1964 (releases)

1964 was dominated by the release of seasons 1 and 2 on television. By September, the show was also running in New Zealand.

Other 1964 releases included:
 * 4 January - "The Escape" debuted on BBC tv.
 * 11 January - "The Ambush" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 18 January - "The Expedition" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 25 January - "The Ordeal" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * A recording of the Doctor Who theme by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was released on a 45 rpm single. This was the earliest noted release of any soundtrack music from the series.
 * Another recording of the Doctor Who theme, this time by Eric Winstone and his Orchestra, was also released on Pye Records, and was probably the first non-BBC recording of the theme to be issued.
 * 1 February - "The Rescue", seventh and final episode of The Daleks, debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 8 February - "The Edge of Destruction", the first episode of the same title story, debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 15 February - "The Brink of Disaster", the second and final episode of The Edge of Destruction, debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 20 February - Radio Times printed its first-ever Doctor Who-related cover (dated February 22-28) to promote the first episode of Marco Polo, "The Roof of the World".
 * 22 February - "The Roof of the World" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 29 February - "The Singing Sands" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 7 March - "Five Hundred Eyes" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 14 March - "The Wall of Lies" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 21 March - "Rider from Shang-Tu" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 28 March - "Mighty Kublai Khan" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 4 April - "Assassin at Peking", seventh and final episode of Marco Polo, debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 11 April - "The Sea of Death", the first episode of The Keys of Marinus, debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 18 April - "The Velvet Web" debuted on the BBC tv.
 * 25 April - "The Screaming Jungle" debuted on BBC1.
 * 2 May - "The Snows of Terror" debuted on BBC1.
 * 9 May - "Sentence of Death" debuted on BBC1.
 * 16 May - "The Keys of Marinus", sixth and final episode of the same title story, debuted on BBC1.
 * 23 May - "The Temple of Evil", the first episode of The Aztecs, debuted on BBC1.
 * 30 May - "The Warriors of Death" debuted on BBC1.
 * 6 June - "The Bride of Sacrifice" debuted on BBC1.
 * 13 June - "The Day of Darkness", fourth and final episode of The Aztecs, debuted on BBC1.
 * 20 June - "Strangers in Space", the first episode of The Sensorites, debuted on BBC1.
 * 27 June - "The Unwilling Warriors" debuted on BBC1.
 * 30 June - The Dalek annual The Dalek Book was published by Souvenir Press, possibly the first book tie-in with Doctor Who featuring original material.
 * 11 July - "Hidden Danger" debuted on BBC1.
 * 18 July - "A Race Against Death" debuted on BBC1.
 * 25 July - "Kidnap" debuted on BBC1.
 * 1 August - "A Desperate Venture", sixth and final episode of The Sensorites, debuted on BBC1.
 * 8 August - "A Land of Fear", the first episode of The Reign of Terror, debuted on BBC1.
 * 15 August - "Guests of Madame Guillotine" debuted on BBC1.
 * 22 August - "A Change of Identity" debuted on BBC1.
 * 29 August - "The Tyrant of France" debuted on BBC1.
 * 5 September - "A Bargain of Necessity" debuted on BBC1.
 * 12 September - "Prisoners of Conciergerie", sixth and final episode of The Reign of Terror, debuted on BBC1. The airing of this episode concluded season 1 of Doctor Who.
 * 31 October - "Planet of Giants", the first episode of the same title story, debuted on BBC1, kicking off season 2.
 * 7 November - "Dangerous Journey" debuted on BBC1.
 * 9 November - The Doctor Who comic strip made its debut in the 674th issue of TV Comic, with the first part of the comic story The Klepton Parasites.
 * 12 November - Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, a hardback novelisation by David Whitaker of The Daleks and the first-ever Doctor Who tie-in novel, was published in hardcover by Frederick Muller. In 2 May 1973, it was reprinted by Target Books as Doctor Who and the Daleks.
 * 14 November - "Crisis", third and final episode of Planet of Giants, debuted on BBC1.
 * 16 November - Part two of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published the 675th issue of TV Comic.
 * 19 November - Radio Times (dated November 21-27) again featured a cover story on Doctor Who, this time announcing the much-anticipated return of the Daleks in The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
 * 21 November - "World's End", the first episode of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, debuted on BBC1. For the first time, a Doctor Who episode featured extensive location filming and brought back a previously seen monster. It was also the first story to incorporate widely known London landmarks (despite being set in the future).
 * 23 November - Part three of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published in the 676th issue of TV Comic.
 * 28 November - "The Daleks" debuted on BBC1, kicking off the Daleks' publicly-anticipated return.
 * 30 November - Part four of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published in the 677th issue of TV Comic.
 * December - Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks went into a second printing when its original 20,000-copy print run sold out.
 * December - The Go-Go's released their pop parody single "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek".
 * 5 December - "Day of Reckoning" debuted on BBC1.
 * 7 December - Part five of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published in the 678th issue of TV Comic.
 * 12 December - "The End of Tomorrow" debuted on BBC1.
 * 14 December - Part six of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published in the 679th issue of TV Comic.
 * 19 December - "The Waking Ally" debuted on BBC1.
 * 21 December - Part seven of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was published in the 680th issue of TV Comic.
 * 26 December - "Flashpoint", sixth and final episode of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, debuted on BBC1. The episode saw the first major cast change as Carole Ann Ford left the series.
 * 28 December - Part eight of the story The Klepton Parasites was first released in the 681st issue of TV Comic.

1964 (estrenos)