The Doctor Who Production Diary: January 3rd

1935 Birth of Richard Martin (bio), director
1964 Recording for The Daleks takes place at Lime Grove Studio D in Shepherd's Bush, London The Daleks
1966 Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's
Eve
1967 David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke are commissioned to write The Faceless Ones, a revised version of “The Big Store” The Faceless Ones
1968 Recording for The Web Of Fear takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London The Web Of Fear
1969 Recording for The Seeds Of Death takes place at Lime Grove Studio D in Shepherd's Bush, London The Seeds Of Death
1970 Debut broadcast of Spearhead From Space episode one on BBC One, the first colour episode of Doctor Who Spearhead From Space
1973 Recording for Planet Of The Daleks takes place in Redhill, Surrey Planet Of The Daleks
1976 Debut broadcast of The Brain Of Morbius episode one on BBC One The Brain Of Morbius
1979 A storyline entitled “Valley Of The Lost” by Philip Hinchcliffe is rejected The Fourth Doctor
1981 Debut broadcast of Warriors' Gate episode one on BBC One Warriors' Gate
1983 Debut broadcast of Arc Of Infinity episode one on BBC One Arc Of Infinity
1983 Because of the shift in the recording dates for Enlightenment, Season Twenty is officially truncated to just twenty-two episodes; “The Return” is postponed to Season Twenty-One where it will become Resurrection Of The Daleks Resurrection Of The Daleks
2006 Recording for Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday
2007 Recording for Human Nature / The Family Of Blood takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales Human Nature / The Family Of Blood
2009 During a special edition of Doctor Who Confidential on BBC One, the BBC announces that Matt Smith has been cast as the Eleventh Doctor The Eleventh Doctor
2011 Recording for The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People takes place in Llantwit Major, Wales The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People
2017 Recording for Extremis takes place in Cardiff, Wales Extremis
2018 Recording for The Ghost Monument begins in Cape Town, South Africa, and will subsequently involve work at locations including Kalbaskraal, Grabouw, and Paarl, South Africa; and Merthyr Mawr, Caerwent, Cardiff, Llandow, and Bridgend, Wales The Ghost Monument