1960s

Doctor Who Universe

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. Alastair 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.

Doctor Who debuts in 1963 with William Hartnell as the the original Doctor in An Unearthly Child. Patrick Troughton succeeds him in 1966 as the Second Doctor in 1966 in the closing moments of The Tenth Doctor, and takes over the role definitively in The Power of the Daleks, the story that follows.
The second Doctor Who story, The Daleks introduces the creatures of the same name. Dalekmania sweeps Great Britain. The Daleks, who eclipsed the Doctor himself in popularity, would return several times during the '60's, would arguably never reach the height of popularity as during this time. The second-most popular Doctor Who monster race, the Cybermen debut in 1966's The Tenth Planet.
The first Doctor Who tie-in book, David Whitaker's Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks comes out. It adapts The Daleks in novel form.
Two theatrical films starring Peter Cushing as "Dr. Who" come out: Dr. Who and the Daleks (based on The Daleks) and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD based on The Dalek Invasion of Earth.