4 December

On 4 December 1642, Cardinal Richelieu died in France. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown)

In 1952, the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane continued their undercover operation to bust up Tommy Ramsey's mafia-esque grip on London and to ward off a Xhinn invasion. Ramsey, unable to let the Doctor get away with not paying for protection, torched the Time Lord's clock repair shop to set an example for other local business owners who refused to pay. (PROSE: Amorality Tale)

In 1993, Cristián Alvarez wrote a note to the Seventh Doctor, entreating the Time Lord to come to Mexico City, and to "bring Bernice and Ace". Alvarez passed the note on to UNIT, who eventually got it to the Doctor, who then showed up in Mexico City early 1994. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)