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The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1971
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Debut broadcast of Terror Of The Autons episode
one on BBC One |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place in
Lydd, Kent |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place in
Lydd, Kent |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place in
Lydd, Kent |
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Robert Sloman is commissioned to write
The Daemons; the scripts will
be co-written by Barry Letts and be credited to the pseudonymous
“Guy Leopold” |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place in
Folkestone, Kent |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place in
Dungeness, Kent |
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Debut broadcast of Terror Of The Autons episode
two on BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Terror Of The Autons episode
three on BBC One |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Louis Marks is commissioned to provide
a storyline for Day Of The
Daleks -- although, at this stage, it is known as “The
Ghost Hunters” and does not feature the Daleks |
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Debut broadcast of Terror Of The Autons episode
four on BBC One |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Idi Amin becomes President of Uganda
following a military coup |
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Susan Jameson learns that she has been
replaced in the role of the villainous Morgan for Colony In Space by Tony Caunter,
due to Head of Serials Ronnie Marsh's concerns about fetishistic
overtones |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode one
on BBC One |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode two
on BBC One |
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Recording for The Claws Of Axos takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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On or around this date, recording for Colony In Space takes place at
Caravel Film Studios in Slough, Berkshire and the BBC Television
Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place in
Carclaze, Cornwall |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place in
Carclaze, Cornwall |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place in
Carclaze, Cornwall |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode
three on BBC One |
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Britain's currency is decimalised |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place in
Carclaze, Cornwall |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place in
Carclaze, Cornwall |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode four on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode five on
BBC One |
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| 5 |
Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of The Mind Of Evil episode six
on BBC One |
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| 6 |
Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of The Claws Of Axos episode one on
BBC One |
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| 19 |
Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 20 |
Debut broadcast of The Claws Of Axos episode two on
BBC One |
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| 20 |
Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 27 |
Debut broadcast of The Claws Of Axos episode
three on BBC One |
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Malcolm Hulke is commissioned to provide
a storyline for The Sea
Devils |
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Louis Marks is commissioned to write Day Of The Daleks which, at this
stage, is still known as “The Ghost Hunters” and still does
not feature the Daleks |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of The Claws Of Axos episode
four on BBC One |
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Recording for Colony In Space takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode one
on BBC One |
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Birth of Brian Dooley (bio), writer |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode two
on BBC One |
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Birth of David Tennant (bio), who played the Tenth Doctor
and the Fourteenth Doctor |
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The USSR launches the world's first space
station, Salyut 1 |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Wiltshire, at Lambourn and Knighton |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Terry Nation gives his permission for
the Daleks to return to Doctor Who after five years |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Ramsbury, Wiltshire |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode three on
BBC One |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Ramsbury, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Ramsbury, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place in
Aldbourne, Wiltshire |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode four
on BBC One |
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Robert Holmes is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Carnival Of
Monsters |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode five
on BBC One |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Katy Manning is contracted for at least
twenty episodes of Season Nine |
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Brian Hayles is commissioned to write
The Curse Of Peladon |
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Debut broadcast of Colony In Space episode six
on BBC One |
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Jon Pertwee is contracted for Season
Nine |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Bob Baker and Dave Martin are
commissioned to write the first episode of The Mutants |
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Debut broadcast of The Daemons episode one on
BBC One |
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Malcolm Hulke is commissioned to write
The Sea Devils |
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Robert Sloman is commissioned to
provide a storyline for “The
Daleks In London” |
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Recording for The Daemons takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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Debut broadcast of The Daemons episode two on
BBC One |
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Walt Disney World opens in Orlando,
Florida |
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Bob Baker and Dave Martin are
commissioned to write the final three episodes of The Mutants |
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Recording for Day Of The Daleks takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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Recording for Day Of The Daleks takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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The Greenpeace environmental organisation
is founded in Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Birth of Patrick Ness (bio), writer and executive
producer |
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Recording for Day Of The Daleks takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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Recording for Day Of The Daleks takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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Birth of Karl Collins (bio), who played Shaun Temple |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place in
Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place in
Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place in
Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at the
No Man's Land Fort in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at
Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place on the
Isle of Wight, at Bembridge and Priory Bay |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place on the
Isle of Wight, at East Cowes and Sandown |
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The Mariner 9 reaches Mars and
becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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Robert Holmes is commissioned to write Carnival Of Monsters |
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In Washington state, a man who would become
popularly known as “DB Cooper” commits the only unsolved
airjacking in history |
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Birth of Naoko Mori (bio), who played Toshiko Sato |
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Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 30 |
Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 13 |
Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 14 |
Recording for The Sea Devils takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place
at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London |
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War ends between India and Pakistan,
resulting in East Pakistan becoming the independent nation of
Bangladesh |
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Birth of Ashley Way (bio), director |
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Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London and the BBC
Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London |
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Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London and the BBC
Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London |
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Robert Sloman is commissioned to write The Time Monster as a replacement
for “The Daleks In
London” |
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