1969

Events

Doctor Who Universe

January

• 30 - The Beatles perform an impromptu concert on the roof of the Apple Records building in London. Ace prevents the killing of John Lennon during this concert. Huitzilin had hoped to feed upon the psychic energy released by the violence. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

May

• 18 - The Doctor, Sam Jones and Fitz Kriener confront the 'Revolution Man' at Wembley Stadium. (EDA: Revolution Man)

Prior to July

• Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones and Billy Shipton (respectively) are touched by the Weeping Angels and end up in this time. Working with future information given to him by Sally Sparrow, the Doctor contacts Shipton and the now-elderly Kathy Nightingale and arranges for messages to be passed on to Sparrow in 2007, one of which is a recorded message by the Doctor. (DW: Blink)

July

• 20 - Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy) Martha Jones later claimed that she and the Tenth Doctor viewed the event several times. (DW: Blink)

August

• 9 - 10 - Followers of Charles Manson murder actress Sharon Tate and others in what becomes known as the Helter Skelter killings. The Doctor theorized Huitzilin influenced the killings after his plot to have John Lennon killed in London failed. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

• 15 - 17 - The Woodstock Music Festival is held. The Doctor attends the festival on two different occasions, in two different incarnations. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

Unknown date

• After serving many years in prison for war crimes, Oskar Steinmann is released due to health problems. (NA: Just War)
• Great Britain readies its Mars Probes. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)

See also

• Stories set in 1969

Real World

January

• 04 - The Krotons Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 11 - The Krotons Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 18 - The Krotons Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 25 - The Seeds of Death Episode 1 First Broadcast

February

• 01 - The Seeds of Death Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 08 - The Seeds of Death Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 15 - The Seeds of Death Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 22 - The Seeds of Death Episode 5 First Broadcast

March

• 01 - The Seeds of Death Episode 6 First Broadcast

• 08 - The Space Pirates Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 15 - The Space Pirates Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 22 - The Space Pirates Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 29 - The Space Pirates Episode 4 First Broadcast

April

• 05 - The Space Pirates Episode 5 First Broadcast

• 12 - The Space Pirates Episode 6 First Broadcast. As of 2009, this is the latest episode for which no copies of any form are known to survive (except for audio).

• 19 - The War Games Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 26 - The War Games Episode 2 First Broadcast

May

• 03 - The War Games Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 10 - The War Games Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 17 - The War Games Episode 5 First Broadcast

• 24 - The War Games Episode 6 First Broadcast

• 31 - The War Games Episode 7 First Broadcast

June

• 03 - The final episode of the original Star Trek series is broadcast in America.

• 07 - The War Games Episode 8 First Broadcast

• 14 - The War Games Episode 9 First Broadcast

• 21 - The War Games Episode 10 First Broadcast, ending in Patrick Troughton's regeneration. Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury also leave the series with this episode. This is the final episode of the series to be produced in black and white. This end of the series also marks the end of the show's long seasons; beginning in 1970 the number of episodes per season is reduced considerably.

July

• 20 - The Apollo 11 moon landing takes place.

August

• 26 - Martin Miller, who played Kublai Khan in "Marco Polo," dies from a heart attack in Austria.

September

• Publication of the fifth Doctor Who Annual.

1968

20th century 1960s

1970