23 December

Events

 * 1861 - The Fifth Doctor and Turlough assisted Mrs Elkins in defending her Virginia farmhouse from a group of American Civil War deserters led by Lucius Casler. (PROSE: Comforts of Home)

Behind the scenes

 * 1909 - Maurice Denham, Azmael in TV: The Twin Dilemma, was born.
 * 1942 - Chubby Oates, who played a policeman in TV: Planet of the Spiders, was born.
 * 1967 - Episode 1 of TV: The Enemy of the World was first broadcast.
 * 1977 - Matt Baker, a Blue Peter presenter who played himself in TV: Aliens of London, was born.
 * 1978 - Part 1 of TV: The Power of Kroll was first broadcast.
 * 1989 - COMIC: Nineveh was released.
 * 1989 - Peter Bennett (a guard in TV: The Enemy of the World) died.


 * 2010 - TV: Fear Itself was first broadcast on Five in the UK.