Question: Players is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", it features the Sixth Doctor and Peri meeting Winston Churchill during the Boer War and prior to the abdication of the would-be king Edward VIII, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, beginning on which date?
Sentence (from "Edward VIII"): Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year.
Relevant evidence: Yes