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'''1964''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
==Properties==
=== July ===
1964 was a [[leap year]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})
* [[13 July|13]] - [[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. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')
** By this time, the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] had sold out the first leg of their [[United Kingdom]] tour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')
* [[22 July|22]] - [[Melanie Bush]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Spiral Scratch (novel)|Spiral Scratch]]'')


=== November ===
==Events==
* [[15 November|15]] - According to her passport, this was the birth date of [[Peri Brown|Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
===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)}})


=== Unknown dates ===
[[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?]]'')]]
* [[Allison Williams]] completed her degree at the [[University of Cambridge]] and obtained her doctorate. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Threshold (audio story)|Threshold]]'')
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)}})
* The [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was knocked off the top of the British charts by the [[The Dave Clark Five|Dave Clark Five]] song "Glad All Over," which peaked at No. 6 in the [[United States of America|United States]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Threshold (audio story)|Threshold]]'')
* [[Allison Williams]] and [[Julian St. Stephen]] became engaged. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]'')
* 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 (audio story)|The Pelage Project]]'')
* The [[Labour Party]] defeated the [[Conservative Party|Conservatives]] in the [[United Kingdom]] general election. The former's 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 (audio story)|State of Emergency]]'')
* A [[Germany|German]] [[Submarine|U-boat]] which was patrolling the [[English Channel]] in [[1943]] was sent forward in time to this year, where it threatened to torpedo the [[Isle of Wight]] ferry. Sir [[Toby Kinsella]] of the [[Intrusion Countermeasures 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]]: ''[[State of Emergency (audio story)|State of Emergency]]'')
* 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 Countermeasures Group]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[State of Emergency (audio story)|State of Emergency]]'')
* [[Foxgrove]] was demolished to make way for the [[A7665 motorway]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] visited [[St Cedd's College]] at [[Cambridge]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'')
* 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 [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], which had materialised in mid-air immediately before travelling to [[1994]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead (audio story)|The Land of the Dead]]'')
* [[Muriel Wilberforce]] died in [[Pease Pottage]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrong Doctors (audio story)|The Wrong Doctors]]'')


=== Alternative timeline ===
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)}})
* [[22 January]] - In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] would have started a [[nuclear war]] on this date if he had not been [[Kennedy assassination|assassinated]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')


=== Andrea Yates' World ===
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)}})
* [[13 July]] - In another alternative timeline created by [[the Trickster]], Sarah Jane Smith drowned and Andrea lived. This was undone by Andrea in [[2008]], once she realised the results of what she had done. ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')


=== See also ===
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)}})
* [[:Category:Stories set in 1964|Stories set in 1964]]


== Behind the scenes ==
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)}})
=== January ===
* [[4 January|04]] - "The Escape" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[11 January|11]] - "The Ambush" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[13 January|13]] - [[Bill Bailey]], who appeared in ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', was born.
* [[18 January|18]] - "The Expedition" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.
* [[25 January|25]] - "The Ordeal" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast.


=== Early 1964 ===
In [[December]], [[Andy Hansen]] and [[Erimem]] went [[Christmas shopping]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In Search of Doctor X (short story)}})
* [[Moris Farhi]] submitted a six-episode script entitled ''[[Farewell Great Macedon (TV story)|Farewell Great Macedon]]'' and a single-episode script entitled ''[[The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (TV story)|The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance]]''. Neither were produced, but both would be published in [[2009]] and were adapted for [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Lost Stories]]'' range in [[2010]].


=== February ===
===Undated===
* A recording of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] by the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] was released on a 45 rpm single. This was the earliest noted release of any soundtrack music from the series.
''[[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)}})
* Another recording of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]], this time by Eric Winstone and his Orchestra, was also released on Pye Records, and was probably the first non-BBC recording of the theme to be issued.
* [[1 February|01]] - "The Rescue" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' Episode 7; not to be confused with [[The Rescue|a later serial of the same name]]) was first broadcast.
* [[8 February|08]] - "The Edge of Destruction" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[15 February|15]] - "The Brink of Disaster" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.
** ''[[Radio Times]]'' printed its first-ever ''[[Doctor Who]]''-related cover (dated February 22-28) to promote the first episode of [[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''.
* [[16 February|16]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]] (the [[Ninth Doctor]]) was born in [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. He was the first actor to play the Doctor born after the series debuted on television.
* [[21 February|21]] - [[Huw Higginson]] ([[Cunningham|Mr Cunningham]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]'') was born.
* [[22 February|22]] - "The Roof of the World" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[25 February|25]] - [[Lee Evans]] ([[Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)|Malcolm Taylor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') was born.
* [[29 February|29]] - "The Singing Sands" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.


=== March ===
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)}})
* [[7 March|07]] - "Five Hundred Eyes"([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[14 March|14]] - "The Wall of Lies" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[21 March|21]] - "Rider From Shang-Tu" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.
* [[27 March|27]] - [[Clive Rowe]] ([[Morvin Van Hoff]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') was born.
* [[28 March|28]] - "Mighty Kublai Khan" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast.


=== April ===
[[Allison Williams]] completed her degree at the [[University of Cambridge]] and obtained her doctorate. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Threshold (audio story)}})
* [[1 April|01]] - [[Marcus Hutton]], who played [[Leigh]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' and was a [[Big Finish]] voice actor, was born.
* [[4 April|04]] - "Assassin at Peking" ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' Episode 7) was first broadcast.
* [[11 April|11]] - "The Sea of Death" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[18 April|18]] - "The Velvet Web" First Broadcast ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.
* [[20 April|20]] - [[BBC Two]], the United Kingdom's third TV network, was launched. Henceforth the main BBC network, which aired ''Doctor Who'', would be known as [[BBC One]].
* [[25 April|25]] - "The Screaming Jungle" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.


=== May ===
[[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)}})
* [[2 May|02]] - "The Snows of Terror" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[7 May|07]] - [[Craig Hinton]] was born.
* [[9 May|09]] - "Sentence of Death" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.
* [[16 May|16]] - "The Keys of Marinus" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast.
* [[23 May|23]] - "The Temple of Evil" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[30 May|30]] - "The Warriors of Death" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.


=== June ===
The musical group [[the Who]] was formed. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)}})
* [[4 June|04]] - [[Ralph Salmins]] (a member of [[The Lorells]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'') was born.
* [[6 June|06]] - "The Bride of Sacrifice" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[13 June|13]] - "The Day of Darkness" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[20 June|20]] - "Strangers in Space" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[22 June|22]] - [[Paterson Joseph]] was born.
* [[27 June|27]] - "The Unwilling Warriors" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.
* [[30 June|30]] - ''[[The Dalek Book]]'' was published, possibly the first book tie-in with ''Doctor Who'' featuring original material.


=== July ===
[[Allison Williams]] and [[Julian St Stephen]] became engaged. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Artificial Intelligence (audio story)}})
* [[11 July|11]] - "Hidden Danger" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[18 July|18]] - "A Race Against Death" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[21 July|21]] - [[Ross Kemp]] was born.
* [[22 July|22]] - [[Bonnie Langford]], who played [[Melanie Bush]], was born in Hampton Court, [[Surrey]], [[England]]. She was the first companion actor to be born after the start of the original series.
* [[25 July|25]] - "Kidnap" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.


=== August ===
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)}})
* [[1 August|01]] - "A Desperate Venture" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast.
* [[8 August|08]] - "A Land of Fear" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast.
* [[15 August|15]] - "Guests of Madame Guillotine" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.
* [[22 August|22]] - "A Change of Identity" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[29 August|29]] - "The Tyrant of France" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.


=== September ===
[[Foxgrove]] was demolished to make way for the [[A7665]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}})
* [[5 September|05]] - "A Bargain of Necessity" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.
** [[Stephen Greenhorn]], writer of [[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'', was born in West Lothian, [[Scotland]].
* [[12 September|12]] - "Prisoners of Concergerie" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast. The airing of this episode concluded [[Season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', although only a few weeks passed before the start of [[Season 2]].


=== October ===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] visited [[St Cedd's College]] at [[Cambridge]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Shada (webcast)}})
* [[31 October|31]] - "Planet of Giants", the first episode of [[Season 2]] and of the story [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', was first broadcast.


=== November ===
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)}})
* [[2 November|02]] - [[Loraine Velez]] (the [[Spanish Maid]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'') was born.
* [[7 November|07]] - "Dangerous Journey" ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.
* [[12 November|12]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', a hardback novelisation by [[David Whitaker]] of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'' and the first-ever ''[[Doctor Who]]'' tie-in novel, was published in hardcover by [[Frederick Muller]]. In [[1973]], it was reprinted by [[Target Books]] as ''Doctor Who and the Daleks''.
* [[14 November|14]] - "Crisis" ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
** ''Radio Times'' again featured a cover story on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', this time announcing the much-anticipated return of the [[Dalek]]s in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.
** The ''Doctor Who'' comic strip made its debut in the 674th issue of ''[[TV Comic]]'', with the comic ''[[The Klepton Parasites]]''.
* [[21 November|21]] - "World's End" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 1) was first broadcast. For the first time, a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode featured extensive [[location filming]] and brought back a previously seen monster. It was also the first story to incorporate widely known London landmarks (despite being set in the future).
* [[28 November|28]] - "The Daleks" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 2) was first broadcast.


=== December ===
[[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)}})
* Its original 20,000-copy print run already sold out, [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' went into a second printing.
* ''Doctor Who'' entered the pop music leagues when a Newcastle girl group called [[The Go-Go's]] (no relation to the American group of the 1980s) released the single "[[I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek]]". Perhaps coincidentally, the Dalek story underway at this time would run through Christmas.
* [[5 December|05]] - "Day of Reckoning" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 3) was first broadcast.
* [[12 December|12]] - "The End of Tomorrow" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 4) was first broadcast.
* [[19 December|19]] - "The Waking Ally" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 5) was first broadcast.
* [[26 December|26]] - "Flashpoint" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' Episode 6) was first broadcast. The episode saw the first major cast change as [[Carole Ann Ford]] left the series.


=== Unknown dates ===
[[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)}})
* ''Doctor Who'' began airing on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] network in Canada, making its North American debut.


[[Category:Years]]
By this time, many of the [[British Empire]]'s colonies had gained independence. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}})
 
[[George Best]], [[Bobby Charlton]] and [[Denis Law]] played for [[Manchester United]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|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]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
 
===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)}})
 
==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)}})
 
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1964 was a year.

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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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