The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1982
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Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode one on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode two on
BBC One |
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Barbara Clegg is commissioned to write
the final three episodes of Enlightenment |
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6 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow
Airport, London |
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7 |
The Commodore 64 is launched; it will
become the best-selling personal computer of all time |
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Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow
Airport, London |
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8 |
Recording for Time-Flight at Heathrow Airport,
London is cancelled when the Concorde aircraft being provided by British
Airways becomes unavailable |
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11 |
Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode three on
BBC One |
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11 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow
Airport, London |
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12 |
Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode four on
BBC One |
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13 |
Johnny Byrne is commissioned to write Arc Of Infinity |
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18 |
Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode one
on BBC One |
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19 |
Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode two
on BBC One |
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19 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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20 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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24 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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25 |
Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode three on
BBC One |
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25 |
Peter Grimwade is asked to provide seven
minutes' worth of extra material for Time-Flight after the third episode
is found to be severely underrunning
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Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode four
on BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Kinda episode one on BBC One |
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Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of Kinda episode two on BBC One |
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2 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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3 |
Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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8 |
Debut broadcast of Kinda episode three on BBC One |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of Kinda episode four on BBC One |
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10 |
Sarah Sutton is contracted for twenty
episodes during Season Twenty; it has now been decided that Nyssa will
be written out mid-year |
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10 |
Janet Fielding is contracted for the
first eighteen episodes of Season Twenty |
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11 |
Peter Davison is contracted for Season
Twenty |
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15 |
Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode one on
BBC One |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode two on
BBC One |
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16 |
Bill Lyons is commissioned to write one
or more episodes of “Parasites” |
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22 |
Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode three
on BBC One |
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22 |
Terence Dudley is commissioned to write The King's Demons |
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23 |
Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode four on
BBC One |
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1 |
Debut broadcast of Black Orchid episode one on
BBC One |
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2 |
Debut broadcast of Black Orchid episode two on
BBC One |
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3 |
Eric Pringle is commissioned to provide a
storyline for The Awakening |
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8 |
Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode one on BBC One |
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9 |
Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode two on BBC One |
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15 |
Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode three on
BBC One |
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16 |
Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode four on BBC One;
the closing credits run silently to mark the death of Adric |
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22 |
Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode one on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode two on
BBC One |
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29 |
Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode three on
BBC One |
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29 |
Sensitive to the requirements of Dalek
creator Terry Nation, permission is sought for Eric Saward to write “The Return” |
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30 |
Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode four on
BBC One |
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31 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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2 |
First day of the Falklands War between the
United Kingdom and Argentina |
12 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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13 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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13 |
Philip Martin is commissioned to provide
a storyline for Vengeance On
Varos |
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14 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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23 |
Bill Lyons is commissioned to write one
or more episodes of “Parasites” |
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26 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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27 |
Birth of Samuel Anderson (bio), who played Danny Pink |
27 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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27 |
Rod Beacham is commissioned to provide a
storyline for “Poison” |
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28 |
Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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3 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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4 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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5 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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6 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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7 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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17 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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18 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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19 |
Death of Elwyn Jones (bio), writer |
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Birth of Jessica Raine (bio), who played Verity
Lambert |
27 |
Peter Grimwade is commissioned to
provide a storyline for Mawdryn
Undead |
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27 |
Rod Beacham is commissioned to write “Poison” |
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30 |
Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles
plays the first in a record-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutive Major
League Baseball games that finally ends in 1998 |
killed
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Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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1 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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2 |
Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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4 |
Nicholas Courtney is contracted for Mawdryn Undead |
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4 |
Peter Grimwade is commissioned to write
Mawdryn Undead |
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10 |
Andrew Stephenson is commissioned to
provide a storyline for “The
House That Ur-Cjak Built”, and Colin Davis for “The Place Where All Times
Meet” |
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14 |
Mark Strickson is contracted to play new
companion Turlough in the last eighteen episodes of Season Twenty,
beginning with Mawdryn
Undead |
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Birth of Arthur Darvill (bio), who played Rory
Williams |
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Birth of Jodie Whittaker (bio), who played the Thirteenth
Doctor |
21 |
Princess Diana gives birth to Prince
William |
15 |
Head of Series and Serials David Reid
approves the production of a ninety-minute telefilm to celebrate
Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary |
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29 |
Peter Davison is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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29 |
Jon Pertwee is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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29 |
Janet Fielding is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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29 |
Mark Strickson is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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29 |
Anthony Ainley is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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2 |
Eric Pringle is commissioned to write the
first episode of The
Awakening |
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8 |
Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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9 |
Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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10 |
Johnny Byrne is commissioned to write Warriors Of The Deep |
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14 |
Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the
actress Grace Kelly, dies from injuries received in a car crash |
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A photocall is held to introduce Mark
Strickson as new companion Turlough |
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Christopher Bailey is commissioned to
write “May Time” |
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22 |
Birth of Billie Piper (bio), who played Rose Tyler |
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Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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23 |
Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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24 |
Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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28 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Presentation Studio B in White City, London |
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29 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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30 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at the BBC
Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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1 |
The first compact disc player becomes
commercially available |
4 |
Nicholas Courtney is contracted for The Five Doctors |
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6 |
With the blessing of William Hartnell's
widow, Heather, Richard Hurndall is contracted to play the First Doctor
in The Five Doctors |
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11 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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12 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London |
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13 |
Robert Holmes withdraws “The Six Doctors” from
consideration |
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14 |
Philip Martin is commissioned to write
the first episode of Vengeance On
Varos |
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18 |
Terrance Dicks is commissioned to provide
a storyline for The Five Doctors
to replace “The Six
Doctors” |
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25 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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26 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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27 |
Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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28 |
Birth of Matt Smith (bio), who played the Eleventh
Doctor |
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Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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4 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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5 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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8 |
Peter Davison is contracted for Season
Twenty-One, although he is considering leaving Doctor Who at its
conclusion |
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8 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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9 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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10 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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10 |
Terrance Dicks is commissioned to write
The Five Doctors |
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11 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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12 |
Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the
BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London |
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16 |
Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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17 |
Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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26 |
Christopher H Bidmead is commissioned to
write Frontios |
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30 |
Michael Jackson releases Thriller,
which goes on to become the best-selling album in history |
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Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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late Nov |
John Nathan-Turner decides that Enlightenment will take over the
studio dates originally allocated to “The Return” |
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Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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Dentist Barney Clark becomes the first
successful recipient of an artificial heart |
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Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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Eric Pringle is commissioned to write the
second episode of The Awakening,
which has now been cut from four parts to two |
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5 |
Recording for The King's Demons takes place in
Bodiam, East Sussex |
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6 |
Recording for The King's Demons takes place in
Bodiam, East Sussex |
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Recording for The King's Demons takes place in
Bodiam, East Sussex |
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Although he has not signed a contract,
Tom Baker indicates that he is agreeable to appearing in The Five Doctors |
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13 |
Eric Pringle is re-commissioned to write
the first episode of The
Awakening as the opening half of a two-part story |
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mid Dec |
With the functionality of the Kamelion
prop proving to be extremely limited, it is decided to write the
character out during Season Twenty-One |
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Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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19 |
Recording for The King's Demons takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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Recording for The King's Demons takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London; significant
problems with the Kamelion prop force the scheduling of an extra studio
day in January |
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29 |
Tom Baker decides not to participate in
The Five Doctors; he
subsequently agrees that his Doctor can be represented using material
from the unfinished Shada |
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late Dec |
Frazer Hines indicates that he will be
unable to appear in The Five
Doctors due to previous commitments |
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