1964
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1964 was a year.
Properties
1964 was a leap year. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])
Events
Dated
On 29 February, Gerry Billings' family held an "extra birthday" party for him at their home. Gerry, whose actual birthday was 23 December, had recently admitted his unhappiness at missing out on various birthday traditions due to being overshadowed by Christmas. Gerry's mother Claire told him he could have the 29th as an extra birthday due to the date's rarity, and Gerry received Doctor Bear as a gift. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])
On 13 July, Maria Jackson broke free of the Trickster's Graske servant and arrived on this date. A few minutes later, thirteen-year-old Sarah Jane Smith's best friend Andrea Yates fell off a pier and drowned. The Trickster appeared and coaxed Andrea to switch places with Sarah Jane, creating an alternate timeline where she died instead. After spending over forty years in the altered timeline, Andrea revoked her deal with the Trickster and allowed herself to perish once again, restoring the original course of the timeline. Also by this time, the Beatles had sold out the first leg of their United Kingdom tour. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"]) They were still touring in November. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])
In October, the Labour Party defeated the Conservatives in the United Kingdom general election. Labour leader Harold Wilson became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Alec Douglas-Home. James Callaghan was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"]) The Seventh Doctor, who had been elected as an independent member of Parliament using the alias "John Rutherford" in May 1963 on a platform of nuclear disarmament, stood down at this election. (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games [+]Loading...["1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)"])
Also in October, a German U-boat which was patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time, where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry. Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])
In October, an aeroplane which left New York City with a crew of eleven and hundreds of passengers landed in London with no one aboard, not even the pilot. The matter was investigated by Professor Rachel Jensen of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])
On 23 November, Joan Wright remembered the day Barbara Wright disappeared, one year prior. She spent time in Barbara's room and then settled herself in bed with a crossword and a cup of cocoa. She eventually fell asleep, and dreamt that she was chatting with Barbara in the kitchen over tea, and that Barbara told her she was all right, she was travelling, and she would be home very soon. The following morning she awoke, remembered the dream, and laughed and cried at the same time. (PROSE: A Long Night [+]Loading...["A Long Night (short story)"])
In December, Andy Hansen and Erimem went Christmas shopping in London. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])
Undated
Doctor X in an Amazing Adventure in Space was published. It was the first book about the television series Doctor X and was very rare. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])
When reality was almost destroyed by the Pyramid Eternia, a barman in Marbella became a lump of coal. This was reversed by the Ancients of the Universe. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Loading...["Big Bang Generation (novel)"])
Allison Williams completed her degree at the University of Cambridge and obtained her doctorate. (AUDIO: Threshold [+]Loading...["Threshold (audio story)"])
The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was knocked off the top of the British charts by the Dave Clark Five song "Glad All Over", which peaked at No. 6 in the United States. (AUDIO: Threshold [+]Loading...["Threshold (audio story)"])
The musical group the Who was formed. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])
Allison Williams and Julian St Stephen became engaged. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence [+]Loading...["Artificial Intelligence (audio story)"])
A failed attempt to kidnap Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, took place. The incident was subsequently covered up by the British government. (AUDIO: The Pelage Project [+]Loading...["The Pelage Project (audio story)"])
Foxgrove was demolished to make way for the A7665. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor visited St Cedd's College at Cambridge. (WC: Shada [+]Loading...["Shada (webcast)"])
An archaeological dig in Alaska led by Tulung's father accidentally unearthed a Permian fossil. It revived and attacked them. While Shaun Brett's father fled, Tulung's father used dynamite to destroy the creature. The plane carrying Brett nearly collided with the TARDIS, which had materialised in mid-air immediately before travelling to 1994. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead [+]Loading...["The Land of the Dead (audio story)"])
Nikita Khrushchev was removed from office as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise considerable control over the Politburo until his health began to fail seven years later. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Members of an unnamed species attacked children on Parliament Hill. (COMIC: The Door to a Winter Long Ago [+]Loading...["The Door to a Winter Long Ago (comic story)"])
By this time, many of the British Empire's colonies had gained independence. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])
George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law played for Manchester United. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X [+]Loading...["In Search of Doctor X (short story)"])
Lonnie Donegan performed "Putting On The Donegan"; a performance saw the Ninth Doctor seemingly vanish behind Lonnie. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])
Alternate timelines
On 22 January, in an alternate timeline, US President John F. Kennedy would have started a nuclear war on this date if he had not been assassinated on 22 November 1963. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Births and deaths
Dated
On 11 May, Jane Potter drowned in the River Stock. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer [+]Loading...["The Eternal Summer (audio story)"], Plague of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Plague of the Daleks (audio story)"])
On 22 July, Melanie Bush was born. (PROSE: Spiral Scratch [+]Loading...["Spiral Scratch (novel)"])
15 November, according to her passport, was the birth date of Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown. (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"])
Undated
Muriel Wilberforce died in Pease Pottage. (AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors [+]Loading...["The Wrong Doctors (audio story)"])
