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 a colleague who would inform 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.

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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