1965

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The events of the conclusion of The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and Salvation take place.

April

 * 10 - The Beatles perform their hit song Ticket to Ride at Riverside Studios. The performance is viewed by the Doctor, Barbara, Ian, and Vicki on the Time-Space Visualiser. (DW: The Chase)

December

 * Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright arrive back in 20th century London aboard the DARDIS, which self-destructs soon after. Boarding a bus, they contemplate how they will pick up their previous, "normal" lives again, having arrived at a point two years after joining the Doctor on his travels. (DW: The Chase)
 * 25 - The TARDIS materialises in the yard of a police station in Liverpool, its scanner malfunctioning. After some initial fears that the polluted atmosphere of the 20th century might harm his companions Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom, who grew up in the purified atmospheres of the future, and some trouble with the local police, the Doctor repairs the malfunctioning scanner and the TARDIS departs. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * 31 - After leaving the Monk on Tigus, the TARDIS materializes in Trafalgar Square duing the New Year's Eve celebrations. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)

January

 * 02 - "The Powerful Enemy" First Broadcast (The Rescue Episode 1)
 * 09 - "Desperate Measures" First Broadcast (The Rescue Episode 2)
 * 16 - "The Slave Traders" First Broadcast (The Romans Episode 1)
 * 23 - "All Roads Lead to Rome" First Broadcast (The Romans Episode 2)
 * 30 - "Conspiracy" First Broadcast (The Romans Episode 3)

February

 * 06 - "Inferno" First Broadcast (The Romans Episode 4)
 * 13 - "The Web Planet" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 1)
 * 20 - "The Zarbi" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 2)
 * 27 - "Escape to Danger" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 3)

March

 * 06 - "Crater of Needles" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 4)
 * 13 - "Invasion" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 5)
 * 20 - "The Centre" First Broadcast (The Web Planet Episode 6)
 * 27 - "The Lion" First Broadcast (The Crusade Episode 1)

April

 * 03 - "The Knight of Jaffa" First Broadcast (The Crusade Episode 2)
 * 10 - "The Wheel of Fortune" First Broadcast (The Crusade Episode 3)
 * 17 - "The Warlords" First Broadcast (The Crusade Episode 4)
 * 24 - "The Space Museum" First Broadcast (The Space Museum Episode 1)

May

 * 01 - "The Dimensions of Time" First Broadcast (The Space Museum Episode 2)
 * 08 - "The Search" First Broadcast (The Space Museum Episode 3)
 * 15 - "The Final Phase" First Broadcast (The Space Museum Episode 4)
 * 22 - "The Executioners" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 1)
 * 29 - "The Death of Time" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 2)

June

 * 05 - "Flight Through Eternity" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 3)
 * 12 - "Journey Into Terror" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 4)
 * 19 - "The Death of Doctor Who" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 5)
 * 25 - Dr. Who and the Daleks, the first feature film based on the Doctor Who television series, is released. Adapted from the serial The Daleks, the colour film star Peter Cushing as a human scientist named Dr. Who who invents the TARDIS and takes his companions on a journey to the planet Skaro, where they help the peace-loving Thals battle the evil Daleks. The film co-stars Roy Castle as Ian, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and Roberta Tovey as Susan.
 * 26 - "The Planet of Decision" First Broadcast (The Chase Episode 6)

July

 * 03 - "The Watcher" First Broadcast (The Time Meddler Episode 1)
 * 10 - "The Meddling Monk" First Broadcast (The Time Meddler Episode 2)
 * 17 - "The Battle of Wits" First Broadcast (The Time Meddler Episode 3)
 * 24 - "Checkmate" First Broadcast (The Time Meddler Episode 4)

September

 * 11 - "Four Hundred Dawns" First Broadcast (Galaxy 4 Episode 1)
 * 16 - Doctor Who and the Zarbi First Published by Frederick Muller.
 * 18 - "Trap of Steel" First Broadcast (Galaxy 4 Episode 2)
 * 25 - "Air Lock" First Broadcast (Galaxy 4 Episode 3)

October

 * 02 - "The Exploding Planet" First Broadcast (Galaxy 4 Episode 4)
 * 09 - Mission to the Unknown First Broadcast
 * 16 - "Temple of Secrets" First Broadcast (The Myth Makers Episode 1)
 * 23 - "Small Profit, Quick Return" First Broadcast (The Myth Makers Episode 2)
 * 30 - "Death of a Spy" First Broadcast (The Myth Makers Episode 3)

November

 * 06 - "Horse of Destruction" First Broadcast (The Myth Makers Episode 4)
 * 13 - "The Nightmare Begins" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 1)
 * 20 - "Day of Armageddon" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 2)
 * 27 - "Devil's Planet" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 3)

December

 * 04 - "The Traitors" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 4)
 * 11 - "Counter Plot" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 5)
 * 18 - "Coronas of the Sun" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 6)
 * 25 - "The Feast of Steven" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 7)

Unknown dates

 * Armada Books publishes the first paperback edition of the first Doctor Who novelisation, Dr. Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks.
 * Doctor Who and the Crusaders First Published. This is the third and last of a trilogy of novelisations published by Frederick Muller; the next new novelisation would not be published until Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion established the Target Novelisation line in early 1974.