The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1978
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4 |
Debut broadcast of The Invasion Of Time episode
five on BBC One |
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8 |
Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To
The Galaxy debuts on BBC Radio 4 |
11 |
Debut broadcast of The Invasion Of Time episode
six on BBC One |
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14 |
Douglas Adams' The Pirate Planet is condemned by
Head of Serials Graeme MacDonald, but Anthony Read and director Pennant
Roberts successfully argue that there is no time to replace it |
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20 |
Mary Tamm is contracted for The Ribos Operation and The Pirate Planet |
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9 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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10 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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11 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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mid Apr |
Tom Baker suffers a deep cut on his lip
while playing with a dog owned by Paul Seed, who is portraying the Graff
Vynda-K in The Ribos Operation;
although concealed by make-up, the resulting scar is visible on-screen
in this story and The Pirate
Planet |
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17 |
John Leeson is contracted for The Pirate Planet |
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23 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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24 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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25 |
Recording for The Ribos Operation takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White City, London |
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28 |
The Afghan Civil War begins when President
Daoud Khan is killed during a coup by communist supporters |
1 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place in
Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
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2 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place in
Wales, at Coity Mountain, Ebbw Vale, and probably Blaenavon |
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3 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
Clydach Gorge, Wales |
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4 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place in
Abercraf, Wales |
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5 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place in
Wales, at Clydach Gorge and probably Llanfoist |
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15 |
John Leeson is contracted for The Stones Of Blood |
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18 |
Mary Tamm is contracted to play Romana in
the final four serials of Season Sixteen, beginning with The Stones Of Blood |
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22 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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23 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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25 |
Ted Kaczynski, known as the
“Unabomber”, commits his first attack by sending a bomb to
an engineering professor at Northwestern University |
26 |
David Fisher is commissioned to write The Androids Of Tara |
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26 |
Robert Holmes is commissioned to write The Power Of Kroll |
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3 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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5 |
Recording for The Pirate Planet takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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12 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place in
Little Compton, Warwickshire |
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13 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place in
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire |
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14 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place in
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire |
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15 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place in
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire |
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30 |
Death of David Ellis (bio), writer |
3 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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16 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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17 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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18 |
Recording for The Stones Of Blood takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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24 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place in
Leeds, Kent |
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25 |
The world's first test tube baby, Louise
Brown, is born in England |
25 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place in
Leeds, Kent |
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26 |
Birth of Eve Myles (bio), who played Gwen Cooper |
26 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place in
Leeds, Kent |
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27 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place in
Leeds, Kent |
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28 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place in
Leeds, Kent |
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14 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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15 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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22 |
It is agreed that, since K·9 does
not appear in The Power Of
Kroll, John Leeson can play the on-screen role of Dugeen
instead |
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28 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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29 |
Recording for The Androids Of Tara takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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early Oct |
Tom Baker threatens to leave Doctor
Who if he is not given more creative control; Head of Serials Graeme
MacDonald advises Graham Williams to fire his lead actor |
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7 |
Debut broadcast of The Pirate Planet episode two
on BBC One |
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9 |
Recording for The Power Of Kroll takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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10 |
Recording for The Power Of Kroll takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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11 |
Recording for The Power Of Kroll takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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14 |
Debut broadcast of The Pirate Planet episode
three on BBC One |
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mid Oct |
Douglas Adams, who will script edit
Doctor Who's seventeenth season, begins trailing Anthony
Read |
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16 |
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John
Paul II, marking the first time since 1523 that the pope has not been
Italian |
19 |
Recording for The Power Of Kroll takes place at
Bray Studios in Water Oakley, Berkshire |
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20 |
Recording for The Power Of Kroll takes place at
Bray Studios in Water Oakley, Berkshire |
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21 |
Debut broadcast of The Pirate Planet episode four on
BBC One |
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27 |
Recording for The Armageddon Factor takes place
at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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28 |
Debut broadcast of The Stones Of Blood episode
one on BBC One |
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30 |
Death of Brian Hayles (bio), writer |
late Oct |
Tom Baker agrees to rescind his
resignation from Doctor Who pending further discussions |
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late Oct |
John Lloyd is commissioned to write “The Doomsday
Contract” |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of The Androids Of Tara episode
two on BBC One |
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3 |
Recording for The Armageddon Factor takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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4 |
Recording for The Armageddon Factor takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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5 |
Recording for The Armageddon Factor takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of The Androids Of Tara episode
three on BBC One |
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12 |
Alistair Beaton and Sarah Dunant are
commissioned to write “Child
Prodigy” |
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15 |
Tom Baker is tendered a contract for
Season Seventeen, but he refuses to sign it and renews his threat to
resign from Doctor Who when Graham Williams sets a January 4th
deadline; Williams, in turn, promises to quit if the BBC concedes to
Baker's demands |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of The Androids Of Tara episode
four on BBC One |
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20 |
Terry Nation is commissioned to write Destiny Of The Daleks |
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23 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of Kroll episode one on
BBC One |
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30 |
Debut broadcast of The Power Of Kroll episode two on
BBC One |
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