18 October

On 18 October was Carving Night on Cucurbita, in which the pumpkin-headed inhabitants of the planet told stories of monsters that scooped out one's brain and left a candle in its place. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 2601, Roger Marlow was born.

In 2612, on Roger's eleventh birthday, his father, Captain Rod Marlow returned from a deep space mission, and gave him an orbitus as a gift. (COMIC: The Orbitus)