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A calendar showing December 1986. (TV: The Tenth Planet)

19 December was a date.

In 1841, according to markings on the walls of a cell in Fort Alexandria, Nikolai Petrovich was found to be innocent. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari)

In 1953, John Ellis was supposed to finalise a deal in Dublin. (TV: Out of Time)

In 1983, the Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen for the second time from the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The Eleventh Doctor suggested to Rory Williams and Amy Pond that they steal the trophy themselves. (PROSE: Extra Time)

On Friday (TV: The Tenth Planet) 18 December 1986, the planet Mondas approached Earth, sparking an attempted invasion by the Cybermen. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 1996, the Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair began travelling together in the TARDIS after having dealt with the Celestial Toymaker's attack on Stockbridge, England. (COMIC: Endgame)

In 2006, Ruby Duvall caught Mike Brack reading up on cybernetics from Communication and Control in the Animal and the Machine in the library aboard the SS Elysium. (PROSE: Iceberg)

Behind the scenes

The Doctor Who Magazine comic story Endgame took place on the same day as the release of the story's final part: 19 December 1996.

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