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American humourist Franklin Adams dies.

Historical records and "The Seeds of Doom."

The 4th Doctor visits Prof. Chronotis at St Cedd's College in Cambridge. While there, he receives an honourary degree.

"Shada."

Professor Stahlman begins work which will eventually lead to the creation of the project to be known as "Inferno."

Eleven years before "Inferno" (1972).

On the planet Marinus, Arbitan, the Keeper of the Conscience, sends his daughter Sabetha in search of the Keys to the Conscience. Also on Marinus, the hunter-trapper Vason kills a wolf with his bare hands.

Both events happened a year before "The Keys of Marinus" (1964).

The 1st Doctor and Susan arrive in London; Susan enrolls at Coal Hill School. Her schoolwork eventually begins to suffer, prompting her history teacher, Barbara Wright, to visit Susan's grandfather at 76 Totter's Lane. She finds only a scrapyard. Susan also piques the interest of her science teacher, Ian Chesterton. At some point, the Doctor arranges to have the Hand of Omega, disguised as a coffin, stored in a funeral parlor, intending to have it buried.

These events all take place in the five months leading up to "100 000 BC." The Hand of Omega is from "Remembrance of the Daleks."

Smithers begins his work on the insecticide DN6.

A year before "Planet of Giants" (1964).

A song by John Smith and the Common Men goes from 19 to 2 on the charts.

Shortly before "100 000 BC."

October: 100 000 BC: An Unearthly Child: Schoolteachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton investigate their student Susan's background, discover the TARDIS and encounter Susan's grandfather, the 1st Doctor. The Doctor decides he must take the schoolteachers away with him to protect his secret.

The October dating comes from "Remembrance of the Daleks," which happens in November, a few weeks after this story.

November: Remembrance of the Daleks: 1,2,3,4: The 7th Doctor and Ace are caught between two factions of warring Daleks, one led by Davros. Both groups have travelled back to this time period to retrieved the Hand of Omega, a stellar manipulator previously left on Earth by the Doctor. After Davros' group wipes out the other, the Doctor allow the Hand to fall into the Daleks' possession. When the Hand is activated, the Hand, acting on the Doctor's order, travels ahead through time and destroys the Dalek homeworld of Skaro. The feedback destroys the Dalek ship in this time.

November 22: US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, an event heralded by the Nemesis statue's passing over the Earth.

Historical records and "Silver Nemesis."

The Keys of Marinus: The Sea of Death; The Velvet Web; The Screaming Jungle; The Snows of Terror; Sentence of Death; The Keys of Marinus: On the planet Marinus, the 1st Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara are forced to collect 4 micro-circuits, called Keys, for a mind-control machine called the Conscience. After finally collecting all the Keys, the Conscience is destroyed to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Voord.

The Aztecs: The Temple of Evil: The TARDIS leaves the planet Marinus.

Planet of Giants: Planet of Giants; Dangerous Journey; Crisis: Accidentally reduced to an inch in size, the 1st Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian discover a ruthless businessman, Forester, plans to develop an insecticide, DN6, deadly to all living creatures. The travellers manage to attract the attention of the police, putting an end to Forester's plans.

Erato, the high ambassador of the planet Tythonus, arrives on the planet Chloris to negotiate a trade agreement between the two worlds. The first person he encounters is the Lady Adrastra, who is unwilling to give up her metal monopoly on the mineral-poor world. As a result, she steals Erato's communications device and has the ambassador, a several-hundred foot wide blob, placed in a pit he cannot escape. Unknown to her, Erato's ship begins sending out a distress signal to his people, who will eventually send a neutron star to destroy Chloris.

15 years before "The Creature from the Pit" (1979).

The 4th Doctor once again visits Prof. Chronotis at St Cedd's College.

"Shada."

During a weekend in Brighton, Doris gives Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart a wristwatch as a "mark of her gratitude."

Eleven years prior to "Planet of the Spiders" (1976).

The Web Planet: The Web Planet; The Zarbi; Escape to Danger; Crater of Needles; Invasion; The Center: On the planet Vortis, The 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki help the butterfly-like Menoptera and the slug-like Optera regain their planet from the control of the Animus and its slaves the ant-like Zarbi.

The Chase: The Executioners: The Beatles perform their new single, "Ticket to Ride," in a concert on BBC1.

The Chase: The Planet of Decision: Ian and Barbara arrive home in a Dalek time-machine, and explore London after destroying the ship.

Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns; Trap of Steel; Air Lock; The Exploding Planet: On a planet in Galaxy 4, the 1st Doctor, Vicki and Steven encounter the Rills, a hideous-looking but peaceful race, and the Drahvins, a beautiful yet evil people. The travellers help the Rills to escape the planet before it explodes, despite the Drahvins efforts to the contrary.

The Daleks' Master Plan: The Feast of Steven: While running from the Daleks, the 1st Doctor, Steven and Sara Kingdom stop briefly in Liverpool on Christmas Day.

The Daleks' Master Plan: Escape Switch: The Meddling Monk finds himself on an unnamed world and discovers that the Doctor has stolen his TARDIS' directional control.

The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve: Bell of Doom: On Wimbledom Common, the 1st Doctor and Steven inadvertently pick up a new crew member, Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet.

The Ark: The Bomb: The 1st Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the Celestial Toymaker's realm.

The Celestial Toymaker: The Celestial Toyroom; The Hall of Dolls; The Dancing Floor; The Final Test: The 1st Doctor, Steven and Dodo are pulled into the Celestial Toymaker's realm and forced to play the Toymaker's games to get the TARDIS back. They all succeed at their games, which destroys the Toymaker's realm.

The Chase: Flight Through Eternity: While fleeing the Daleks, the 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki stop briefly on the Empire State Building in New York. The Daleks also stop there briefly.

The War Machines: 1,2,3,4: The 1st Doctor and Dodo encounter a super-computer called WOTAN, which has decided only it can run the world efficiently. It hypnotises several people, including Dodo. The Doctor discovers this and sends her to the country for a rest. Meanwhile, WOTAN has robots, called War Machines, built to take over London. The Doctor defeats them with the help of sailor Ben Jackson, and a secretary named Polly. Dodo stays behind, and Ben and Polly join the Doctor in his travels.

The Five Doctors: While waiting for Dodo to recover from her ordeal, the 1st Doctor visits a garden, where he is abducted by Borusa and brought to Gallifrey in 1983; he returns to his proper time shortly after.

During "The War Machines." Placement here is conjecture. This is one time when the Doctor is likely to be on his own, as depicted in "The Five Doctors."

The Smugglers: 1: The 1st Doctor, Polly and Ben leave in the TARDIS.

The Faceless Ones: 1,2,3,4,5,6: Later the same day, Polly and Ben return in the company of the 2nd Doctor and Jamie. They prevent an alien race known as Chameleons from kidnapping airline passengers to take on their identities. Polly and Ben decide to remain in their own time. The Doctor and Jamie discover that the TARDIS has been stolen.

The Evil of the Daleks: 1,2: Professor Edward Waterfield is forced by the Daleks to capture the 2nd Doctor and Jamie, and bring them back to the year 1866.

November 15: Perpugilliam Brown in born.

Peri's birthdate appears on her passport in "Planet of Fire."

While working on a missile guidance system, Doctor Fendelman begins work on the Time Scanner, which will allow him to find the Fendahl's skull in 1977.

Ten years before "Image of the Fendahl" (1977).

The Web of Fear: 1,2,3,4,5,6: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Victoria once again meet Professor Travers and help him to fight the Great Intelligence and its robot Yeti in the London Underground. The Doctor meets then-Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart for the first time.

Fury From the Deep: 1,2,3,4,5,6: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Victoria come to the aid of a group trapped on an off-shore gas refinery. The base is under attack by a form of parasitic seaweed, which the Doctor discovers is vulnerable to sound. Using Victoria's amplified screaming, the Weed is destroyed. Victoria decides to remain with a couple living on the refinery.

The Wheel in Space: 1: The 2nd Doctor and Jamie leave in the TARDIS.

The Meddling Monk deposits 200 pounds in a bank in England.

"The Time Meddler."

The 19th Summer Olympic Games are held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Historical records and "The Underwater Menace."

The Dominators: 1,2,3,4,5: On the planet Dulkis, a pair of Dominators attempt to destroy that world with the assistance of their robots, the Quarks. The Dominators intend to use the radio-active remains of Dulkis to power their space fleet. The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe help the Dulcians to destroy the Dominators' ship, foiling their scheme.

The Mind Robber: 1,2,3,4,5: Attempting to escape from an eruption on Dulkis, the 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive in a pocket dimension called the Land of Fiction. Those who rule the Land wish to use the Doctor's mind to fuel their world. The Doctor and his companions manage to overload the unseen rulers' machines, allowing them to escape.

The Krotons: 1,2,3,4: On an unnamed planet, the 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe encounter the Krotons and the Gonds. The Gonds are treated like slaves by the Krotons, and the time-travelers give the Gonds the knowledge to destroy the Krotons and their ship.

The War Games: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover a group of aliens conducting War Games with the help of the War Chief, a renegade Time Lord. Humans have been plucked from wars throughout history, and are being trained to become a massive army with which the War Lords will control the galaxy. After defeating the War Lords, the Doctor summons the Time Lords to replace all the displaced humans. However, the Doctor is placed on trail by the Time Lords for interfering with other cultures. Jamie and Zoe are returned to their own times, and the Doctor is forcibly regenerated and exiled the Earth in the 20th century.

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