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'''1962''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[October]] ===
=== Dated ===
* [[10 October|10]] - [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to Checkpoint Charlie in [[Berlin|West Berlin]] to meet an agent who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[Germany|East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Checkpoint (short story)|Checkpoint]]'')
On the [[August bank holiday]], [[Minnie Hooper]] was locked inside a [[police box]] while "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})
* [[Section Eight]] used the dark arts to end the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'')


=== [[November]] ===
The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] occurred in [[October]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (novel)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Piggybackers (comic story)}}) which affected places and people associated with [[the Doctor]]. Fear of impending [[nuclear war]] kept [[Barbara Wright]] awake at night during the crisis. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963 (audio story)}}) [[Coal Hill School]] gave special air raid warning lessons to deal with the emergency. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) [[Section Eight]] used the dark arts to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (novel)}})
* [[21 November|21]] - [[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'')
* [[23 November|23]] - [[James Stevens]] turned seventeen and learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')


=== Unknown dates ===
On [[10 October]], the [[British Intelligence]] operative [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to [[Checkpoint Charlie]] in [[West Berlin]] to meet [[Stempfer|an agent]] who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Checkpoint (short story)}})
* A [[Dalek]] soldier, a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]] between its race and the [[Time Lord]]s, fell through [[time]] and crashed like a [[meteorite]] "on the [[Ascension Island]]s". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
* [[Ben Wainwright|Benjamin Wainwright]], the husband of the temporally displaced [[Kathy Nightingale]], died at the age of 65. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited the village of Lower Dowham and meddled in a plan to make the entire village disappear. ([[DWS]]: ''[[No One Died]]'')
* Professor [[Rachel Jensen]] began researching [[Computer|artificial intelligence]] at the Cavendish Laboratory in the [[University of Cambridge]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Threshold (audio story)|Threshold]]'')


=== Alternative timeline ===
[[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married on [[21 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)}})
* In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], [[Elizabeth Klein]] was conducting research at the [[University of Cambridge]] during this year, when she was recruited by Major [[Jonas Faber]] to study and unlock the secrets of alien technology stored in a bunker in [[Berlin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
[[23 November]] 1962 was [[James Stevens]]' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) That same day, the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s piloted their [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] back to [[Bob Dovie]]'s house at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] (crashing it into his chimney) to stop the [[conceptual bomb]] that {{pratt}} would place the next year from going off. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Light at the End (audio story)}})
=== [[April]] ===
* [[25 April|25]] - [[Donald Wilson]], head of Serial Drama for [[BBC One|BBC TV]], received a four-page report from the BBC Survey Group discussing whether the production of an in-house [[Science fiction|science-fiction]] TV series was feasible and warranted. According to the BBC Archives, this was the spark of what eventually led to the commissioning of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6400.shtml BBC - Archive - The Genesis of ''Doctor Who'' - BBC Report]</ref>


=== [[June]] ===
As the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] recalled, London had a [[1962 London smog|"really bad smog"]] in [[December]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})
* [[20 June|20]] - [[Stuart Clarke]], a stunt performer for ''Doctor Who'', was born.
* [[30 June|30]] - {{wi|Out of This World (UK TV series)|Out of This World}} debuted on ITV. This science fiction series, created by Irene Shubik and overseen by [[Sydney Newman]], was considered a precursor to ''Doctor Who.'' It featured episodes written by [[Terry Nation]] and other future  ''Doctor Who'' writers.


=== [[July]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[25 July|25]] - [[Donald Wilson]] received a follow-up report from the BBC Survey Group discussing potential story ideas for a BBC-produced science fiction series. The report included synopses of several science fiction novels, including the time-travel-based ''The Guardians of Time'' by {{w|Poul Anderson}}.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6401.shtml BBC - Archive The Genesis of ''Doctor Who'' - Follow-up Report]</ref>
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited the village of [[Lower Downham]] and meddled in a plan to make the entire village disappear. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No One Died (short story)}})


=== [[August]] ===
Professor [[Rachel Jensen]] began researching [[Computer|artificial intelligence]] at the Cavendish Laboratory in the [[University of Cambridge]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Threshold (audio story)}})
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] ([[Ace]]) was born at [[Greenwich]], [[London]].
* [[24 August|24]] - [[Gordon Warnecke]] ([[Tuza]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Mindwarp]]'') was born.
* [[25 August|25]] - [[Jessica Martin]] was born.


=== [[October]] ===
The [[scientist]]s [[James Watson]], [[Francis Crick|Crick]], and [[Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins]] won the [[Nobel Prize]] for their discoveries regarding [[DNA]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taint (novel)}})
* [[11 October|11]] - [[Nicola Bryant]] ([[Perpugilliam Brown]]) was born in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]].


=== [[November]] ===
[[Barbara Wright]] went on holiday to [[Toledo]], [[Spain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)}})
* [[10 November|10]] - "The Mauritius Penny", an episode of ''The Avengers'' (created by [[Sydney Newman]]), aired in the UK. It is the earliest writing credit in the Internet Movie Database attributed to future ''Doctor Who'' stalwart [[Terrance Dicks]].


=== [[December]] ===
[[David Walker]] stopped driving. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eyes of the Master (audio story)}})
* [[12 December|12]] - [[Sydney Newman]] began his tenure as Head of Drama at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. The Canadian had previously served in this capacity with the ABC production house (broadcasting on [[ITV]]), during which time he had been credited with creating ''The Avengers'', and the first UK-produced science fiction anthology series, ''Out of This World''.


=== Unknown Date ===
[[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] waited in [[Carnaby Street]] until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived to pick them up. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bus Replacement TARDIS (comic story)}})
* [[Julian Bleach]], who played the [[Ghostmaker]] in [[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain]]'' and [[Davros]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'', was born in Bournemouth.


== Footnotes ==
[[John Jones]] gave the first performance at [[Dog & Duck]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|What He Wants... (comic story)}})
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The 1962 [[World Cup]] was held in [[Chile]]. In the quarterfinals, [[England]] lost to [[Brazil]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)}})
 
A [[Dalek]] [[Metaltron|soldier]], a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], fell through [[time]] and crashed like a [[meteorite]] "on the [[Ascension Islands]]". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}})
 
[[Kronos (Gangland)|Kronos]] led his agents of the [[Cybock Imperium]] to [[Nevada]], [[Earth]], where they formed the [[Kronos Family]]. They spent the next year establishing themselves in the criminal underworld of [[Las Vegas]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Gangland (comic story)}})
 
Aided by a group of [[human]] [[child]]ren, the [[Fugitive Doctor]] defeated [[Monstario the Devourer]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (FCBD 2022 comic story)}})
 
=== Alternate timeline ===
In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], [[Elizabeth Klein]] was conducting research at the [[University of Cambridge]] during this year, when she was recruited by Major [[Jonas Faber]] to study and unlock the secrets of alien technology stored in a bunker in [[Berlin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Klein's Story (audio story)}})
 
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[11 January]], [[Meredith Roberts]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}})
 
On [[4 October]], [[Melanie Bush]]'s younger sister [[Anabel Bush|Anabel]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spiral Scratch (novel)}})
 
=== Undated ===
[[Martin Tuck]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iterations of I (audio story)}})
 
[[Niels Bohr]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}})
 
[[Betty Callon]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shroud of Sorrow (novel)}})
 
[[James (Nightshade)|James]] was killed in an accident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})
 
[[Ben Wainwright|Benjamin Wainwright]], the husband of the temporally displaced [[Kathy Nightingale]], died at the age of 65. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})
 
[[Tom Wake]]'s father died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)}})
 
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1962 was a year.

Events

Dated

On the August bank holiday, Minnie Hooper was locked inside a police box while "misbehaving". (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October, (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS [+]Loading...["Heart of TARDIS (novel)"], COMIC: The Piggybackers [+]Loading...["The Piggybackers (comic story)"]) which affected places and people associated with the Doctor. Fear of impending nuclear war kept Barbara Wright awake at night during the crisis. (AUDIO: 1963 [+]Loading...["1963 (audio story)"]) Coal Hill School gave special air raid warning lessons to deal with the emergency. (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"]) Section Eight used the dark arts to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS [+]Loading...["Heart of TARDIS (novel)"])

On 10 October, the British Intelligence operative Edward Grainger travelled to Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin to meet an agent who was preparing to cross the Berlin Wall from East Germany. (PROSE: Checkpoint [+]Loading...["Checkpoint (short story)"])

Peri Brown's parents, Janine and Paul Brown, were married on 21 November. (AUDIO: Peri and the Piscon Paradox [+]Loading...["Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)"])

23 November 1962 was James Stevens' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) That same day, the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors piloted their TARDISes back to Bob Dovie's house at 59A Barnsfield Crescent in Totton, Hampshire (crashing it into his chimney) to stop the conceptual bomb that the Decayed Master would place the next year from going off. (AUDIO: The Light at the End [+]Loading...["The Light at the End (audio story)"])

As the Fifteenth Doctor recalled, London had a "really bad smog" in December. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])

Undated

The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited the village of Lower Downham and meddled in a plan to make the entire village disappear. (PROSE: No One Died [+]Loading...["No One Died (short story)"])

Professor Rachel Jensen began researching artificial intelligence at the Cavendish Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. (AUDIO: Threshold [+]Loading...["Threshold (audio story)"])

The scientists James Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for their discoveries regarding DNA. (PROSE: The Taint [+]Loading...["The Taint (novel)"])

Barbara Wright went on holiday to Toledo, Spain. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz [+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

David Walker stopped driving. (AUDIO: Eyes of the Master [+]Loading...["Eyes of the Master (audio story)"])

Amy Pond and Rory Williams waited in Carnaby Street until the Eleventh Doctor arrived to pick them up. (COMIC: Bus Replacement TARDIS [+]Loading...["Bus Replacement TARDIS (comic story)"])

John Jones gave the first performance at Dog & Duck. (COMIC: What He Wants... [+]Loading...["What He Wants... (comic story)"])

The 1962 World Cup was held in Chile. In the quarterfinals, England lost to Brazil. (PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story [+]Loading...["The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)"])

A Dalek soldier, a survivor of the Last Great Time War, fell through time and crashed like a meteorite "on the Ascension Islands". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"])

Kronos led his agents of the Cybock Imperium to Nevada, Earth, where they formed the Kronos Family. They spent the next year establishing themselves in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas. (COMIC: Gangland [+]Loading...["Gangland (comic story)"])

Aided by a group of human children, the Fugitive Doctor defeated Monstario the Devourer. (COMIC: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (FCBD 2022 comic story)"])

Alternate timeline

In an alternate timeline in which Nazi Germany won World War II as a result of the Seventh Doctor and Ace accidentally leaving laser technology in Colditz Castle in October 1944, Elizabeth Klein was conducting research at the University of Cambridge during this year, when she was recruited by Major Jonas Faber to study and unlock the secrets of alien technology stored in a bunker in Berlin. (AUDIO: Klein's Story [+]Loading...["Klein's Story (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 11 January, Meredith Roberts was born. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"])

On 4 October, Melanie Bush's younger sister Anabel was born. (PROSE: Spiral Scratch [+]Loading...["Spiral Scratch (novel)"])

Undated

Martin Tuck was born. (AUDIO: Iterations of I [+]Loading...["Iterations of I (audio story)"])

Niels Bohr died. (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"])

Betty Callon died. (PROSE: Shroud of Sorrow [+]Loading...["Shroud of Sorrow (novel)"])

James was killed in an accident. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

Benjamin Wainwright, the husband of the temporally displaced Kathy Nightingale, died at the age of 65. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])

Tom Wake's father died. (PROSE: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years [+]Loading...["The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)"])

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