The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1976
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3 |
Debut broadcast of The Brain Of Morbius episode
one on BBC One |
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10 |
Debut broadcast of The Brain Of Morbius episode
two on BBC One |
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12 |
Mystery novelist Agatha Christie, the
best-selling fiction writer of all time, dies in Wallingford,
Oxfordshire |
17 |
Debut broadcast of The Brain Of Morbius episode
three on BBC One |
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21 |
The first commercial Concorde
flights take place, linking London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio de
Janeiro |
22 |
Douglas Camfield is commissioned to
write “The Lost
Legion”, which is intended to write out Sarah Jane Smith |
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23 |
Tom Baker is contracted for Season
Fourteen |
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24 |
Debut broadcast of The Brain Of Morbius episode
four on BBC One |
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27 |
Chris Boucher is commissioned to write The Face Of Evil |
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31 |
Debut broadcast of The Seeds Of Doom episode one
on BBC One |
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1 |
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found the
Apple Computer Company |
6 |
Recording for The Masque Of Mandragora takes
place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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7 |
Recording for The Masque Of Mandragora takes
place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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8 |
Recording for The Masque Of Mandragora takes
place at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London; for the
first time, a completely redesigned TARDIS console room set appears |
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10 |
Birth of Lee Haven Jones (bio), director |
14 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place in
Cromhall, Gloucestershire |
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15 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place in
Cromhall, Gloucestershire |
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mid Jun |
Philip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes
decide to retain Leela for at least one story beyond The Face Of Evil; with Hinchcliffe
and Holmes both considering leaving Doctor Who, they subsequently
decide to keep Leela through the end of Season Fourteen |
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16 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place in
Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire |
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17 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place in
Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire |
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18 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place in
Thornbury, Gloucestershire |
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22 |
Chris Boucher is commissioned to
provide a storyline for The Robots Of
Death |
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23 |
Eric Pringle's “The Angarath” is
abandoned |
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26 |
The CN Tower, the world's largest
freestanding structure, opens in Toronto |
5 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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6 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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7 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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19 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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20 |
Viking 1 becomes the first
spacecraft to land on the surface of Mars |
20 |
Recording for The Hand Of Fear takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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20 |
Chris Boucher is commissioned to write
The Robots Of Death |
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26 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place in
Betchworth, Surrey |
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27 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place in
Betchworth, Surrey |
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28 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place in
Surrey, at Betchworth and Merstham |
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29 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place in
Merstham, Surrey |
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30 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place in
Merstham, Surrey and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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15 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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16 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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17 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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27 |
A two-month heat wave and drought in
Britain, which resulted in widespread water rationing, comes to an
end |
27 |
Louise Jameson is contracted to play
new companion Leela in fourteen episodes, beginning with The Face Of Evil |
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1 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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2 |
Recording for The Deadly Assassin takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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4 |
Debut broadcast of The Masque Of Mandragora episode
one on BBC One |
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9 |
Chairman Mao Zedong of China dies; he is
succeeded by Hua Guofeng |
11 |
Debut broadcast of The Masque Of Mandragora episode
two on BBC One |
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18 |
Debut broadcast of The Masque Of Mandragora episode
three on BBC One |
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20 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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21 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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22 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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23 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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24 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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25 |
Debut broadcast of The Masque Of Mandragora episode
four on BBC One |
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27 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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28 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of The Hand Of Fear episode one
on BBC One |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of The Hand Of Fear episode two
on BBC One |
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11 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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12 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of The Hand Of Fear episode three on
BBC One |
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23 |
Debut broadcast of The Hand Of Fear episode four
on BBC One |
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24 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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25 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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26 |
A photocall is held to introduce Louise
Jameson as new companion Leela |
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26 |
Recording for The Face Of Evil takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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30 |
Debut broadcast of The Deadly Assassin episode
one on BBC One |
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early Nov |
After originally agreeing to remain on
Doctor Who for a fourth season, Philip Hinchcliffe is asked to
take over Target, and will be replaced on Doctor Who by
Graham Williams |
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2 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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3 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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5 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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6 |
Debut broadcast of The Deadly Assassin episode
two on BBC One |
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12 |
With Robert Banks Stewart unable to
complete “The Foe From The Future” due to other commitments,
Robert Holmes is commissioned to redevelop it as The Talons Of Weng-Chiang |
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13 |
Debut broadcast of The Deadly Assassin episode
three on BBC One; after the cliffhanger ending incites a backlash from Mary
Whitehouse and her National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, the BBC
apologises and edits the master tape |
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20 |
Debut broadcast of The Deadly Assassin episode
four on BBC One |
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23 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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30 |
Graham Williams develops an outline for
Doctor Who's first season-long story arc -- concerning the quest
for the Key To Time -- but defers it to Season Sixteen because there is
no time to implement it for Season Fifteen |
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1 |
The Sex Pistols stoke outrage after
swearing multiple times during an interview with Bill Grundy on Thames
Television's early-evening Today show |
6 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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7 |
Recording for The Robots Of Death takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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13 |
Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes
place in London, at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing and in
Bankside |
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14 |
Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes
place in Bankside, London |
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15 |
Tom Baker is contracted for Season
Fifteen |
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15 |
Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes
place in East Twickenham, London |
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16 |
Louise Jameson is contracted for Season
Fifteen |
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16 |
Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes
place in Wapping, London |
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17 |
Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes
place in Wapping, London |
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