1966

In 1966, WOTAN attempted to control the human race.

In this year, a time machine crashed on Earth. It was found by Robert, who spent the next thirty years time travelling. The First Doctor returned him to this year at Christmas to take his dying brother Christopher's place. (PROSE: The Little Drummer Boy)

On 1 January, the TARDIS departed Trafalgar Square, where it had arrived during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

On 5 July, Ben Jackson began a five-month shore posting. (TV: The War Machines)

From 12 July through 20 July, WOTAN, from its base in the Post Office Tower in London, directed mind-controlled human and robot War Machines. (TV: The War Machines)

On 20 July, the First Doctor and Dodo Chaplet arrived in London and battled the War Machines. The Doctor left with new companions Polly Wright and Ben Jackson. (TV: The War Machines) After defeating WOTAN, the Doctor checked to see if the Hand of Omega had been buried in Shoreditch Cemetery as per his instructions in November 1963, only to discover that it has been removed. He determined that his future self would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it. (PROSE: The Rag and Bone Man's Story) Also on 20 July, the Second Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie McCrimmon became involved with the schemes of the Chameleons at Gatwick Airport. Ben and Polly decided to stay behind in their own time. (TV: The Faceless Ones) Meanwhile, the Daleks stole the TARDIS. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) Also on this date, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited London. (COMIC: The Love Invasion)

On 24 December, the Eighth Doctor visited Whitehall. (PROSE: For the Man Who Has Everything)

Unknown dates
The Doctor's TARDIS and the Dalek time machine materialised on an observation deck of the Empire State Building. (TV: The Chase)

The First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited London, where they met Oliver Harper. (AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond)

During the summer, on Thursdays, the first eleven incarnations of the Doctor visited artist Andy Warhol individually. Warhol painted them on one painting. (WC: The War of Art)

Peri Brown, a companion of the Doctor during his fifth and sixth incarnations, was born. (TV: Planet of Fire, AUDIO: The Reaping)

Tony Barker, Amy Barker and Butch stowed away on the Doctor's TARDIS. (PROSE: The Monsters from Earth)

Katherine Chambers was born. (AUDIO: The Reaping)

The Fifth Doctor dropped off his companions Peri Brown and Erimem in Monte Carlo and instructed them to prevent the Veiled Leopard from being stolen while the Seventh Doctor's companions Ace and Hex were simultaneously trying to steal it. However, the two sets of companions did not interact and remained ignorant of what they had in common. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard)