22 January

On 22 January 1996, James Stevens began writing his book Who Killed Kennedy. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

The setting of his book was 22 January 1964. In the book, on this date, John F. Kennedy had started nuclear war. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

Behind the scenes

 * 1912 - BBC controller Ian Atkins was born.
 * 1940 - Actor John Hurt, who portrayed a secret incarnation of the Doctor, was born.
 * 1950 - Actress Pamela Salem was born.
 * 1966 - "The Abandoned Planet" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1966 - Part one of TV Comic story The Didus Expedition was first released.
 * 1972 - Episode four of Day of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1977 - Part four of The Face of Evil was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1993 - Actor Tommy Knight was born.
 * 2001 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories The Time of the Daleks and Embrace the Darkness began.
 * 2003 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Doctor Who and the Pirates began at The Moat Studios.
 * 2004 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Axis of Insanity began at The Moat Studios.
 * 2008 - Russell T Davies completed the initial draft of TV: Journey's End. (REF: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale)
 * 2008 - The complete first series of Torchwood was released on Region 1 DVD.
 * 2009 - David Tennant's first day of shooting for TV: Planet of the Dead took place, consisting of scenes aboard a bus and around a tunnel in Cardiff. (REF: The Tennant Video Diaries)
 * 2009 - The audio adaption of Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors'' was first released.
 * 2011 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories The Kraken's Lament, The Temple of Questions, Judgement Day and Private Enemy No. 1 began.