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'''24 December''' was the traditional date of [[Christmas Eve]] on [[Earth]]. In addition to being a time of celebration, many notable things that occurred on this day.
'''24 December''' was the traditional date of [[Christmas Eve]] on [[Earth]]. In addition to being a time of celebration, many notable things that occurred on this day.
In [[1783]], The [[Third Doctor]] pursued [[Casimer]] to [[Sommerton Manor]] in [[Shrewsbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')
 
In [[1851]], The [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and [[Jackson Lake]], who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')
In [[1783]], The [[Third Doctor]] pursued [[Casimer]] to [[Sommerton Manor]] in [[Shrewsbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'') In [[1851]], The [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and [[Jackson Lake]], who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') In [[1869]], The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] encountered [[Charles Dickens]] in [[Cardiff]], which was under attack from the gaseous [[Gelth]] that had come through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]]. [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], a local girl they met, sacrificed herself to trap the Gelth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') In [[1864]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'') In [[1873]], The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] saved the children of [[London]] from [[Krampus]], a creature that fed on fear and sadness. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Red Christmas]]'') In [[1889]], The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')  
In [[1869]], The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] encountered [[Charles Dickens]] in [[Cardiff]], which was under attack from the gaseous [[Gelth]] that had come through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]]. [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], a local girl they met, sacrificed herself to trap the Gelth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'')
 
In [[1864]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')
In [[1892]], The Eleventh Doctor met [[Clara Oswald]] for the second time and encountered the [[Great Intelligence]] in the form of telepathic [[snow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') In [[1906]], The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]] briefly visited [[Edward Grove]] and met with [[Edith Thompson]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'') In 1906, In an alternate timeline, Edward Grove became alive due to a [[time loop]] caused by the [[temporal paradox]] created by Edith Thompson's [[suicide]]. When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death, this timeline was negated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'') In [[1930]], In an alternate timeline, [[Edith Thompson]] committed [[suicide]] because [[Charley Pollard]] died in the crash of the ''[[R101]]'', creating a [[temporal paradox]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'')  
In [[1873]], The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] saved the children of [[London]] from [[Krampus]], a creature that fed on fear and sadness. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Red Christmas]]'')
 
In [[1889]], The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')
In [[1938]], The Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in [[Earth]]'s orbit. He escaped and fell to Earth, only to be saved by [[Madge Arwell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') In [[1940]], The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] encountered the [[Home Guard]] volunteer [[Richard Charlesworth]] in [[Charnage House]] in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow]]'') In [[1941]], Madge, [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell]] travelled from [[England]] to [[Unnamed planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|a planet]] in [[5345]] through a present the Eleventh Doctor, posing as their caretaker, had given them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') In [[1942]], [[Oskar Steinmann]] supervised the first test of a "flying bomb" at [[Peenemunde]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') In [[1966]], The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Whitehall]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)|For the Man Who Has Everything]]'') In [[1969]], The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[Saigon]], [[Vietnam]] during the [[Christmas]] ceasefire of the [[Vietnam War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interesting Times (short story)|Interesting Times]]'')
In [[1892]], The Eleventh Doctor met [[Clara Oswald]] for the second time and encountered the [[Great Intelligence]] in the form of telepathic [[snow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
 
In [[1906]], The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charley Pollard]] briefly visited [[Edward Grove]] and met with [[Edith Thompson]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'')
In [[1973]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'') In [[1975]], The Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and [[Hex]] defeated the [[Kellenian]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Presence (short story)|Presence]]'') In [[1983]], [[Jason Kane]], future husband of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was born in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'') In [[1985]], The Ninth Doctor was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')
In 1906, In an alternate timeline, Edward Grove became alive due to a [[time loop]] caused by the [[temporal paradox]] created by Edith Thompson's [[suicide]]. When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death, this timeline was negated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'')
 
In [[1930]], In an alternate timeline, [[Edith Thompson]] committed [[suicide]] because [[Charley Pollard]] died in the crash of the ''[[R101]]'', creating a [[temporal paradox]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'')
In [[1987]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)|Be Good for Goodness's Sake]]'') In [[1993]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')  
In [[1938]], The Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in [[Earth]]'s orbit. He escaped and fell to Earth, only to be saved by [[Madge Arwell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
 
In [[1940]], The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] encountered the [[Home Guard]] volunteer [[Richard Charlesworth]] in [[Charnage House]] in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow]]'')
In [[2006]], the newly-regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the [[Powell Estate]]. Later that day, [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were attacked by [[Robot Santa]]s while out shopping. When they arrived back home, they were attacked by a [[Roboform Christmas tree]]. Later that night, the [[Sycorax]] made first contact with Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
In [[1941]], Madge, [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell]] travelled from [[England]] to [[Unnamed planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|a planet]] in [[5345]] through a present the Eleventh Doctor, posing as their caretaker, had given them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
In [[2007]], The [[wedding]] of [[Donna Noble]] and [[Lance Bennett]] was interrupted by Donna's sudden disappearance. She was transported to [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. When the Doctor brought her back home, she was kidnapped by Roboforms. After being rescued, they arrived at the reception, which was attacked by Roboforms and a Roboform Christmas tree. The Tenth Doctor, Donna and Lance went to [[H.C. Clements]], where they found a secret floor, which led to a secret [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] base under the [[Thames Flood Barrier]]. There, the [[Racnoss Empress]] was using technology and [[Huon]] particles from Torchwood to free the [[Racnoss]] children trapped in Earth's core. After Lance was killed by the Racnoss, the Doctor drowned the Racnoss children using the water from the [[Thames]]. Enraged, the Empress used a [[Webstar]] to destroy parts of London. The Webstar was shot down by a [[tank]] on the orders of Harold Saxon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') Also in 2007, [[Diane Holmes]] flew the ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'' through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] in an attempt to return home to [[1953]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
In [[1942]], [[Oskar Steinmann]] supervised the first test of a "flying bomb" at [[Peenemunde]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
 
In [[1966]], The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Whitehall]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)|For the Man Who Has Everything]]'')
In [[1969]], The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[Saigon]], [[Vietnam]] during the [[Christmas]] ceasefire of the [[Vietnam War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interesting Times (short story)|Interesting Times]]'')
In [[1973]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')
In [[1975]], The Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and [[Hex]] defeated the [[Kellenian]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Presence (short story)|Presence]]'')
In [[1983]], [[Jason Kane]], future husband of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was born in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'')
In [[1985]], The Ninth Doctor was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')
In [[1987]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)|Be Good for Goodness's Sake]]'')
In [[1993]], The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sommerton Fetch (short story)|The Sommerton Fetch]]'')
In [[2006]], The newly-regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the [[Powell Estate]]. Later that day, [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were attacked by [[Robot Santa]]s while out shopping. When they arrived back home, they were attacked by a [[Roboform Christmas tree]]. Later that night, the [[Sycorax]] made first contact with Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
In [[2007]], The [[wedding]] of [[Donna Noble]] and [[Lance Bennett]] was interrupted by Donna's sudden disappearance. She was transported to [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. When the Doctor brought her back home, she was kidnapped by Roboforms. After being rescued, they arrived at the reception, which was attacked by Roboforms and a Roboform Christmas tree. The Tenth Doctor, Donna and Lance went to [[H.C. Clements]], where they found a secret floor, which led to a secret [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] base under the [[Thames Flood Barrier]]. There, the [[Racnoss Empress]] was using technology and [[Huon]] particles from Torchwood to free the [[Racnoss]] children trapped in Earth's core. After Lance was killed by the Racnoss, the Doctor drowned the Racnoss children using the water from the [[Thames]]. Enraged, the Empress used a [[Webstar]] to destroy parts of London. The Webstar was shot down by a [[tank]] on the orders of Harold Saxon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
In 2007, [[Diane Holmes]] flew the ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'' through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]] in an attempt to return home to [[1953]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
In [[2008]], A [[Titanic (spaceship)|space-faring replica]] of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was struck by [[meteorite]]s, sending it and its [[nuclear storm drive]] on a collision course with Earth. The survivors were being killed off by the [[Heavenly Host]] as part of [[Max Capricorn]]'s retirement plan. The Tenth Doctor, along with [[Alonso Frame]], managed to steer the ship away from [[Buckingham Palace]], where it was about to crash. During these events, [[Wilfred Mott]] briefly met the Doctor before the Doctor was teleported back to the ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
In [[2008]], A [[Titanic (spaceship)|space-faring replica]] of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was struck by [[meteorite]]s, sending it and its [[nuclear storm drive]] on a collision course with Earth. The survivors were being killed off by the [[Heavenly Host]] as part of [[Max Capricorn]]'s retirement plan. The Tenth Doctor, along with [[Alonso Frame]], managed to steer the ship away from [[Buckingham Palace]], where it was about to crash. During these events, [[Wilfred Mott]] briefly met the Doctor before the Doctor was teleported back to the ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')
In [[2009]], {{Simm|c}} was resurrected on Earth by the [[Disciples of Saxon]] and had his lifeforce sapped when his wife [[Lucy Saxon]] attempted to destroy the ritual. Lucy effectively committed [[suicide]] by doing so, creating an explosion that consumed her and the Disciples. The Master lived on, but his body was left unstable. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
In [[2009]], {{Simm|c}} was resurrected on Earth by the [[Disciples of Saxon]] and had his lifeforce sapped when his wife [[Lucy Saxon]] attempted to destroy the ritual. Lucy effectively committed [[suicide]] by doing so, creating an explosion that consumed her and the Disciples. The Master lived on, but his body was left unstable. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
In [[2023]], The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Los Angeles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')
 
In [[3181]], The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Africa|Eastern Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')
In [[2023]], The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Los Angeles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'') In [[3181]], The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited [[Africa|Eastern Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instead of You (short story)|Instead of You]]'')


== Alternative Timeline ==
== Alternative Timeline ==
On Christmas Eve, 2007, in [[Donna's World|an alternate timeline]], the Tenth Doctor failed to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] and died with the Racnoss children. The Webstar was destroyed by the [[British Army]]. This [[timeline]] was later negated when Donna was run over by a [[car]], preventing her younger self from turning right, which had started the timeline in the first place. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')
On Christmas Eve, 2007, in [[Donna's World|an alternate timeline]], the Tenth Doctor failed to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] and died with the Racnoss children. The Webstar was destroyed by the [[British Army]]. This [[timeline]] was later negated when Donna was run over by a [[car]], preventing her younger self from turning right, which had started the timeline in the first place. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')
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