1964

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The events of Planet of Giants take place.
 * The Doctor visits St. Cedd's College at Cambridge. (DW: Shada)
 * Melanie Bush is born at Pease Pottage.
 * Parts of the events of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? take place.

July

 * 13 - Death of Andrea Yates; parts of the events of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?.

November

 * 15 - Birth of Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown, companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors.

January

 * 04 - "The Escape" First Broadcast (The Daleks Episode 3)
 * 11 - "The Ambush" First Broadcast (The Daleks Episode 4)
 * 18 - "The Expedition" First Broadcast (The Daleks Episode 5)
 * 25 - "The Ordeal" First Broadcast (The Daleks Episode 6)

February

 * 01 - "The Rescue" First Broadcast (The Daleks Episode 7)
 * 08 - "The Edge of Destruction" First Broadcast (The Edge of Destruction Episode 1)
 * 15 - "The Brink of Disaster" First Broadcast (The Edge of Destruction Episode 2)
 * 16 - Christopher Eccleston is born in Salford, Lancashire, England. He is the first actor to play the Doctor who was born after the series debuted on television.
 * 22 - "The Roof of the World" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 1)
 * 29 - "The Singing Sands" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 2)

March

 * 07 - "Five Hundred Eyes" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 3)
 * 14 - "The Wall of Lies" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 4)
 * 21 - "Rider From Shang-Tu" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 5)
 * 28 - "Mighty Kublai Khan" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 6)

April

 * 04 - "Assassin at Peking" First Broadcast (Marco Polo Episode 7)
 * 11 - "The Sea of Death" First Broadcast (The Keys of Marinus Episode 1)
 * 18 - "The Velvet Web" First Broadcast (The Keys of Marinus Episode 2)
 * 25 - "The Screaming Jungle" First Broadcat (The Keys of Marinus Episode 3)

May

 * 02 - "The Snows of Terror" First Broadcast (The Keys of Marinus Episode 4)
 * 09 - "Sentence of Death" First Broadcast (The Keys of Marinus Episode 5)
 * 16 - "The Keys of Marinus" First Broadcast (The Keys of Marinus Episode 6)
 * 23 - "The Temple of Evil" First Broadcast (The Aztecs Episode 1)
 * 30 - "The Warriors of Death" First Broadcast (The Aztecs Episode 2)

June

 * 06 - "The Bride of Sacrifice" First Broadcast (The Aztecs Episode 3)
 * 13 - "The Day of Darkness" First Broadcast (The Aztecs Episode 4)
 * 20 - "Strangers in Space" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 1)
 * 27 - "The Unwilling Warriors" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 2)

July

 * 11 - "Hidden Danger" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 3)
 * 18 - "A Race Against Death" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 4)
 * 22 - Bonnie Langford is born in Hampton Court, Surrey, England.
 * 25 - "Kidnap" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 5)

August

 * 01 - "A Desperate Venture" First Broadcast (The Sensorites Episode 6)
 * 08 - "A Land of Fear" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 1)
 * 15 - "Guests of Madame Guillotine" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 2)
 * 22 - "A Change of Identity" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 3)
 * 29 - "The Tyrant of France" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 4)

September

 * 05 - "A Bargain of Necessity" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 5)
 * 12 - "Prisoners of Concergerie" First Broadcast (The Reign of Terror Episode 6)

October

 * 31 - "Planet of Giants" First Broadcast (Planet of Giants Episode 1)

November

 * 07 - "Dangerous Journey" First Broadcast (Planet of Giants Episode 2)
 * 12 - Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, a novel by David Whitaker is published in hardcover by Frederick Muller. This is the very first novelisation of a Doctor Who serial. Years later, it would be reprinted by Target Books as Doctor Who and the Daleks.
 * 14 - "Crisis" First Broadcast (Planet of Giants Episode 3)
 * 21 - "World's End" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 1)
 * 28 - "The Daleks" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 2)

December

 * 05 - "Day of Reckoning" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 3)
 * 12 - "The End of Tomorrow" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 4)
 * 19 - "The Waking Ally" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 5)
 * 26 - "Flashpoint" First Broadcast (The Dalek Invasion of Earth Episode 6)