The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1972 Previous: 1971 Next: 1973 Jump: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec January 1 Debut broadcast of Day Of The Daleks episode one on BBC One 8 Debut broadcast of Day Of The Daleks episode two on BBC One 15 Debut broadcast of Day Of The Daleks episode three on BBC One 17 Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 18 Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 22 Debut broadcast of Day Of The Daleks episode four on BBC One 29 Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Peladon episode one on BBC One 30 British Army soldiers kill thirteen unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Island in what would become known as Bloody Sunday 31 Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London February 1 Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 5 Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Peladon episode two on BBC One 7 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Greenhithe, Kent 8 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Greenhithe, Kent 9 Jon Pertwee is contracted for Season Ten 9 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Frindsbury, Kent 10 Katy Manning is contracted for at least twenty-two episodes of Season Ten 10 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Kent, at Frindsbury and Chislehurst 11 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Chislehurst, Kent 12 Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Peladon episode three on BBC One 12 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Chislehurst, Kent 19 Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Peladon episode four on BBC One 21 US President Richard Nixon begins an eight-day visit to China, thawing relations between the two countries 25 Godfrey Harrison's “Multiface” is abandoned 26 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode one on BBC One 28 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 29 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London March 4 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode two on BBC One 5 Birth of James Moran (bio), writer 6 Birth of Julian Simpson (bio), director 8 Writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin are informally asked to develop a storyline which will feature the First, Second and Third Doctors, with William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton having both agreed to return to Doctor Who for its tenth season 11 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode three on BBC One 13 Nicholas Courtney is contracted for The Time Monster 13 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 13 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 14 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 18 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode four on BBC One 24 The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, is released in North American theatres 25 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode five on BBC One 27 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 28 Birth of Nick Frost (bio), who played Santa Claus 28 Recording for The Mutants takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 29 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 30 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 31 Richard Franklin is contracted for The Time Monster April 1 Debut broadcast of The Sea Devils episode six on BBC One 4 Recording for The Time Monster takes place in Swallowfield, Berkshire 5 Recording for The Time Monster takes place in Swallowfield, Berkshire 6 Recording for The Time Monster takes place in Stratfield Saye, Hampshire; Mortimer Common, Berkshire; and Heckfield Heath, Hampshire 7 Recording for The Time Monster takes place in Hampshire, at Stratfield Saye and Hartley Witney 8 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode one on BBC One 9 Birth of Neve McIntosh (bio), who played Madame Vastra 13 Writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin are asked to limit the involvement of the First Doctor in their multi-Doctor storyline, due to William Hartnell's poor health 14 Malcolm Hulke is commissioned to provide a storyline for Frontier In Space 15 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode two on BBC One 21 Terry Nation is commissioned to provide a storyline for Planet Of The Daleks 22 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode three on BBC One 25 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 26 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 29 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode four on BBC One May 4 Malcolm Hulke is commissioned to write Frontier In Space 6 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode five on BBC One 7 Birth of Ben Wheatley (bio), director 9 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London; a new TARDIS console room set, designed by Tim Gleeson, is introduced, but is damaged in storage after the story is completed 10 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 11 Terry Nation is commissioned to write Planet Of The Daleks 13 Debut broadcast of The Mutants episode six on BBC One 20 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode one on BBC One 23 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 24 Recording for The Time Monster takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 27 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode two on BBC One 30 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place in Tillingham, Essex 31 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place in Essex, at Tillingham and Asheldham June 1 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place in Chatham, Kent 2 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place in Chatham, Kent 3 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode three on BBC One 10 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode four on BBC One 17 Five men working on behalf of the White House are arrested for burglarising the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate Hotel 17 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode five on BBC One 19 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 20 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 24 Debut broadcast of The Time Monster episode six on BBC One 27 Bob Baker and Dave Martin are commissioned to write The Three Doctors July 3 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 4 Recording for Carnival Of Monsters takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London August 14 Seven days of recording for Frontier In Space take place at Bray Studios in Water Oakley, Berkshire between this date and August 25th September 6 At the Olympic Games in Munich, the Black September terrorist group kidnaps and murders eleven Israeli athletes 10 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place in South Bank, London 11 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place in Redhill, Surrey 12 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place in Redhill, Surrey 13 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place in Highgate, London 14 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 21 William Hartnell is contracted for The Three Doctors 21 Patrick Troughton is contracted for The Three Doctors 25 Nicholas Courtney is contracted for The Three Doctors 25 John Levene is contracted for The Three Doctors 28 A goal by Paul Henderson in the final minute of play leads Canada to dramatic victory in the ice hockey Summit Series against the Soviet Union October 2 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 3 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 16 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 17 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London 31 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London November early Nov Plans for Frazer Hines to return as Jamie McCrimmon in The Three Doctors are scrapped due to prior commitments 1 Recording for Frontier In Space takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London 6 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 7 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 8 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 9 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 10 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place in Denham Green, Buckinghamshire 14 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London 15 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London 16 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London 27 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 28 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 29 Pong, the first commercially successful arcade video game, is released by Atari 30 Robert Sloman is commissioned to write The Green Death December 11 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 12 Recording for The Three Doctors takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 14 Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the Moon 30 Debut broadcast of The Three Doctors episode one on BBC One

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