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. Destined to play Melanie Bush during the Sylvester McCoy era, she is the first companion actor to be born after the start of the original series.
 * 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). This episode concludes the first season of Doctor Who, although in reality only a few weeks pass before the commencement of the second season.

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. In 1973, 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)