24 December 24 December was the traditional date of Christmas Eve on Earth . In addition to being a time of celebration , many notable things that occurred on this day . In 1783 , the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury . ( PROSE : " The Sommerton Fetch " ) In 1851 , the Tenth Doctor encountered the Cybermen and Jackson Lake , who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor . ( TV : " The Next Doctor " ) In 1864 , the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury . ( PROSE : " The Sommerton Fetch " ) In 1869 , the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler encountered Charles Dickens in Cardiff , which was under attack from the gaseous Gelth that had come through the Rift . Gwyneth , a local girl they met , sacrificed herself to trap the Gelth . ( TV : " The Unquiet Dead " ) In 1873 , the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond saved the children of London from Krampus , a creature that fed on fear and sadness . ( COMIC : " Red Christmas " ) In 1889 , the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited London . ( PROSE : " Instead of You " ) In 1892 , the Eleventh Doctor met Clara Oswald for the second time and encountered the Great Intelligence in the form of telepathic snow . ( TV : " The Snowmen " ) In 1906 , the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard briefly visited Edward Grove and met with Edith Thompson . ( AUDIO : " The Chimes of Midnight " ) In 1906 , in an alternate timeline , Edward Grove became alive due to a time loop caused by the temporal paradox created by Edith Thompson ' s suicide . When the Doctor resolved the paradox by saving Edith from her recurring death , this timeline was negated . ( AUDIO : " The Chimes of Midnight " ) In 1930 , Edith Thompson committed suicide because Charley Pollard died in the crash of the " R101 " . ( AUDIO : " The Chimes of Midnight " ) In 1938 , the Eleventh Doctor was stuck in a spaceship in Earth ' s orbit . He escaped and fell to Earth , only to be saved by Madge Arwell . ( TV : " The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe " ) In 1940 , the Fourth Doctor and Leela encountered the Home Guard volunteer Richard Charlesworth in Charnage House in England . ( PROSE : " It ' s a Lovely Day Tomorrow " ) In 1941 , Madge , Cyril and Lily Arwell travelled from England to a planet in 5345 through a present the Eleventh Doctor , posing as their caretaker , had given them . ( TV : " The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe " ) In 1942 , Oskar Steinmann supervised the first test of a " flying bomb " at Peenemunde . ( PROSE : " Just War " ) In 1966 , the Eighth Doctor visited Whitehall . ( PROSE : " For the Man Who Has Everything " ) In 1969 , the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited Saigon , Vietnam during the Christmas ceasefire of the Vietnam War . ( PROSE : " Interesting Times " ) In 1971 , Carmen died . ( PROSE : " Be Forgot " ) In 1973 , the Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury . ( PROSE : " The Sommerton Fetch " ) In 1975 , the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex defeated the Kellenian invasion of Earth in New York City . ( PROSE : " Presence " ) In 1983 , Jason Kane , future husband of Bernice Summerfield , was born in England . ( PROSE : " Return of the Living Dad " ) In 1985 , the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a Christmas party at Sally Sparrow ' s aunt ' s house in Devon , when the TARDIS " burped " and jumped ahead in time 20 years . Using her Christmas essay from 2005 , the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for Sally Sparrow to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005 . Sally ' s future self arrived in the TARDIS , telling her to hit the TARDIS reset button to bring her to the Doctor . The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later ( from her point of view ) give to him first . ( PROSE : " What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow " ) In 1987 , David Gilligan burgled several houses in the suburbs of Illinois . ( PROSE : " Be Good for Goodness ' s Sake " ) In 1993 , The Third Doctor pursued Casimer to Sommerton Manor in Shrewsbury . ( PROSE : " The Sommerton Fetch " ) In 2006 , the newly - regenerated Tenth Doctor crashed the TARDIS into the Powell Estate . Later that day , Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith were attacked by Robot Santa s while out shopping . When they arrived back home , they were attacked by a Roboform Christmas tree . Later that night , the Sycorax made first contact with Earth . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) Also in 2006 , an older version of the Tenth Doctor returned to London on the day that his newly regenerated self was battling the Sycorax above the city . On that occasion , he visited a young patient at St . Nicholas ' s Hospital , Daniel Francis Thompson , and helped him awaken from his coma . ( PROSE : " Deep and Dreamless Sleep " ) In 2007 , the wedding of Donna Noble and Lance Bennett was interrupted by Donna ' s sudden disappearance . She was transported to the Doctor ' s TARDIS . When the Doctor brought her back home , she was kidnapped by Roboforms . After being rescued , they arrived at the reception , which was attacked by Roboforms and a Roboform Christmas tree . The Tenth Doctor , Donna and Lance went to H . C . Clements , where they found a secret floor , which led to a secret Torchwood base under the Thames Flood Barrier . There , the Empress of the Racnoss was using technology and Huon particles from Torchwood to free the Racnoss children trapped in Earth ' s core . After Lance was killed by the Racnoss , the Doctor drowned the Racnoss children using the water from the Thames . Enraged , the Empress used a Webstar to destroy parts of London . The Webstar was shot down by a tank on the orders of Harold Saxon . ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) Also in 2007 , Diane Holmes flew the " Sky Gypsy " through the Cardiff Rift in an attempt to return home to 1953 . ( TV : " Out of Time " , " Captain Jack Harkness " ) In 2008 , A space - faring replica of the RMS " Titanic " was struck by meteorite s , sending it and its nuclear storm drive on a collision course with Earth . The survivors were being killed off by the Heavenly Host as part of Max Capricorn ' s retirement plan . The Tenth Doctor , along with Alonso Frame , managed to steer the ship away from Buckingham Palace , where it was about to crash . During these events , Wilfred Mott briefly met the Doctor before the Doctor was teleported back to the ship . ( TV : " Voyage of the Damned " ) In 2009 , was resurrected on Earth by the Disciples of Saxon and had his lifeforce sapped when his wife Lucy Saxon attempted to destroy the ritual . Lucy effectively committed suicide by doing so , creating an explosion that consumed her and the Disciples . The Master lived on , but his body was left unstable . ( TV : " The End of Time " ) In 2023 , the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited a Los Angeles toy shop . ( PROSE : " Instead of You " ) In 3181 , the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Eastern Africa . ( PROSE : " Instead of You " ) In parallel worlds . On Christmas Eve 2007 , in Donna ' s World , the Tenth Doctor failed to regenerate and died with the Racnoss children . The Webstar was destroyed by the British Army . ( TV : " Turn Left " )