23 October

23 October was a date.
In 1829, the crew of the wrecked Mermaid was rescued by the Swiftsure. (PROSE: Of the Mermaid and Jupiter)
In 1843, the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa found themselves embroiled in a Sevakrill plot to destroy Earth with a missile, programmed to detonate in 2017. Climbing Nelson's Column, the Doctor found that both Samuel Morton Peto and Thomas Grissell had been possessed by the Sevakrill. Several stone lions were protecting the operation and killed seven civilians and a policeman while pursuing Nyssa and Tegan. The Doctor managed to appeal to Peto and Grissell and they forced their hosts out. With that, the stone lions resigned themselves to their plinths. (AUDIO: The Lions of Trafalgar)
In 1962, Brideport Elementary School teacher Edith Harcourt was informed by Principal Winters of her impending forced retirement after the current semester. (COMIC: The Piggybackers)
In 2016, UNIT attempted an assault on Saxon Heights to arrest , but she evaded capture. (PROSE: Yes, Missy)
In 5140, just a week before Halloween, Professor Heiss of Luna University categorically proved that ghosts did not exist. She argued all reports of ghosts had rational explanations, including: Gelth incursions, Cybermen pressing through a dimensional barrier, time travellers stranded in pocket universes, holographic medical AIs and psychic imprints being used as alien transmitters. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)