The Doctor Who Production Diary: October 17th

1936 Birth of Timothy Combe (bio), director
1949 Birth of Geoffrey Sax (bio), director
1966 Birth of Mark Gatiss (bio), writer and executive producer, who also played Captain Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart
1966 William Emms is commissioned to write “The Imps” The Second Doctor
1968 Wendy Padbury is contracted for three additional serials beginning with The Krotons Zoe
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1969 Recording for Spearhead From Space takes place near Evesham, Worcestershire Spearhead From Space
1971 Birth of Patrick Ness (bio), writer and executive producer
1972 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London Frontier In Space
1977 Recording for Underworld takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London Underworld
1979 Recording for Shada takes place in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Shada
1983 Recording for Planet Of Fire takes place at the Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, Lanzarote, Spain Planet Of Fire
2005 Recording for The Girl In The Fireplace takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales The Girl In The Fireplace
2006 Recording for The Lazarus Experiment takes place in Wales, at Cardiff and Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat The Lazarus Experiment
2007 Recording for Partners In Crime takes place in Cardiff, Wales Partners In Crime
2012 Recording for The Bells Of Saint John takes place in Wales, at Taff's Well and Caerphilly The Bells Of Saint John
2015 Debut broadcast of The Girl Who Died on BBC One and BBC One HD The Girl Who Died
2016 Recording for Oxygen takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales Oxygen
2018 Death of Derrick Sherwin (bio), story editor, script editor, writer and producer
2022 Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD The Power Of The Doctor