The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1989
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Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran calls for the
death of British Indian author Salman Rushdie on the grounds that his
novel The Satanic Verses commits blasphemy against Islam |
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Nicholas Courtney is contracted for Battlefield |
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Anthony Ainley is contracted for Survival |
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Sylvester McCoy is contracted for Season
Twenty-Six, with an option for Season Twenty-Seven |
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The tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground
in Alaska's Prince William Sound, spilling a quarter of a million
barrels of oil |
3 |
Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Crowborough, East Sussex |
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12 |
Death of Gerald Flood (bio), who provided the voice for
Kamelion |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Hawkhurst, Kent |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Hawkhurst, Kent |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Hawkhurst, Kent |
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Poor decision-making by police at
Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire causes a crush which
results in the deaths of ninety-six Liverpool supporters prior to an FA
Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place in
Hawkhurst, Kent |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place at
Lulworth Cove, Dorset |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place at
Lulworth Cove, Dorset |
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Recording for The Curse Of Fenric takes place at
Lulworth Cove, Dorset |
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Death of Kenny McBain (bio), director |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Buckinghamshire, at Fulmer and Wexham |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Stamford, Cambridgeshire |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Hambleton, Leicestershire |
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Recording for Battlefield is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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Recording for Battlefield is cancelled due to
industrial action |
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11 |
Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Hambleton, Leicestershire |
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13 |
Recording for Battlefield takes place near
Colsterworth, Lincolnshire |
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14 |
Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Lincolnshire, near Colsterworth and at Ketton |
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15 |
Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Hambleton, Leicestershire |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Hambleton, Leicestershire |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place in
Hambleton, Leicestershire |
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30 |
Recording for Battlefield takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Recording for Battlefield takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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A government crackdown brings a violent end
to the student-led Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, China |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Perivale,
London |
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11 |
Recording for Survival takes place in London, at
Perivale and West Ealing |
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12 |
Recording for Survival takes place in Perivale,
London |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Perivale,
London |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Sudbury
Hill, London |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Perivale,
London |
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18 |
Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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Recording for Ghost Light takes place in
Weymouth, Dorset |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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Recording for Survival takes place in Warmwell,
Dorset |
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12 |
Philip David Segal of Columbia Pictures
first telephones the BBC to discuss a co-production deal for Doctor
Who |
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Recording for Ghost Light takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Recording for Ghost Light takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Recording for Ghost Light takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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2 |
Recording for Ghost Light takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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Recording for Ghost Light takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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24 |
Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose accepts a
lifetime ban from baseball due to allegations that he bet on the game
while he was a manager |
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Debut broadcast of Battlefield episode one on
BBC One |
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11 |
John Nathan-Turner informs Sylvester
McCoy that his contract option for Season Twenty-Seven will not be taken
up |
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11 |
John Nathan-Turner informs Sophie Aldred
that her contract option for Season Twenty-Seven will not be taken
up |
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13 |
Debut broadcast of Battlefield episode two on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Battlefield episode three on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Battlefield episode four on
BBC One |
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1 |
Denmark becomes the first nation to legally
enact civil unions for same-sex partners |
4 |
Debut broadcast of Ghost Light episode one on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Ghost Light episode two on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Ghost Light episode three on
BBC One |
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Columbia Pictures tenders a formal offer
to co-produce Doctor Who with the BBC |
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Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Fenric episode one on
BBC One |
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27 |
The BBC defers a decision on the
co-production deal with Columbia Pictures until at least 1990 |
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Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Fenric episode two on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Fenric episode three
on BBC One |
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The dismantling of the Berlin Wall begins;
it is part of a series of events which sees the dissolution of the
Communist grip on Eastern Europe |
15 |
Debut broadcast of The Curse Of Fenric episode four on
BBC One |
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Debut broadcast of Survival episode one on BBC One |
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Peter Cregeen, the BBC's Head of Series
and Serials, confirms in the Radio Times that Season Twenty-Seven
has been postponed, but promises that Doctor Who has not been
cancelled |
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Debut broadcast of Survival episode two on BBC One |
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Philip David Segal begins discussions
with the BBC and Coast to Coast, holders of the Doctor Who
feature film rights, about the possibility of their movie serving as a
television pilot in North America; talks peter out when Segal leaves
Columbia Pictures |
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At the conclusion of the Malta Summit, US
President George HW Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev
effectively declare an end to the Cold War between their nations |
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Debut broadcast of Survival episode three on BBC One |
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