16 January

On 16 January 2197, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe materialised on Valiant. They found some of its crew members were hearing a mysterious bell, just as they had in the Doctor's TARDIS. They quickly ran afoul of Captain Tanya Oswin while trying to investigate the incongruous sound.

The Doctor and Evelyn soon discovered the ship had a mysterious, ancient door in its cargo hold. It led into open space. The bell seemed to be a kind of "siren call" which led crew members who heard it through the door and to their deaths.

Realising the grave danger this door posed, Captain Oswin sent a distress call to Earth, but did not hope that backup would arrive any sooner than about two months. (AUDIO: The Nowhere Place)

On the same day in 1692, when questioned by her uncle, Reverend Samuel Parris, Abigail Williams accused "Susan Chesterton" of attempting to entice her into witchcraft. When the First Doctor, Susan, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright went into the forest — thought to be the abode of the Devil — to reach the TARDIS, Parris followed. (PROSE: The Witch Hunters)