In the 1967 episode “Evil of the Daleks”, Paperback Writer was playing in the background of a café. “The Chase” is one that survived, and thus so did the only known clip of the Beatles on “Top of the Pops”. This is why some early Doctor Who episodes are missing – a few recovered only when a rare copy pops up in a TV executive’s attic in Australian or Canada.
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Episodes – even entire series – were forever lost. Ironically, in this early era most BBC television shows were taped over after broadcast. But instead the show’s characters watched a recording of the Beatles performing Ticket to Ride – itself a clip from the program “Top of the Pops”. On the other hand, “Doctor Who” definitely knew about the Beatles:Īs mentioned, the unverified story is that the band was to appear in the 1965 episode “The Chase” as old men. They may have even watched it to see what all the hubbub was about … “Doctor Who” was immensely popular and, as is the case today with popular shows, the Fabs may have HEARD of it. That’s not to say they didn’t watch the show in the years afterward. Whether they tuned into the debut of a children’s science fiction show is unknown … but unlikely. They actually had a day off from performing. They had finished a tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. By this time the Fabs performed in the Royal Variety Performance (November 4 th) and will, on the 29 th, release their single “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. The Beatles second album, With the Beatles, was released the day before. “Doctor Who” first aired on November 23, 1963. The interweb says there were plans on the Fabs appearing live in the episode called “The Chase”, but their manager Brian Epstein vetoed it. Various Beatle bios (as a group or individuals) are silent.
Nor do the websites saying the Fabs were fans of the show have sources backing them up. They were fans of comic books, yes, but nothing on Doctor Who. I found no leanings yea or nay in the various bios I read in over 40+ years. And remember what Abraham Lincoln said, “If it is on the internet, then must be true.” (Yes the title is stupid, but in over 300 songs performed, the Beatles had NO song title with the word Who in it!)
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