Only three Doctor Who episodes have ever debuted on this date - and all three just happen to be set in the United States.
Back in 1966 the Doctor and companions pitched up in Tombstone Arizona, in A Holiday for the Doctor, the first instalment of The Gunfighters.
When it looked like the Terry Nation estate might not allow the revived series to use the Daleks, Russell T Davies came up with an idea called "Sphere", whilst Rob Shearman had jokingly renamed his script "Absence of the Daleks". Luckily the Nation estate and the BBC came to an agreement, and we got Dalek. This was set in Utah.
The third episode was not only set in the USA but partly filmed there. This was Day of the Moon - the second half of the Series 6 opener.
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