4 October

On 4 October 1915, 57 vampires escaped from the Forge Alpha Facility. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight, PROSE: Project: Valhalla)

In 1930, the airship R101 left London, England, bound for British India. Aboard were two stowaways: the Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, making it the first human-made object to enter space. The Shadow Proclamation reclassified Earth as a Class 5 civilisation. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 1999, Steven Carter, grandson of Captain Jack Harkness, was born to Alice and Steven Carter. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three)