The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1966
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1 |
Debut broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan episode
eight, Volcano, on BBC One |
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3 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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5 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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6 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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7 |
Recording for The Daleks' Master Plan takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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7 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place in Wimbledon, London |
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8 |
Debut broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan episode
nine, Golden Death, on BBC One |
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14 |
Recording for The Daleks' Master Plan takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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15 |
Debut broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan episode
ten, Escape Switch, on BBC One |
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17 |
Brian Hayles' “The Hands Of Aten” and
“The White Witch”
are abandoned, while David Whitaker's “The New Armada” is
rejected |
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19 |
Ian Stuart Black is commissioned to
write The Savages |
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20 |
The BBC is asked to credit Lesley Scott
as a co-writer of The Ark
alongside Paul Erickson |
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21 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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22 |
Debut broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan episode
eleven, The Abandoned Planet, on BBC One |
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24 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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28 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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29 |
Debut broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan episode
twelve, Destruction Of Time, on BBC One |
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31 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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early Feb |
Innes Lloyd begins trailing John Wiles
in preparation for becoming Doctor Who's producer |
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1 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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2 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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3 |
The Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft becomes
the first object to make a controlled landing on the Moon |
3 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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4 |
Likely date that recording for The Ark takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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5 |
Debut broadcast of The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
episode one, War Of God, on BBC One |
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11 |
Recording for The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
takes place at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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12 |
Debut broadcast of The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
episode two, The Sea Beggar, on BBC One |
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15 |
William Hartnell's contract is extended
for twenty episodes starting with The
Celestial Toymaker |
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16 |
Donald Tosh is retroactively commissioned
for rewriting The Celestial
Toymaker |
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18 |
Birth of Guy Ferland (bio), director |
18 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at Riverside
Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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19 |
Debut broadcast of The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
episode three, Priest Of Death, on BBC One |
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24 |
Peter Purves' contract is extended for
twelve episodes through The
Savages, with the understanding that Purves will then be leaving
Doctor Who |
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25 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at Riverside
Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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26 |
Debut broadcast of The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve
episode four, Bell Of Doom, on BBC One |
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late Feb |
Innes Lloyd officially succeeds John
Wiles as the producer of Doctor Who |
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early Mar |
Staff writer Pat Dunlop is assigned to
write a set of scripts based on an idea for what will become The War Machines suggested by
Doctor Who's new scientific consultant, Dr Kit Pedler |
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2 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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3 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at Riverside
Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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5 |
Debut broadcast of The Ark episode one, The Steel
Sky, on BBC One |
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8 |
Brian Hayles is commissioned to write “The Nazis” |
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11 |
Recording for The Ark takes place at Riverside
Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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12 |
Debut broadcast of The Ark episode two, The
Plague, on BBC One |
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15 |
After Pat Dunlop leaves the project, Ian
Stuart Black is commissioned to write scripts for The War Machines |
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18 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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19 |
Debut broadcast of The Ark episode three, The
Return, on BBC One |
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23 |
Pope Paul VI and Michael Ramsey, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, hold the first formal meeting between their
offices in 400 years |
25 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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26 |
Debut broadcast of The Ark episode four, The
Bomb, on BBC One |
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28 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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29 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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30 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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31 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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1 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of The Celestial Toymaker episode one,
The Celestial Toyroom, on BBC One |
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4 |
Brian Hayles is commissioned to write The Smugglers, suspending work on
“The Nazis” |
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4 |
Geoffrey Orme's “The Evil Eye”, and
David Ellis' “The
Clock” and “The
Ocean Liner” are rejected |
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8 |
Recording for The Celestial Toymaker takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of The Celestial Toymaker episode two,
The Hall Of Dolls, on BBC One |
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15 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of The Celestial Toymaker episode
three, The Dancing Floor, on BBC One; soon thereafter, the estate of
Frank Richards complains about the character Cyril's resemblance to
Richards' creation Billy Bunter |
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22 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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23 |
Debut broadcast of The Celestial Toymaker episode
four, The Final Test, on BBC One; in response to the complaints from
Frank Richards' representatives, a continuity announcement airs to
emphasise that Cyril is not intended to be Billy Bunter |
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25 |
Birth of Stephen Woolfenden (bio), director |
26 |
By now, Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis
have decided to drop not only Steven but also Dodo from Doctor
Who, and replace them with new companions Ben Jackson and Polly;
Peter Purves' and Jackie Lane's departures from the programme are
announced to the press |
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27 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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28 |
Jackie Lane is contracted for her final
six episodes: The Savages and
the first two installments of The War
Machines |
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28 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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29 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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29 |
Recording for The Savages takes place in Chalfont
St Peter, Buckinghamshire |
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30 |
Debut broadcast of The Gunfighters episode one, A
Holiday For The Doctor, on BBC One |
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1 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place in
Virginia Water, Surrey |
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1 |
Recording for The Savages takes place in Oxshott,
Surrey |
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6 |
Recording for The Gunfighters takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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7 |
Debut broadcast of The Gunfighters episode two,
Don't Shoot The Pianist, on BBC One |
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13 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at
Riverside Studios 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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14 |
Debut broadcast of The Gunfighters episode three,
Johnny Ringo, on BBC One |
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16 |
The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds,
widely acclaimed as one of the most influential albums in music
history |
17 |
Kit Pedler is commissioned to write The Tenth Planet |
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20 |
Death of Mervyn Pinfield (bio), associate producer and
director |
20 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at
Riverside Studios 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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21 |
The debut broadcast of The Gunfighters episode four,
The O.K. Corral, on BBC One achieves Doctor Who's
lowest-ever Appreciation Index: 30% |
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22 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place in
London, at Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia |
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23 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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24 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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25 |
Anneke Wills, cast as new companion
Polly, is contracted for eighteen episodes starting with The War Machines |
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25 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place on the
backlot of the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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26 |
Michael Craze, cast as
new companion Ben Jackson, is contracted for eighteen episodes starting
with The War Machines |
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26 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place in
London, at Kensington and Covent Garden |
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27 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at
Riverside Studios 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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28 |
Debut broadcast of The Savages episode one on
BBC One |
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3 |
Recording for The Savages takes place at
Riverside Studios 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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4 |
Debut broadcast of The Savages episode two on
BBC One |
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8 |
Paul Wheeler's “The
Dream-Spinner” is rejected |
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10 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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11 |
Debut broadcast of The Savages episode three on
BBC One |
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15 |
Donald Cotton's “The Herdsmen Of
Aquarius”, Brian Hayles' “The Nazis”, David
Ellis and Malcolm Hulke's “The People Who
Couldn't Remember”, and George Kerr's “The Hearsay
Machine”, “The Heavy
Scent Of Violence” and “The
Man From The Met” are rejected |
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17 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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18 |
Debut broadcast of The Savages episode four on
BBC One |
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19 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Nanjizal Beach, Cornwall |
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20 |
Innes Lloyd writes to Jackie Lane to
apologise for the abrupt nature of her departure from Doctor
Who |
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20 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Nanjizal Beach, Cornwall |
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21 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place in
Cornwall, at Grade, Church Cove and Helston |
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22 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place in
Trethewey, Cornwall |
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23 |
Michael Craze and Anneke Wills are
introduced to the press as new companions Ben Jackson and Polly |
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23 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place in waters
off Nanjizal, Cornwall |
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24 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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25 |
Debut broadcast of The War Machines episode one on
BBC One |
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28 |
Eric Laithwaite submits an untitled story
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29 |
Due to Kit Pedler's hospitalisation,
Gerry Davis receives permission to co-write the last two episodes of The Tenth Planet |
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30 |
France formally withdraws from NATO in
response to perceived American and British dominance of the
organisation |
late Jun |
Having convinced the BBC that William
Hartnell's deteriorating health necessitates a change in lead actor,
Innes Lloyd approaches Patrick Troughton about taking over the role of
the Doctor |
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1 |
Recording for The War Machines takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of The War Machines episode two
on BBC One |
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8 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of The War Machines episode three on
BBC One |
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15 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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16 |
William Hartnell informs his wife,
Heather, that he has met with Innes Lloyd and agreed to leave Doctor
Who after recording one more story at the start of the fourth
production block |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of The War Machines episode four on
BBC One |
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22 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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22 |
David Whitaker is commissioned to write The Power Of The Daleks |
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29 |
Recording for The Smugglers takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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30 |
England defeats West Germany 4-2, winning
the 1966 FIFA World Cup on home soil |
late Jul |
William Hartnell is contracted for his
final four episodes, comprising The
Tenth Planet |
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6 |
The BBC announces that William Hartnell
will be leaving Doctor Who |
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6 |
Patrick Troughton is contracted to play
the Second Doctor for twenty-two episodes, starting with The Power Of The Daleks |
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7 |
Birth of Shobna Gulati (bio), who played Najia Khan |
12 |
Birth of Sharon D Clarke (bio), who played Grace
O'Brien |
16 |
Geoffrey Orme is commissioned to write
The Underwater Menace |
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30 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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30 |
Elwyn Jones is commissioned to write The Highlanders |
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31 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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1 |
The BBC announces that Patrick Troughton
has been cast as the Second Doctor |
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1 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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2 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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8 |
The first episode of Star Trek
airs on American television |
10 |
Debut broadcast of The Smugglers episode one on
BBC One |
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16 |
Patrick Troughton is contracted to play
the Second Doctor in the “renewal” sequence at the end of The Tenth Planet episode four |
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17 |
Debut broadcast of The Smugglers episode two on
BBC One |
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17 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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24 |
Debut broadcast of The Smugglers episode three on
BBC One |
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24 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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26 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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27 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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28 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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1 |
Debut broadcast of The Smugglers episode four on
BBC One |
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1 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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8 |
Recording for The Tenth Planet takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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8 |
Debut broadcast of The Tenth Planet episode one on
BBC One |
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12 |
Dennis Spooner is contracted to rewrite
portions of The Power Of The
Daleks in response to Sydney Newman's criticism of the portrayal
of the Second Doctor |
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15 |
Debut broadcast of The Tenth Planet episode two on
BBC One |
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17 |
Birth of Mark Gatiss (bio), writer and executive producer,
who also played Captain Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart |
17 |
William Emms is commissioned to write “The Imps”
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21 |
A colliery spoil tip collapses at Aberfan,
Wales and demolishes a school; 144 people are killed, including 116
children |
22 |
Debut broadcast of The Tenth Planet episode three on
BBC One |
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22 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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29 |
Debut broadcast of The Tenth Planet episode four on
BBC One |
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29 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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1 |
Terry Nation proposes spinning the
Daleks off into their own series |
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2 |
Michael Craze's contract is extended
for twelve episodes starting with The
Highlanders |
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2 |
Frazer Hines is contracted to play Jamie
McCrimmon in The Highlanders,
with an option for twelve further episodes; the character is being
considered as a possible companion |
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3 |
Anneke Wills' contract is extended for
for twelve episodes starting with The
Highlanders |
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5 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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5 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
one on BBC One |
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11 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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12 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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12 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
two on BBC One |
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14 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place in
Frensham, Surrey |
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15 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place in
Frensham, Surrey |
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15 |
David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke submit a
storyline entitled “The Big
Store” |
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16 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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18 |
Kit Pedler is commissioned to write The Moonbase |
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19 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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19 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
three on BBC One |
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21 |
The final scene of The Highlanders is remounted at
Frensham, Surrey to reflect the decision to retain Jamie McCrimmon as a
regular character |
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22 |
The BBC passes on Terry Nation's
proposed Dalek spin-off, prompting Nation to market the idea in America;
the BBC decides to kill off the Daleks in one final Doctor Who
story |
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23 |
Birth of Michelle Gomez (bio), the ninth actor to play the
Master |
26 |
Recording for The Power Of The Daleks takes place
at Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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26 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
four on BBC One |
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28 |
A revised character outline is issued
for the Second Doctor |
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28 |
A character outline for Jamie McCrimmon
is circulated |
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30 |
Birth of John Bishop (bio), who played Dan Lewis |
late Nov |
Innes Lloyd decides to write out Ben and
Polly, believing that Jamie is the more interesting companion |
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3 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
five on BBC One |
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3 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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9 |
Bernard Lodge of the BBC Graphics Unit
records a new Doctor Who title sequence used from 1967 to
1969 |
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10 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of The Daleks episode
six on BBC One |
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10 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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11 |
Ian Stuart Black is commissioned to
write The Macra Terror |
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12 |
Anneke Wills' contract is renewed for
twelve episodes, beginning with The
Macra Terror |
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12 |
Formal approval is given for Gerry
Davis to co-write The
Highlanders |
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12 |
Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place
at Worth Matravers, Dorset |
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13 |
Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place
at Worth Matravers, Dorset |
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14 |
Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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15 |
Walt Disney dies at age 65, during the
production of The Jungle Book, his nineteenth animated feature
film |
15 |
Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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16 |
Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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17 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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17 |
Debut broadcast of The Highlanders episode one on
BBC One |
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24 |
Recording for The Highlanders takes place at
Riverside Studio 1 in Hammersmith, London |
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24 |
Debut broadcast of The Highlanders episode two on
BBC One |
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31 |
Debut broadcast of The Highlanders episode three
on BBC One |
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