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== Events ==
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The '''1960s''' were referred to by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[DJ (Revelation of the Daleks)|DJ]] of [[Tranquil Repose]] as the '''[[Swinging Sixties]]'''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Hunters of Earth (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)}}) The Doctor associated "[[miniskirt]]s, [[Telstar]]s, ''[[Fireball XL5]]'', [[flower power]] and [[Woodstock]]" with this [[decade]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Hunters of Earth (audio story)}}) [[Ace]] believed it had no "[[street cred]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}})


*[[Lavinia Smith]] publishes her paper on the teleological response of the [[virus]] ("[[The Time Warrior]]").
The [[British Rocket Group]] and [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]], the latter a precursor to [[UNIT]], were active during the 1960s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})


*A secret bunker is built at [[Whitehall]] ("[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]").
The [[Sixth Doctor]] considered the 1960s to be one of [[Earth]]'s "most turbulent periods." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: The Space Race (audio story)}})


* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] receives a watch as a gift from [[Doris]] in [[Brighton]] ("[[Planet of the Spiders]]").
[[George Woods]] worked in the field of [[radar]] development in the [[1950s]] and 1960s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (TV story)}})


* Professor [[Fendelman]] is working on missile guidance systems, observing a temporal reflection during one test launch which leads to his [[time scanner]] experiments in the [[1970s]] ("[[Image of the Fendahl]]").
Near the end of the decade, a number of parents named their sons "Valentine" after the main character in ''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}})


* The [[British Rocket Group]] and [[Intrusion Counter Measures Group]], the latter being  a precursor to [[UNIT]], are active ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]").
=== Minor events ===
"The [[Metaltron]]", a [[Dalek]] survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], fell through [[time]] and landed on the [[Ascension Islands]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=52}}) or the [[Ascension Island]], located in the [[British Overseas Territory]], near [[St Helena]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]] in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]] sometime in the 1960s; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=148}}) either in [[1961]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=53}}) or [[1962]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dalek Transaction (audio story)}}) It burnt within its [[crater]] for [[3 (number)|three]] [[day]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=148}}, {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=53}}) [[Insane]] and [[scream]]ing, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) the Dalek was recovered by the [[military]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=148}}) before it was passed through several private collections in the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=148}})


*While stationed in [[Sierra Leone]], Lt. Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart meets and fathers a son, [[Mariamma Lethbridge-Stewart |Mariamma]], with [[Mariatu]], eldest daughter of Chief [[Yembe]] of the [[Rokoye]] village ("[[Transit]]," "[[The Also People]]").
[[Fitz Kreiner]] spent a few [[week]]s working behind the [[bar]] at the [[Mother Black Cap]] in [[Camden Town]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fall of Yquatine (novel)}})


== Years ==
In the 1960s, Dr [[Fendelman]] was working on missile guidance systems, observing a "sonic shadow" during one test launch which led to his [[time scanner]] experiments in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Image of the Fendahl (TV story)}})


*[[1960]]
In this decade, [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who]] met their grandfather, the [[First Doctor]], and began travelling with him as his [[companion]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Klepton Parasites (comic story)}})


*[[1961]]
Sometime in this decade, "[[lesbian]] [[novelist]]" [[Iris Wildthyme#Origins|Iris]] wrote a [[novel]] called ''[[The Nylon Jungle]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hospitality (short story)}})


*[[1962]]
[[Dave Tonbridge]]'s [[Dave Tonbridge's parents|parents]] had their [[wedding]] over [[40 (number)|forty]] years prior to [[2005]]. [[Marcus Butler]]'s [[Marcus Butler's father|dad]] played in a [[skiffle band]] in which the [[Ninth Doctor]] sometimes joined in with. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})


*[[1963]]
== Behind the scenes ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' debuted in 1963, with [[William Hartnell]] as the the [[First Doctor|original Doctor]] in "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]". [[Patrick Troughton]] succeeded him in 1966 as the [[Second Doctor]] in the closing moments of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', and took over the role definitively in ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', the story that followed.
* The second ''Doctor Who'' story, ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' introduced the creatures [[Dalek|of the same name]]. [[Dalekmania]] swept [[Great Britain]]. The Daleks, who eclipsed [[the Doctor]] himself in popularity, would return several times during the '60s. The second-most popular ''Doctor Who'' monster race, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], debuted in 1966's ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''.
* The first ''Doctor Who'' tie-in book, [[David Whitaker]]'s ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' was released. It adapted ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' in novel form.
* Two theatrical films starring [[Peter Cushing]] as "[[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]" were released: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (based on ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' based on ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.
* In 1964, ''[[The Klepton Parasites (comic story)|The Klepton Parasites]]'', the first ''Doctor Who'' comic, appeared in ''[[TV Comic]]''. ''Doctor Who'' comics would, in one form or another, continue into the present.
* Patrick Troughton's run as the Doctor was concluded with ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' in 1969. That year, [[Jon Pertwee]] was cast and began filming as the [[Third Doctor]], though his [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|first season]] would not be broadcast until 1970.


*[[1964]]
== External links ==
* [http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Files_from_the_1960s Cuttings Archive of ''Doctor Who''-related print media published from 1963-9]


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== Stories ==
*[[Time and Relative]]
*[[The Pilot Episode]]
*[[An Unearthly Child]]
*[[Nothing at the End of the Lane]]
*[[Planet of Giants]]
*[[A Long Night]]
*[[The Chase]] -Episode 3, "Flight Through Eternity"
*[[The Little Drummer Boy]](select scenes)
*[[The Daleks' Master Plan]] (select scenes)
*[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve|The Massacre]] (conclusion)
*[[Salvation]]
*[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]
*[[Wonderland]]
*[[The Faceless Ones]]
*[[Face-Painter]]
*[[One Small Step...]]
*[[Reunion]]
*[[The Zombies]]
*[[The Monsters from the Past]]
*[[Who Killed Kennedy]](climax)
*[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]
*[[Nightshade (New Adventure Novel)|Nightshade]]
*[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]] (select scenes)
*[[Revolution Man]]
*[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]] (select scenes)
*[[The Love Invasion]]
 
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You may be looking for The Sixties, a reference book.

The 1960s were referred to by the Eleventh Doctor and the DJ of Tranquil Repose as the Swinging Sixties. (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth [+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"], TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"]) The Doctor associated "miniskirts, Telstars, Fireball XL5, flower power and Woodstock" with this decade. (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth [+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"]) Ace believed it had no "street cred". (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])

The British Rocket Group and Intrusion Counter-Measures Group, the latter a precursor to UNIT, were active during the 1960s. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"], PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"], Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

The Sixth Doctor considered the 1960s to be one of Earth's "most turbulent periods." (AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race [+]Loading...["1963: The Space Race (audio story)"])

George Woods worked in the field of radar development in the 1950s and 1960s. (TV: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (TV story)"])

Near the end of the decade, a number of parents named their sons "Valentine" after the main character in Stranger in a Strange Land. (PROSE: Dead Romance [+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])

Minor events[[edit] | [edit source]]

"The Metaltron", a Dalek survivor of the Last Great Time War, fell through time and landed on the Ascension Islands (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"The Daleks","page":"52","chaptnum":"2","1":"The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"}) or the Ascension Island, located in the British Overseas Territory, near St Helena and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean sometime in the 1960s; (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"148","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) either in 1961 (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"The Daleks","page":"53","chaptnum":"2","1":"The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"}) or 1962. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction [+]Loading...["The Dalek Transaction (audio story)"]) It burnt within its crater for three days. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"148","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}, The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"The Daleks","page":"53","chaptnum":"2","1":"The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"}) Insane and screaming, (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"]) the Dalek was recovered by the military (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"148","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) before it was passed through several private collections in the 20th and 21st centuries. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"148","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"})

Fitz Kreiner spent a few weeks working behind the bar at the Mother Black Cap in Camden Town. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine [+]Loading...["The Fall of Yquatine (novel)"])

In the 1960s, Dr Fendelman was working on missile guidance systems, observing a "sonic shadow" during one test launch which led to his time scanner experiments in the 1970s. (TV: Image of the Fendahl [+]Loading...["Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"])

In this decade, John and Gillian Who met their grandfather, the First Doctor, and began travelling with him as his companions. (COMIC: The Klepton Parasites [+]Loading...["The Klepton Parasites (comic story)"])

Sometime in this decade, "lesbian novelist" Iris wrote a novel called The Nylon Jungle. (PROSE: Hospitality [+]Loading...["Hospitality (short story)"])

Dave Tonbridge's parents had their wedding over forty years prior to 2005. Marcus Butler's dad played in a skiffle band in which the Ninth Doctor sometimes joined in with. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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