10 December

On 10 December 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry his divorced American mistress, Wallis Simpson. He was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. (PROSE: Players, AUDIO: Neverland)

In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations. It formed the basis for Silurian, alien, clone and robot rights declarations in the following centuries. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 1981, Lavinia Smith phoned her ward Brendan Richards to tell him that he would be spending Christmas in Moreton Harwood with her niece Sarah Jane Smith. Brendan waited for Sarah to pick him up at Wellington College for over a week, unaware that she was out of the country. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)

In 1983, the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, Jason Kane, Roz Forrester, and Chris Cwej arrived in Little Caldwell, beginning an adventure that would ultimately put them in conflict with the Albinex. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad)

According to a calendar on the Snowcap base, 10 December 1986 was a Wednesday. (TV: The Tenth Planet)