1960s

Doctor Who Universe

Major events

• A secret bunker is built under Whitehall (DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs).
• The British Rocket Group and Intrusion Countermeasures Group, the latter being a precursor to UNIT, are active (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks, MA: Downtime, MA: Who Killed Kennedy).

Minor events

• Forester hopes to market DN6, a super-lethal pesticide and murders Arnold Farrow, another scientist who would have informed the authorities of the dangers. The Doctor, miniaturized to one inch tall by an accident in the TARDIS, in turn kill Forester. (DW: Planet of Giants)
• The TARDIS and the DARDIS materialise on an observation deck of the Empire State Building. (DW: The Chase)
• Dr. Fendleman is working on missile guidance systems, observing a "sonic shadow" during one test launch which leads to his time scanner experiments in the 1970s (DW: Image of the Fendahl)
• While stationed in Sierra Leone, Lt. Alastir Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart meets and fathers a son, Mariamma, with Mariatu, eldest daughter of Chief Yembe of the Rokoye village (NA: Transit, The Also People)

For events in specific dates, see below.

Years

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

• 1966

• 1967

• 1968

• 1969

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 (conclusion)
• Salvation
• 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
• The Left-Handed Hummingbird (select scenes)
• Revolution Man
• Mad Dogs and Englishmen (select scenes)
• The Love Invasion

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