1960s

Major events

 * A secret bunker is built under Whitehall (DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs).
 * The British Rocket Group and Intrusion Countermeasures Group, the latter being a precursor to UNIT, are active (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks, MA: Downtime, MA: Who Killed Kennedy).

Minor events

 * Forester hopes to market DN6, a super-lethal pesticide and murders Arnold Farrow, a scientist who would have informed the authorities of the dangers. The Doctor, miniaturized to one inch tall by an accident in the TARDIS, helps expose Forester. (DW: Planet of Giants)
 * The Doctor's TARDIS and the DARDIS materialise on an observation deck of the Empire State Building. (DW: The Chase)
 * Dr. Fendleman is working on missile guidance systems, observing a "sonic shadow" during one test launch which leads to his time scanner experiments in the 1970s. (DW: Image of the Fendahl)
 * While stationed in Sierra Leone, Lt. Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart meets and fathers a son, Mariamma, with Mariatu, eldest daughter of Chief Yembe of the Rokoye village. (NA: Transit, The Also People)


 * For events in specific dates, see below.

Real World

 * Doctor Who debuts in 1963 with William Hartnell as the the original Doctor in An Unearthly Child. Patrick Troughton succeeds him in 1966 as the Second Doctor in 1966 in the closing moments of The Tenth Planet, and takes over the role definitively in The Power of the Daleks, the story that follows.
 * The second Doctor Who story, The Daleks introduces the creatures of the same name. Dalekmania sweeps Great Britain. The Daleks, who eclipsed the Doctor himself in popularity, would return several times during the '60's, would arguably never reach the height of popularity as during this time. The second-most popular Doctor Who monster race, the Cybermen, debut in 1966's The Tenth Planet.
 * The first Doctor Who tie-in book, David Whitaker's Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks comes out. It adapts The Daleks in novel form.
 * Two theatrical films starring Peter Cushing as "Dr. Who" come out: Dr. Who and the Daleks (based on The Daleks) and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD based on The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
 * In 1964, The Klepton Parasites, the first Doctor Who comic, appeared in TV Comic. Doctor Who comics would, in one form or another, run on into the present.

Years

 * 1960


 * 1961


 * 1962


 * 1963


 * 1964


 * 1965


 * 1966


 * 1967


 * 1968


 * 1969

Stories

 * Time and Relative
 * The Pilot Episode
 * An Unearthly Child
 * Nothing at the End of the Lane
 * Planet of Giants
 * A Long Night
 * The Chase - Episode 3, "Flight Through Eternity"
 * The Little Drummer Boy (select scenes)
 * The Daleks' Master Plan (select scenes)
 * The Massacre (conclusion)
 * Salvation
 * The War Machines
 * Wonderland
 * The Faceless Ones
 * Face-Painter
 * One Small Step...
 * Reunion
 * The Zombies
 * The Monsters from the Past
 * Who Killed Kennedy (climax)
 * Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Nightshade
 * The Left-Handed Hummingbird (select scenes)
 * Revolution Man
 * Mad Dogs and Englishmen (select scenes)
 * The Love Invasion