17 December

17 December 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was first published. Dickens gave a free recitation of his story on Christmas Eve 1869 Cardiff when he met the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

Before the First Doctor and Susan Foreman settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans on this day in 1997 to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor and his companions Romana and K9 were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things)