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Events
- 13 August - H. G. Wells died. [source needed]
- 15 October - Hermann Goering committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial for war crimes at Nuremberg. [source needed]
- 16 October - Joachim von Ribbentrop was executed for war crimes at Nuremberg. [source needed]
Unknown dates
- In 1964, Sir Toby Kinsella and his old school friend Professor Jeffrey Broderick shared a bottle of single malt brewed in France during this year in the former's office in Whitehall. Sir Toby noted that it was the first post-World War II vintage. (CM: Artificial Intelligence)
Behind the scenes
January
- 18 - Andrew Tourell, who played Constable Cummings in DW: Black Orchid, was born.
February
- 1 - Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) was born.
- 27 - Tom Chadbon, an actor across media ranges in the Doctor Who universe, was born.
March
- 21 - Timothy Dalton, who played Rassilon in DW: The End of Time, was born.
April
- 5 - Jane Asher (Andrea Yates in SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?) was born.
May
- 1 - Joanna Lumley (the Thirteenth Doctor in DW: The Curse of Fatal Death) was born.
- 10 - Maureen Lipman was born.
- 13 - Tim Pigott-Smith was born.
June
- 1 - Brian Cox (the voice of the Ood Elder in DW: The End of Time) was born.
- 3 - Penelope Wilton, who played Harriet Jones, was born.
- 15 - Roy Holder was born.
- 16 - Simon Williams (Ian Gilmore in DW: Remembrance of the Daleks and various roles for Big Finish Productions) was born.
- 18 - Luan Peters (Chicki in DW: The Macra Terror and Sheila in Frontier in Space) was born.
July
- 12 - Everett DeRoche, who co-wrote K9TV: Fear Itself, was born.
- 18 - Dicken Ashworth (Sezon in DW: Timelash) was born.
- 28 - Kenny McBain was born.
August
- 13 - H. G. Wells died.
- 27 - Peter Craze, who appeared numerous times on the original Doctor Who television series and was the brother of Michael Craze, was born.
September
- 25 - Felicity Kendal was born.
- 26 - Togo Igawa was born.
October
- 4 - Roger Davenport (a Trooper in DW: Resurrection of the Daleks) was born.
- 16 - Tariq Yunus (Cass in DW: The Robots of Death) was born.
November
- 23 - Diana Quick was born.
- 25 - Brian Hibbard was born.
- 27 - Howard Attfield (Geoff Noble in DW: The Runaway Bride) was born.
December
- 13 - Peter Wragg, a visual effects designer for Doctor Who, was born.
- 16 - Richard Ireson was born.
- 29 - Jon Pertwee made his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.
Unknown date
- Martin Cochrane was born.