Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald was an American communist who was believed to have assassinated the U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963.

On 23 November, the front page of the Daily Standard reported the capture of Oswald for the assassination of Kennedy. (TV: The Cambridge Spy)

On 23 November 1988, the Seventh Doctor asserted to Ace that Oswald was influenced to kill Kennedy by the Nemesis Comet. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

In 1996 the journalist James Stevens claimed that Oswald was not the assassin after all. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

Behind the scenes

 * In Asylum of the Daleks, two guest characters were Harvey and Oswin Oswald.
 * Doctor Who premiered with An Unearthly Child on 23 November 1963, the day after the death of President Kennedy and the day before Oswald's death.
 * He was played by Toby Aspin in the Red Dwarf episode Tikka to Ride and Daniel Webber in the mini-series 11.22.63.