The Doctor Who Production Diary: July 9th

1963 John Lucarotti is commissioned to write Marco Polo Marco Polo
1965 Recording for Galaxy 4 takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London Galaxy 4
1965 John Lucarotti is commissioned to write The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's
Eve
1966 Debut broadcast of The War Machines episode three on BBC One The War Machines
1986 The intended writers for the new Season Twenty-Three are assembled; it's decided that the “past” segment and the conclusion will be written by Robert Holmes, the “present” segment will be written by Philip Martin, and two “future” segments will be written by David Halliwell and Jack Trevor Story The Sixth Doctor
1993 Death of Ron Jones (bio), director
1993 Budgetary factors and the ongoing negotiations for a co-production deal prompt the BBC to cancel “The Dark Dimension” The Seventh Doctor
2007 Recording for Voyage Of The Damned takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales Voyage Of The Damned
2014 Recording for Dark Water / Death In Heaven takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales Dark Water / Death In Heaven
2019 Recording for Nikola Tesla's Night Of Terror concludes Nikola Tesla's Night Of Terror