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1963

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Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Doctor Who Universe

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] October

[edit] November

The abduction of Ian and Barbara likely occurred on an earlier date, possibly the 21st, due to the fact Susan indicates that she will return a borrowed book to the school "tomorrow"; as 22nd November 1963 was a Friday, this makes it unlikely that these events occurred just before the weekend break.
Journalist David Bishop established the dates of Ian and Barbara's abduction and the Shoreditch Incident. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)

[edit] December

[edit] Dates unknown

[edit] Alternate timelines

[edit] See also

[edit] Real World

[edit] January

[edit] March

  • 29 - C.E. Webber submits to Donald Wilson an outline for a proposed family-oriented science fiction series to be called The Troubleshooters. Some of the earliest concepts of what is to become Doctor Who appear in the document, which exists in the BBC Archives with notations from Sydney Newman.[1]
    • At some point after this, Webber and Newman submit a revised outline which is now for a series to be entitled Dr. Who (sic).[2]

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

  • 01 - One day studio filming at Lime Grove Studio D for DW: An Unearthly Child.
  • 08 - One day studio filming at Lime Grove Studio D for DW: An Unearthly Child.
  • 22 - Filming of an episode of DW: The Daleks is interrupted by the news of the Kennedy assassination, but resumes later the same day.
  • 23 - Doctor Who debuts on UK television with the first broadcast of episode 1 of DW: An Unearthly Child (which is also entitled "An Unearthly Child"). A few parts of the UK are unable to view the episode due to a power cut. Due to the events of the previous day, however, a franchise legend later emerges 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 is not the case.
    • Likely the earliest Radio Times reference to the series occurs in the issue dated 23rd November.
    • Joe Ahearne is born.
  • 30 - "An Unearthly Child" (DW: An Unearthly Child Episode 1) is broadcast for the second time as many viewers missed the original screening as a result of a power cut. The rebroadcast is followed by the first broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (DW: An Unearthly Child Episode 2)

[edit] December

  • 07 - "The Forest of Fear" (DW: An Unearthly Child Episode 3) is first broadcast.
  • 14 - "The Firemaker" (DW: An Unearthly Child Episode 4) is first broadcast, concluding the series' first serial.
  • 21 - "The Dead Planet" (DW: The Daleks Episode 1) is first broadcast. The episode ends with the series' first great cliffhanger, featuring the first-ever glimpse of a Dalek.
  • 28 - "The Survivors" (DW: The Daleks Episode 2) is first broadcast.
  • 30 - Audience Research Report on the first episode of Doctor Who is filed with the BBC.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia article on Gary Russell
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