1963 (releases)


 * 23 November - Doctor Who debuted on UK television with the first broadcast of episode 1 of TV: An Unearthly Child (which was also entitled "An Unearthly Child"). A few parts of the UK were unable to view the episode due to a power cut. Due to the events of the previous day, however, a franchise legend later emerged suggesting that news coverage of the assassination of Kennedy and/or subsequent killing of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was the reason for the broadcast disruption; this was not the case. The first episode aired between a sports broadcast and a puppet series called The Telegoons. "The Medicine Men", an episode of The Avengers – also created by Sydney Newman – aired the same day.* 30 November - "An Unearthly Child" (TV: An Unearthly Child Episode 1) was broadcast for the second time as many viewers had missed the original screening as a result of a power cut; this was the first and for many years the only rebroadcast of a Doctor Who episode. The rebroadcast was followed by the first broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls". (TV: An Unearthly Child Episode 2)


 * 7 December - "The Forest of Fear" (TV: An Unearthly Child Episode 3) was first broadcast.
 * 14 December - "The Firemaker" (TV: An Unearthly Child Episode 4) was first broadcast, concluding the series' first serial.
 * 21 December - "The Dead Planet" (TV: The Daleks Episode 1) was first broadcast. The episode ended with the series' first great cliffhanger, featuring the first-ever glimpse of a Dalek.
 * 28 December - "The Survivors" (TV: The Daleks Episode 2) was first broadcast.