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History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The Doctor gave Hans Christian Andersen the idea for the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes". (DW: The Romans)


 * 20th June - Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom upon the death of her uncle William IV. One of the first three incarnations of the Doctor attended her coronation the following year (DW: The Curse of Peladon), while his tenth incarnation met her again in 1879. (DW: Tooth and Claw)