22 November

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by James Stevens, a journalist who has travelled from the future - specifically April 1996 - using a time ring. Stevens was the long-rumoured "man on the grassy knoll," who has murdered the President to thwart the Master's plan to sabotage Earth's history and create a timeline in which UNIT and very possibly the Third Doctor never existed. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)


 * The Ninth Doctor was in the crowd watching President Kennedy's motorcade drive by just before he was assassinated. A photograph that shows the Doctor among the spectators later finds its way into Clive Finch's collection of files about the Doctor. (DW: Rose)

History of Doctor Who

 * 1963 - Studio recording continues at BBC Lime Grove Studios on DW: The Daleks. Minutes before filming began, the cast and crew learned of the Kennedy assassination but decided to continue with the shooting as scheduled.


 * 2007 - Verity Lambert, the series' first producer, died at the age of 71. It was five days short of her 72nd birthday.