The Beatles

The Beatles were a music group from Liverpool during the 1960s and 1970s.

20th century
In 1965, the Beatles performed "Ticket to Ride" at Riverside Studios. The Doctor, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton and Vicki observed the performance on the Time-Space Visualiser. (DW: The Chase)

In 1969, Ace prevented Huitzilin from killing the Beatles on the roof of the Apple building. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

In 1970, Paul left the Beatles. They acquired two new members, Billy and Klaus. (PDA: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)


 * Although not explicitly identified as such, these were presumably Billy Preston and Klaus Voormann.

In 1985, Fitz Kreiner saw the Beatles perform at Live Aid in an alternate timeline. Fitz collected alternate timeline Beatles records during his travels. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

21st century and after
In 2008, as a result of disturbances in time caused by inexpert use of the Rift Manipulator, the Beatles were spotted on the roof of Abbey Road studio. (TW: End of Days)

By the 25th century, a museum dedicated to them existed in their home town of Liverpool. Vicki knew of them but had not realized that they played what she referred to as considered classical music. (DW: The Chase)

Behind the Scenes
The Beatles would have liked to have appeared, as themselves, in the year 1996, during a later part of The Chase. Their manager, Brian Epstein, however, forbade it, saying that to have them appear wearing old age makeup would have detracted from their image.

Some audio and video releases of televised Doctor Who edit out the Beatles songs originally used in the stories on account of rights issues.