1893

December

 * 20 - Bottle factory owner Nathaniel Seers underwent a sudden change of personality. He callously sacked an employee who suffered an injury at the factory instead of showing his usual compassion and philanthropy. Events in the following month revealed that Seers had in fact been killed and replaced by a Zygon. (EDA: The Bodysnatchers)


 * 25 - The Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem," by Arthur Conan Doyle, first appeared in the Christmas issue of The Strand. (EDA: The Bodysnatchers'')