The Doctor Who Production Diary: March 13th

1964 Recording for Marco Polo takes place at Lime Grove Studio D in Shepherd's Bush, London Marco Polo
1965 Debut broadcast of The Web Planet episode five, Invasion, on BBC One The Web Planet
1967 Recording for The Faceless Ones takes place at Horley, Surrey The Faceless Ones
1968 Paul Wheeler is commissioned to write the first episode of “The Dreamspinner” The Second Doctor
1970 Recording for The Ambassadors Of Death takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London The Ambassadors Of Death
1971 Debut broadcast of The Claws Of Axos episode one on BBC One The Claws Of Axos
1972 Nicholas Courtney is contracted for The Time Monster Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
1972 Officials from the Ministry of Defence visit the Doctor Who production office, due to unfounded fears that Navy secrets had been exposed in The Sea Devils episode three The Sea Devils
1972 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London The Mutants
1973 Recording for The Green Death takes place in Deri, Wales The Green Death
1974 Recording for Planet Of The Spiders takes place in Wiltshire, at Membury and Devizes Planet Of The Spiders
1983 Recording for The Five Doctors takes place in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales The Five Doctors
1986 Pip and Jane Baker are commissioned to write The Trial Of A Time Lord (Segment Three) The Trial Of
A Time Lord (Segment Three)
1989 Sylvester McCoy is contracted for Season Twenty-Six, with an option for Season Twenty-Seven The Seventh Doctor
2006 Recording for The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit takes place at Enfys Television Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
2007 Recording for 42 takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales 42
2007 Recording for The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords
2008 Recording for The Stolen Earth / Journey's End takes place in Penarth, Wales The Stolen Earth / Journey's End
2009 Recording for The Waters Of Mars takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales The Waters Of Mars
2012 Recording for A Town Called Mercy takes place near Tabernas, Almería, Spain A Town Called Mercy
2014 Recording for Time Heist takes place in Cardiff, Wales, including at Roath Lock Studios Time Heist
2015 Recording for The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar
2017 Recording for World Enough And Time / The Doctor Falls takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales World Enough And Time / The Doctor Falls
2019 Recording for Orphan 55 begins in Cardiff, Wales, and will subsequently involve work at locations including Barry, Wales; and the Parque Nacional del Teide and Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain Orphan 55