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== History of Doctor Who ==
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'''1964''' was a [[year]].


==Properties==
1964 was a [[leap year]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})


==Events==
===Dated===
On [[29 February]], [[Gerry Billing]]'s [[Billing family|family]] held an "extra [[birthday]]" party for him at their home. Gerry, whose actual birthday was [[23 December]], had recently admitted his unhappiness at missing out on various birthday traditions due to being overshadowed by [[Christmas]]. Gerry's mother [[Claire Billing|Claire]] told him he could have the 29th as an extra birthday due to the date's rarity, and Gerry received [[Doctor Bear]] as a gift. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})


=== [[January]] ===
[[File:Westport Pier in 1964.jpg|thumb|left|Sarah Jane Smith and Andrea Yates at [[Westport]] [[Westport pier|pier]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')]]
On [[13 July]], [[Maria Jackson]] broke free of [[the Trickster]]'s [[Graske]] [[Krislok|servant]] and arrived on this date. A few minutes later, thirteen-year-old [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s best friend [[Andrea Yates]] fell off a pier and drowned. The Trickster appeared and coaxed Andrea to switch places with Sarah Jane, creating an alternate timeline where she died instead. After spending over forty years in the altered timeline, Andrea revoked her deal with the Trickster and allowed herself to perish once again, restoring the original course of the timeline. Also by this time, [[the Beatles]] had sold out the first leg of their [[United Kingdom]] tour. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}) They were still touring in [[November]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In Search of Doctor X (short story)}})


In [[October]], the [[Labour Party]] defeated the [[Conservative Party|Conservatives]] in the [[United Kingdom]] general election. Labour leader [[Harold Wilson]] became the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], succeeding [[Sir]] [[Alec Douglas-Home]]. [[James Callaghan]] was appointed [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}}) The [[Seventh Doctor]], who had been elected as an independent member of [[Houses of Parliament|Parliament]] using the alias "John Rutherford" in [[May]] [[1963]] on a platform of nuclear disarmament, stood down at this election. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)}})


Also in October, a [[Germany|German]] [[Submarine|U-boat]] which was patrolling the [[English Channel]] in [[1943]] was sent forward in time, where it threatened to torpedo the [[Isle of Wight]] ferry. [[Toby Kinsella|Sir Toby Kinsella]] of the [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]] ordered [[Ian Gilmore|Group Captain Ian Gilmore]] and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby [[Lanchester Naval Base]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}})


* [[4th January | 04]] - [[The Escape]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 3)
In October, an [[aeroplane]] which left [[New York City]] with a crew of eleven and hundreds of passengers landed in [[London]] with no one aboard, not even the pilot. The matter was investigated by [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] of the [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}})


* [[11th January | 11]] - [[The Ambush]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 4)
On [[23 November]], [[Joan Wright]] remembered the day [[Barbara Wright]] disappeared, one year prior. She spent time in Barbara's room and then settled herself in [[bed]] with a [[crossword]] and a cup of [[cocoa]]. She eventually fell asleep, and [[dream]]t that she was chatting with Barbara in the [[kitchen]] over [[tea]], and that Barbara told her she was all right, she was travelling, and she would be home very soon. [[24 November|The following morning]] she awoke, remembered the dream, and laughed and cried at the same time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Long Night (short story)}})


* [[18th January| 18]] - [[The Expedition]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 5)
In [[December]], [[Andy Hansen]] and [[Erimem]] went [[Christmas shopping]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In Search of Doctor X (short story)}})


* [[25th January | 25]] - [[The Ordeal]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 6)
===Undated===
''[[Doctor X in an Amazing Adventure in Space]]'' was published. It was the first book about the television series ''[[Doctor X]]'' and was very rare. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In Search of Doctor X (short story)}})


When reality was almost destroyed by the [[Pyramid Eternia]], a barman in [[Marbella]] became a lump of [[coal]]. This was reversed by the [[Ancients of the Universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Big Bang Generation (novel)}})


=== [[February]] ===
[[Allison Williams]] completed her degree at the [[University of Cambridge]] and obtained her doctorate. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Threshold (audio story)}})


[[The Beatles]]' song "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" was knocked off the top of the British charts by [[the Dave Clark Five]] song "[[Glad All Over]]", which peaked at No. 6 in the [[United States of America|United States]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Threshold (audio story)}})


* [[1st February | 01]] - [[The Rescue]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 7)
The musical group [[the Who]] was formed. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)}})


* [[8th February | 08]] - [[The Edge of Destruction]] First Broadcast ([[The Edge of Destruction]] Episode 1)
[[Allison Williams]] and [[Julian St Stephen]] became engaged. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Artificial Intelligence (audio story)}})


* [[15th February | 15]] - [[The Brink of Disaster]] First Broadcast ([[The Edge of Destruction]] Episode 2)
A failed attempt to kidnap [[Alec Douglas-Home|Sir Alec Douglas-Home]], the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], took place. The incident was subsequently covered up by the [[British government]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Pelage Project (audio story)}})


* [[22nd February| 22]] - [[The Roof of the World]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 1)
[[Foxgrove]] was demolished to make way for the [[A7665]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}})


* [[29th February | 29]] - [[The Singing Sands]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 2)
The [[Fourth Doctor]] visited [[St Cedd's College]] at [[Cambridge]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Shada (webcast)}})


An [[archaeology|archaeological]] dig in [[Alaska (state)|Alaska]] led by [[Tulung]]'s father accidentally unearthed a [[Permian]] [[fossil]]. It revived and attacked them. While [[Shaun Brett]]'s father fled, Tulung's father used [[dynamite]] to destroy the creature. The [[Aeroplane|plane]] carrying Brett nearly collided with [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], which had materialised in mid-air immediately before travelling to [[1994]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Land of the Dead (audio story)}})


[[Nikita Khrushchev]] was removed from office as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise considerable control over the [[Politburo]] until his health began to fail [[1971|seven years later]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})


=== [[March]] ===
[[Species (The Door to a Winter Long Ago)|Members of an unnamed species]] attacked children on [[Parliament Hill]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Door to a Winter Long Ago (comic story)}})


By this time, many of the [[British Empire]]'s colonies had gained independence. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}})


* [[7th March | 07]] - [[Five Hundred Eyes]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 3)
[[George Best]], [[Bobby Charlton]] and [[Denis Law]] played for [[Manchester United]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In Search of Doctor X (short story)}})


* [[14th March | 14]] - [[The Wall of Lies]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 4)
[[Lonnie Donegan]] performed "[[Putting On The Donegan]]"; a performance saw the [[Ninth Doctor]] seemingly vanish behind Lonnie. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})


* [[21st March | 21]] - [[Rider From Shang-Tu]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 5)
===Alternate timelines===
On [[22 January]], in an [[alternate timeline]], [[President of the United States|US President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] would have started a [[nuclear war]] on this date if he had not been [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinated]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})


* [[28th March | 28]] - [[Mighty Kublai Kahn]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 6)
==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
On [[11 May]], [[Jane Potter]] [[Drowning|drowned]] in the [[River Stock]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eternal Summer (audio story)}}, {{cs|Plague of the Daleks (audio story)}})


On [[22 July]], [[Melanie Bush]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spiral Scratch (novel)}})


===Undated===
[[Muriel Wilberforce]] died in [[Pease Pottage]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Wrong Doctors (audio story)}})


=== [[April]] ===
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* [[4th April | 04]] - [[Assassins at Peking]] First Broadcast ([[Marco Polo (TV story) | Marco Polo]] Episode 7)
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* [[11th April | 11]] - [[The Sea of Death]] First Broadcast ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 1)
 
* [[18th April | 18]] - [[The Velvet Web]] First Broadcast ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 2)
 
* [[25th April | 25]] - [[The Screaming Jungle]] First Broadcat ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 3)
 
 
=== [[May]] ===
 
 
* [[2nd May | 02]] - [[The Snows of Terror]] First Broadcast ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 4)
 
* [[9th May | 09]] - [[Sentence of Death]] First Broadcast ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 5)
 
* [[16th May | 16]] - [[The Keys of Marinus]] First Broadcast ([[The Keys of Marinus]] Episode 6)
 
* [[23rd May | 23]] - [[The Temple of Evil]] First Broadcast ([[The Aztecs (TV story) | The Aztecs]] Episode 1)
 
* [[30th May | 30]] - [[The Warriors of Death]] First Broadcast ([[The Aztecs (TV story) | The Aztecs]] Episode 2)
 
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
 
* [[6th June | 06]] - [[The Bride of Sacrifice]] First Broadcast ([[The Aztecs (TV story) | The Aztecs]] Episode 3)
 
* [[13th June | 13]] - [[The Day of Darkness]] First Broadcast ([[The Aztecs (TV story) | The Aztecs]] Episode 4)
 
* [[20th June | 20]] - [[Strangers in Space]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 1)
 
* [[27th June | 27]] - [[The Unwilling Warriors]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 2)
 
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
 
* [[11th July | 11]] - [[Hidden Danger]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 3)
 
* [[18th July | 18]] - [[A Race Against Death]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 4)
 
* [[22nd July |22]] - [[Bonnie Langford]], who played [[Melanie "Mel" Bush]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', is born in Hampton Court, Surrey, [[England]].
 
* [[25th July | 25]] - [[Kidnap]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 5)
 
=== [[August]] ===
 
 
* [[1st August | 01]] - [[A Desperate Venture]] First Broadcast ([[The Sensorites (TV story) | The Sensorites]] Episode 6)
 
* [[8th August | 08]] - [[A Land of Fear]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 1)
 
* [[15th August | 15]] - [[Guests of Madame Guillotine]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 2)
 
* [[22nd August | 22]] - [[A Change of Identity]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 3)
 
* [[29th August | 29]] - [[The Tyrant of France]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 4)
 
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
 
* [[5th September | 05]] - [[A Bargain of Necessity]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 5)
 
* [[12th September | 12]] - [[Prisoners of the Concergerie]] First Broadcast ([[The Reign of Terror (TV story) | The Reign of Terror]] Episode 6)
 
 
=== [[October]] ===
 
 
* [[31st October | 31]] - [[Planet of Giants]] First Broadcast ([[Planet of Giants]] Episode 1)
 
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
 
* [[7th November | 07]] - [[Dangerous Journey]] First Broadcast ([[Planet of Giants]] Episode 2)
 
* [[14th November | 14]] - [[Crisis]] First Broadcast ([[Planet of Giants]] Episode 3)
 
* [[21st November | 21]] - [[World's End]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 1)
 
* [[28th November | 28]] - [[The Daleks]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 2)
 
 
=== [[December]] ===
 
 
* [[5th December | 05]] - [[Day of Reckoning]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 3)
 
* [[12th December | 12]] - [[The End of Tomorrow]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 4)
 
* [[19th December | 19]] - [[The Waking Ally]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 5)
 
* [[26th December | 26]] - [[Flashpoint]] First Broadcast ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] Episode 6)
 
== History of the Doctor Who Universe ==
 
*Temporarily reduced to miniature size by a malfunction in the [[TARDIS]]'s dimensioning circuit, the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]] prevent the corrupt industrialist [[Forester]]'s plan to release a dangerously powerful insecticide on the market, and insure that Forester is arrested for the murder of [[Arnold Farrow]] ("[[Planet of Giants]]").
 
*[[The Doctor]] visits [[St. Cedd's College]] at [[Cambridge]] ("[[Shada]]").
 
*[[Melanie "Mel" Bush]] is born at [[Pease Pottage]].
 
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1964 was a year.

Properties

1964 was a leap year. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

Events

Dated

On 29 February, Gerry Billing's family held an "extra birthday" party for him at their home. Gerry, whose actual birthday was 23 December, had recently admitted his unhappiness at missing out on various birthday traditions due to being overshadowed by Christmas. Gerry's mother Claire told him he could have the 29th as an extra birthday due to the date's rarity, and Gerry received Doctor Bear as a gift. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

Sarah Jane Smith and Andrea Yates at Westport pier. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)

On 13 July, Maria Jackson broke free of the Trickster's Graske servant and arrived on this date. A few minutes later, thirteen-year-old Sarah Jane Smith's best friend Andrea Yates fell off a pier and drowned. The Trickster appeared and coaxed Andrea to switch places with Sarah Jane, creating an alternate timeline where she died instead. After spending over forty years in the altered timeline, Andrea revoked her deal with the Trickster and allowed herself to perish once again, restoring the original course of the timeline. Also by this time, the Beatles had sold out the first leg of their United Kingdom tour. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"]) They were still touring in November. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])

In October, the Labour Party defeated the Conservatives in the United Kingdom general election. Labour leader Harold Wilson became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Alec Douglas-Home. James Callaghan was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"]) The Seventh Doctor, who had been elected as an independent member of Parliament using the alias "John Rutherford" in May 1963 on a platform of nuclear disarmament, stood down at this election. (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games [+]Loading...["1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)"])

Also in October, a German U-boat which was patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time, where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry. Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])

In October, an aeroplane which left New York City with a crew of eleven and hundreds of passengers landed in London with no one aboard, not even the pilot. The matter was investigated by Professor Rachel Jensen of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])

On 23 November, Joan Wright remembered the day Barbara Wright disappeared, one year prior. She spent time in Barbara's room and then settled herself in bed with a crossword and a cup of cocoa. She eventually fell asleep, and dreamt that she was chatting with Barbara in the kitchen over tea, and that Barbara told her she was all right, she was travelling, and she would be home very soon. The following morning she awoke, remembered the dream, and laughed and cried at the same time. (PROSE: A Long Night [+]Loading...["A Long Night (short story)"])

In December, Andy Hansen and Erimem went Christmas shopping in London. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])

Undated

Doctor X in an Amazing Adventure in Space was published. It was the first book about the television series Doctor X and was very rare. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])

When reality was almost destroyed by the Pyramid Eternia, a barman in Marbella became a lump of coal. This was reversed by the Ancients of the Universe. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Loading...["Big Bang Generation (novel)"])

Allison Williams completed her degree at the University of Cambridge and obtained her doctorate. (AUDIO: Threshold [+]Loading...["Threshold (audio story)"])

The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was knocked off the top of the British charts by the Dave Clark Five song "Glad All Over", which peaked at No. 6 in the United States. (AUDIO: Threshold [+]Loading...["Threshold (audio story)"])

The musical group the Who was formed. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])

Allison Williams and Julian St Stephen became engaged. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence [+]Loading...["Artificial Intelligence (audio story)"])

A failed attempt to kidnap Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, took place. The incident was subsequently covered up by the British government. (AUDIO: The Pelage Project [+]Loading...["The Pelage Project (audio story)"])

Foxgrove was demolished to make way for the A7665. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor visited St Cedd's College at Cambridge. (WC: Shada [+]Loading...["Shada (webcast)"])

An archaeological dig in Alaska led by Tulung's father accidentally unearthed a Permian fossil. It revived and attacked them. While Shaun Brett's father fled, Tulung's father used dynamite to destroy the creature. The plane carrying Brett nearly collided with the TARDIS, which had materialised in mid-air immediately before travelling to 1994. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead [+]Loading...["The Land of the Dead (audio story)"])

Nikita Khrushchev was removed from office as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise considerable control over the Politburo until his health began to fail seven years later. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

Members of an unnamed species attacked children on Parliament Hill. (COMIC: The Door to a Winter Long Ago [+]Loading...["The Door to a Winter Long Ago (comic story)"])

By this time, many of the British Empire's colonies had gained independence. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])

George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law played for Manchester United. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])

Lonnie Donegan performed "Putting On The Donegan"; a performance saw the Ninth Doctor seemingly vanish behind Lonnie. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Alternate timelines

On 22 January, in an alternate timeline, US President John F. Kennedy would have started a nuclear war on this date if he had not been assassinated on 22 November 1963. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 11 May, Jane Potter drowned in the River Stock. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Loading...["The Eternal Summer (audio story)"], Plague of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Plague of the Daleks (audio story)"])

On 22 July, Melanie Bush was born. (PROSE: Spiral Scratch [+]Loading...["Spiral Scratch (novel)"])

Undated

Muriel Wilberforce died in Pease Pottage. (AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors [+]Loading...["The Wrong Doctors (audio story)"])

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