Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley was the author of the science fiction novel Brave New World. A copy of the novel was contained in the TARDIS library. (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice)
In 1899, the Fourth Doctor told Romana I that he had once met Huxley. (AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar)
Behind the scenes
Huxley died on 22 November 1963, the same day as US President John F. Kennedy and the day before the first broadcast of TV: An Unearthly Child.