1964 In 1964 , Peri Brown and Melanie Bush , two companion s of the Sixth Doctor , were born . " Doctor X in an Amazing Adventure in Space " was published . It was the first book about the television series , " Doctor X " , and was very rare . ( PROSE : " In Search of Doctor X " ) When reality was almost destroyed by the Pyramid Eternia , a barman in Marbella became a lump of coal . This was reversed by the Ancients of the Universe . ( PROSE : " Big Bang Generation " ) Dated events . January - June . On 11 May , Jane Potter drowned in the River Stock . ( AUDIO : " The Eternal Summer " , " Plague of the Daleks " ) On 13 July , Maria Jackson broke free of the Trickster ' s Graske servant and arrived on this date . A few minutes later , thirteen - year - old Sarah Jane Smith ' s best friend Andrea Yates fell off a pier and drowned . The Trickster appeared and coaxed Andrea to switch places with Sarah Jane , creating an alternate timeline where she died instead . After spending over forty years in the altered timeline , Andrea revoked her deal with the Trickster and allowed herself to perish once again , restoring the original course of the timeline . Also by this time , the Beatles had sold out the first leg of their United Kingdom tour . ( TV : " Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane ? " ) They were still touring in November . ( PROSE : " In Search of Doctor X " ) July - December . On 22 July , Melanie Bush was born . ( PROSE : " Spiral Scratch " ) In October , the Labour Party defeated the Conservatives in the United Kingdom general election . The former ' s leader Harold Wilson became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , succeeding Sir Alec Douglas - Home . James Callaghan was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer . ( AUDIO : " State of Emergency " ) The Seventh Doctor , who had been elected as an independent member of Parliament using the alias " John Rutherford " in May 1963 on a platform of nuclear disarmament , stood down at this election . ( AUDIO : " " ) Also in October , a German U - boat which was patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time , where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry . Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base . ( AUDIO : " State of Emergency " ) In October , an aeroplane which left New York City with a crew of eleven and hundreds of passengers landed in London with no one aboard , not even the pilot . The matter was investigated by Professor Rachel Jensen of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group . ( AUDIO : " State of Emergency " ) 15 November , according to her passport , was the birth date of Perpugilliam " Peri " Brown . ( TV : " Planet of Fire " ) In December , Andy Hansen and Erimem went Christmas shopping in London . ( PROSE : " In Search of Doctor X " ) Unknown dates . Allison Williams completed her degree at the University of Cambridge and obtained her doctorate . ( AUDIO : " Threshold " ) The Beatles ' song " I Want to Hold Your Hand " was knocked off the top of the British charts by the Dave Clark Five song " Glad All Over " , which peaked at No . 6 in the United States . ( AUDIO : " Threshold " ) The musical group the Who was formed . ( AUDIO : " " ) Allison Williams and Julian St Stephen became engaged . ( AUDIO : " Artificial Intelligence " ) A failed attempt to kidnap Sir Alec Douglas - Home , the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , took place . The incident was subsequently covered up by the British government . ( AUDIO : " The Pelage Project " ) Foxgrove was demolished to make way for the A7665 . ( TV : " The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith " ) The Fourth Doctor visited St Cedd ' s College at Cambridge . ( HOMEVID : " Shada " ) An archaeological dig in Alaska led by Tulung ' s father accidentally unearthed a Permian fossil . It revived and attacked them . While Shaun Brett ' s father fled , Tulung ' s father used dynamite to destroy the creature . The plane carrying Brett nearly collided with the TARDIS , which had materialised in mid - air immediately before travelling to 1994 . ( AUDIO : " The Land of the Dead " ) Nikita Khrushchev was removed from office as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . Nevertheless , he continued to exercise considerable control over the Politburo until his health began to fail seven years later . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) Muriel Wilberforce died in Pease Pottage . ( AUDIO : " The Wrong Doctors " ) An unnamed species attacked children on Parliament Hill . ( COMIC : " The Door to a Winter Long Ago " ) By this time , many of the British Empire ' s colonies had gained independence . ( AUDIO : " State of Emergency " ) George Best , Bobby Charlton and Denis Law played for Manchester United . ( PROSE : " In Search of Doctor X " ) Alternative timeline . On 22 January , in an alternative timeline , U . S . President John F . Kennedy would have started a nuclear war on this date if he had not been assassinated on 22 November 1963 . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) Andrea Yates ' world . On 13 July , in another alternative timeline created by the Trickster , Sarah Jane Smith drowned and Andrea lived . This was undone by Andrea in 2008 , once she realised the results of what she had done . ( TV : " Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane ? " )