were in open war with rival gangs on this day. The Doctor's [[Fixing Time|clock repair shop]] that he had been using for cover in the time period was still a smouldering ruin after Ramsey's deliberate [[arson]] [[4 December|the night before]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Amorality Tale (novel)|Amorality Tale]]'')

On [[Monday]] 5 December [[1955]], the [[Montgomery Bus Boycott]] began in [[Alabama]], in response to [[Rosa Parks]]' [[1 December|Thursday arrest]]. Across [[Montgomery]], people refused to use the [[bus]]es in [[protest]]. This ultimately led to a wider [[Civil Rights Movement]], led by [[Martin Luther King]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]'')

In [[2021]], the [[Sontaran]]s' invasions plans was defeated by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')

According to a [[calendar]] on the [[Snowcap]] base, 5 December [[1986]] was a [[Friday]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')