Events
Doctor Who Universe
January
- The Doctor, Ben and Polly visit San Francisco and battle the Goblin (TN: Wonderland).
February
- 1: Jackie Tyler is born. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen)
- Assuming the Pete's World version of Jackie and the Jackie from the Doctor's universe have the same birthday.
Dates unknown
- Brendan Richards is born.
- Date approximate.
Real World
January
- 07 - First broadcast of The Highlanders Episode 4.
- 13 - Jack Cunningham, who played the jailer in The Reign of Terror, dies in London.
- 14 - First broadcast of The Underwater Menace Episode 1.
- 21 - First broadcast of The Underwater Menace Episode 2.
- 28 - First broadcast of The Underwater Menace Episode 3.
February
- 04 - First episode of The Underwater Menace Episode 4.
- 11 - First broadcast of The Moonbase Episode 1.
- 18 - First broadcast of The Moonbase Episode 2.
- 25 - First broadcast of The Moonbase Episode 3.
March
- 04 - First broadcast of The Moonbase Episode 4 First Broadcast. Last use of the original 1963 opening credits sequence and theme arrangement.
- 11 - First broadcast of The Macra Terror Episode 1 First Broadcast with new title sequence and updated logo and a new arrangement of the theme with added echo; with some adjustments, this arrangement would remain in use until 1980.
- - John Barrowman, who plays companion Jack Harkness, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 18 - First broadcast of The Macra Terror Episode 2.
- 25 - First broadcast of The Macra Terror Episode 3.
April
- 01 - First broadcast of The Macra Terror Episode 4.
- 08 - First broadcast of The Faceless Ones Episode 1.
- 15 - First broadcast of The Faceless Ones Episode 2.
- 22 - First broadcast of The Faceless Ones Episode 3.
- 29 - First broadcast of The Faceless Ones Episode 4.
May
- 06 - First broadcast of The Faceless Ones Episode 5.
- 13 - The Faceless Ones Episode 6 First Broadcast
- 20 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast
- 27 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast
June
- 03 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast
- 10 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast
- 17 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 5 First Broadcast
- 24 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 6 First Broadcast
July
- 01 - The Evil of the Daleks Episode 7 First Broadcast
- Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks first American paperback publication by Avon Books. This is the first Doctor Who novel to be published in the US and the only American edition published until the late 1970s.
- 18 - Paul Cornell, writer of Father's Day, Human Nature (novel and TV episode) and The Family of Blood and several other Doctor Who novels, short stories and audios is born.[1]
September
- 02 - The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode 1 First Broadcast
- 09 - The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode 2 First Broadcast
- 16 - The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode 3 First Broadcast
- 23 - The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode 4 First Broadcast
- 30 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 1 First Broadcast
October
- 01 - The Prisoner debuts on British television. The theme music for the series is composed by Ron Grainer and is arguably his best-known work outside of the "Doctor Who theme".
- 07 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 2 First Broadcast
- 14 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 3 First Broadcast
- 21 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 4 First Broadcast
- 28 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 5 First Broadcast
November
- 04 - The Abominable Snowmen Episode 6 First Broadcast
- 11 - The Ice Warriors Episode 1 First Broadcast
- 18 - The Ice Warriors Episode 2 First Broadcast
- 25 - The Ice Warriors Episode 3 First Broadcast
December
- 02 - The Ice Warriors Episode 4 First Broadcast
- 09 - The Ice Warriors Episode 5 First Broadcast
- 16 - The Ice Warriors Episode 6 First Broadcast
- 23 - The Enemy of the World Episode 1 First Broadcast
- 30 - The Enemy of the World Episode 2 First Broadcast
Unknown date
- Jack Bligh, who played Gaptooth in The Smugglers dies.
- First UK paperback edition of Doctor Who and the Crusaders released by Green Dragon Books.
Footnotes
| 1966 | 20th Century 1960s |
1968 |
