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The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1980
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| 5 |
Debut broadcast of The Horns Of Nimon episode
three on BBC One |
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| 12 |
Debut broadcast of The Horns Of Nimon episode
four on BBC One |
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| 16 |
Lalla Ward is contracted for the first
twenty episodes of Season Eighteen; unhappy with John Nathan-Turner's
more serious direction for Doctor Who, she has decided to leave
the programme mid-year |
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| 18 |
Tom Baker is contracted for Season
Eighteen |
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| 21 |
Birth of Sarah Dollard (bio), writer |
| 24 |
Terrance Dicks is commissioned to write
a revised version of his unused 1977 script “The Vampire Mutations”, which
will now become State Of
Decay |
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| 30 |
A character outline is issued for new
companion Adric |
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| 4 |
Death of David Whitaker (bio), story editor and
writer |
| 11 |
John Leeson is contracted for eight
episodes during Season Eighteen; David Brierley has left the programme
after John Nathan-Turner refused to guarantee him an on-screen role, but
Leeson has returned after being told that K·9 is to be written out
of Doctor Who |
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| 25 |
John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch are
commissioned to provide a storyline for Meglos |
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| 25 |
Andrew Smith is commissioned to write
the first episode of Full
Circle |
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| 27 |
Christopher Priest is commissioned to
provide a storyline for “Sealed Orders” |
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| 10 |
John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch are
commissioned to write Meglos |
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| 14 |
Peter Grimwade is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Time-Flight |
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| 14 |
Keith Miles is commissioned to provide a
storyline entitled “Mark Of
Lumos” |
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| 17 |
Steve Gallagher is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Warriors'
Gate |
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| 18 |
Two storylines are commissioned: “Farer Nohan” by Andrew
Stephenson, and “Mouth Of
Grath” by Malcolm Edwards and Leroy Kettle |
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| 20 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place in
Brighton, East Sussex |
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| 21 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place in
Brighton, East Sussex |
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| 24 |
Christopher Priest is commissioned to
write “Sealed
Orders” |
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| 29 |
Jack Gardner is commissioned to provide a
storyline for “The Dogs Of
Darkness” |
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| 31 |
Andrew Smith is commissioned to write
the final three episodes of Full
Circle |
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| 2 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 3 |
Matthew Waterhouse is contracted to
play Adric in twenty-four episodes covering the final six stories of
Season Eighteen, with an option for twenty-eight more |
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| 3 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 4 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 10 |
Christopher Bailey is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Kinda |
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| 10 |
John Bennett is commissioned to provide
a storyline entitled “Soldar
And The Plastoids” |
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| 12 |
In St. John's, Newfoundland, the Marathon
Of Hope begins as amputee Terry Fox attempts to run across Canada in aid
of cancer research |
| 14 |
Stephen Gallagher is commissioned to
write Warriors' Gate |
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| 18 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 19 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 20 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 21 |
Recording for The Leisure Hive takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 30 |
John Nathan-Turner consults with
director Pennant Roberts about completing the remaining studio sessions
for Shada in October, with a
view to broadcasting the story as two fifty-minute episodes over
Christmas |
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| 30 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place in
Burnham, Buckinghamshire |
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| 1 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place in
Burnham, Buckinghamshire |
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| 2 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place in
Burnham, Buckinghamshire and Acton, London |
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| 8 |
The World Health Organisation certifies
that smallpox has been eradicated |
| 8 |
The casting of Matthew Waterhouse as new
companion Adric is announced to the press |
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| 15 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 16 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 20 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at the
BBC Visual Effects Workshop in Acton, London |
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| 21 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at the
BBC Visual Effects Workshop in Acton, London |
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| 22 |
Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade
game of all time, is released in Japan |
| 24 |
Lalla Ward reveals in a press interview
that she is leaving Doctor Who |
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| 29 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 30 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 31 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 1 |
The Cable News Network, better known as
CNN, debuts as the world's first twenty-four-hour news channel |
| 4 |
Recording for State Of Decay takes place at the
BBC Visual Effects Workshop in Acton, London |
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| 7 |
Press reports emerge that K·9 is
about to be dropped from Doctor Who, prompting a “Save
K·9” letter-writing campaign |
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| 12 |
Christopher H Bidmead issues a document
detailing the E-Space storyline that will run through much of Season
Eighteen |
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| 13 |
Terence Greer is commissioned to provide
a storyline for “Psychrons” |
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| 25 |
A lack of studio space forces John
Nathan-Turner to abandon his plans to complete Shada as a Christmas special |
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| 25 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 26 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 27 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 10 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 11 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 12 |
Birth of Tom Price (bio), who played PC Andy Davidson |
| 12 |
Recording for Meglos takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 18 |
Johnny Byrne is commissioned to write The Keeper Of Traken |
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| 23 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place in Fulmer,
Buckinghamshire |
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| 24 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place in Fulmer,
Buckinghamshire |
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| 25 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place in Fulmer,
Buckinghamshire |
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late
Jul |
A stalemate in negotiations with the
Australian Broadcasting Commission precludes plans for location filming
in Australia during Season Nineteen |
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After John Nathan-Turner fails to entice
Elisabeth Sladen or Louise Jameson back to Doctor Who, an outline
for a new companion called Tegan Jovanka is issued; in a bid to
jumpstart co-production discussions with the Australian Broadcasting
Commission, Tegan will hail from that country |
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| 6 |
Birth of Tom MacRae (bio), writer |
| 7 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 8 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 15 |
John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch are
commissioned to provide a storyline for “Project
Zeta-Sigma”, intended to be the Fifth Doctor's debut
adventure |
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| 17 |
Two-month-old Azaria Chamberlain disappears
at Ayers Rock, Australia; her mother, Lindy, spends three years in
prison, although it is later determined that Azaria was taken by a
dingo |
| 21 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 22 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 23 |
Recording for Full Circle takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 29 |
Director Paul Joyce receives permission
to substantially overhaul Warriors'
Gate, although he refuses to take a writing credit |
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| 29 |
Christopher H Bidmead receives staff
clearance to write Logopolis; by
now, he has decided to step down as Doctor Who's script editor
after Season Eighteen |
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| 29 |
Terence Dudley is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Four To
Doomsday |
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| 30 |
Debut broadcast of The Leisure Hive episode one on
BBC One; a new title sequence, created by Sid Sutton and used from 1980 to
1986, is introduced |
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late
Aug |
Johnny Byrne revises The Keeper Of Traken to incorporate
the Master |
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late
Aug |
Despite the planned introduction of
Australian companion Tegan Jovanka, the Australian Broadcasting
Commission again passes on a co-production deal for Doctor
Who |
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| 6 |
Debut broadcast of The Leisure Hive episode two
on BBC One |
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| 12 |
Anthony Ainley is contracted to play the
Master in The Keeper Of Traken
and Logopolis, with an option
for eight further episodes in Season Nineteen |
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| 13 |
Debut broadcast of The Leisure Hive episode three on
BBC One |
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| 17 |
A labour dispute cancels recording for
Warriors' Gate |
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| 17 |
Eric Saward is commissioned to provide a
storyline for The
Visitation |
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| 18 |
A labour dispute cancels recording for
Warriors' Gate |
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| 19 |
A labour dispute cancels recording for
Warriors' Gate |
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| 20 |
Debut broadcast of The Leisure Hive episode four
on BBC One |
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| 22 |
Hoping to take advantage of the Iranian
Revolution, Iraq invades and instigates the Iran-Iraq War |
| 22 |
Peter Grimwade is commissioned to write
Time-Flight |
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| 24 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 25 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 25 |
Christopher Bailey is commissioned to
write Kinda |
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| 26 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 27 |
Debut broadcast of Meglos episode one on BBC One |
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| 2 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 3 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 4 |
Debut broadcast of Meglos episode two on BBC One |
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| 4 |
Recording for Warriors' Gate takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London; production assistant
Graeme Harper has largely taken over as director due to Paul Joyce's
exhaustion and on-set tensions |
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| 7 |
Birth of Mike Bartlett (bio), writer |
| 7 |
Despite John Nathan-Turner's earlier
denials, the BBC confirms that K·9 will be leaving Doctor
Who after all |
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| 7 |
John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch are
commissioned to write “Project
Zeta-Sigma” |
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| 9 |
With John Nathan-Turner considering
retaining Nyssa as a companion, Sarah Sutton's contract for The Keeper Of Traken is revised to
include an option for a further twenty-eight episodes |
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| 11 |
Debut broadcast of Meglos episode three on BBC One |
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| 18 |
Debut broadcast of Meglos episode four on BBC One |
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| 23 |
Janet Fielding is contracted to play new
companion Tegan Jovanka in three serials beginning with Logopolis, with an option for
twelve further episodes; a photocall to introduce Fielding as Tegan is
also held |
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| 24 |
The press reports that Tom Baker will
leave Doctor Who after Season Eighteen; Baker has become tired of
the role, dislikes the changes instituted by John Nathan-Turner, and
finds it difficult to relate to his young castmates |
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| 25 |
Debut broadcast of Full Circle episode one on
BBC One |
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| 30 |
A character outline is issued for
Nyssa |
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| 1 |
Debut broadcast of Full Circle episode two on
BBC One |
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| 4 |
Former actor Ronald Reagan defeats
incumbent Jimmy Carter to become President of the United States |
| 4 |
Peter Davison is announced to the press
as the Fifth Doctor |
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| 5 |
John Nathan-Turner informs Sarah Sutton
that her contract option is being taken up, meaning that she is now a
member of the regular cast |
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| 5 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 6 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 7 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 8 |
Debut broadcast of Full Circle episode three on
BBC One |
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| 15 |
Debut broadcast of Full Circle episode four on
BBC One |
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| 16 |
Birth of Alexa Havins (bio), who played Esther
Drummond |
| 18 |
Peter Davison is contracted to play the
Fifth Doctor for Season Nineteen |
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| 20 |
Eric Saward is commissioned to write The Visitation |
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| 21 |
The press reports that Sarah Sutton has
joined the Doctor Who cast |
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| 21 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 22 |
Debut broadcast of State Of Decay episode one on
BBC One |
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| 22 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 23 |
A labour dispute cancels recording for The Keeper Of Traken at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 25 |
Andrew Smith is commissioned to provide a
storyline for “The Torson
Triumvirate” |
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| 29 |
Debut broadcast of State Of Decay episode two on
BBC One |
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| 5 |
Eric Saward is commissioned to provide a
storyline for Earthshock |
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| 5 |
Christopher Priest is commissioned to
provide a storyline for “The
Enemy Within”, and Rod Beacham for “Hebos” |
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| 6 |
Debut broadcast of State Of Decay episode three
on BBC One |
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| 8 |
In New York City, John Lennon is shot and
killed by Mark David Chapman |
| 9 |
Christopher H Bidmead conveys a
storyline entitled “Romanoids” by
Geoff Lowe, submitted the previous summer, to John Nathan-Turner |
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| 13 |
Debut broadcast of State Of Decay episode four on
BBC One |
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| 16 |
Recording for Logopolis takes place in
London, at Battersea and Chelsea |
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| 17 |
Recording for The Keeper Of Traken takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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| 17 |
Recording for Logopolis takes place in Denham,
Buckinghamshire |
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| 18 |
Recording for Logopolis takes place in Sonning
Common, Berkshire |
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| 19 |
Recording for Logopolis takes place in Denham,
Buckinghamshire |
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| 22 |
Recording for Logopolis takes place in Denham,
Buckinghamshire |
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| 23 |
Terence Dudley is commissioned to write
Four To Doomsday |
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late
Dec |
Christopher H Bidmead leaves Doctor
Who, to be replaced as script editor on an interim basis by Antony
Root |
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