The Doctor Who Production Diary: 2013 Previous: 2012 Next: 2014 Jump: Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec January February mid Feb Steven Moffat meets with Christopher Eccleston about the Doctor Who fiftieth-anniversary special, after which Eccleston decides not to appear as the Ninth Doctor 18 Recording for The Bells Of Saint John takes place at BBC Television Centre in White City, London 28 Benedict XVI becomes the first pope to voluntarily resign his office in more than seven centuries; his replacement, Francis, is the first pope from Southern Hemisphere and from the Americas March 18 BBC Television Centre in White City, London hosts its final news broadcasts, with the building turned over to developers soon thereafter 26 Recording for The Name Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 28 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 29 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 30 Debut broadcast of The Bells Of Saint John on BBC One and BBC One HD 30 Doctor Who Magazine reveals that David Tennant, Billie Piper and John Hurt will all appear in the Doctor Who fiftieth-anniversary special; Hurt's role is later revealed to be the War Doctor April 1 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 2 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Tonna, Wales 3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 4 Roger Ebert, the first movie critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, dies after a lengthy battle with cancer 4 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Bedlinog, Wales 5 Recording for The Name Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 5 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 6 Debut broadcast of The Rings Of Akhaten on BBC One and BBC One HD 6 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in St Athan, Wales 8 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in St Katharine's & Wapping, London 9 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Westminster, London 10 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales 11 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales 12 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales 13 Debut broadcast of Cold War on BBC One and BBC One HD 13 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 14 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 15 Two terrorists detonate a pair of bombs at the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring more than two hundred and sixty 15 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales 16 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales, including at Roath Lock Studios 17 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Chepstow, Wales 18 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 19 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 20 Debut broadcast of Hide on BBC One and BBC One HD 20 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 22 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 23 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 24 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 25 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 26 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 27 Debut broadcast of Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS on BBC One and BBC One HD 29 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 30 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales May 1 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 2 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales, including at Roath Lock Studios 3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales 4 Debut broadcast of The Crimson Horror on BBC One and BBC One HD 4 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales 11 Debut broadcast of Nightmare In Silver on BBC One and BBC One HD 12 Steven Moffat reveals that Season Thirty-Four has been commissioned; the news is confirmed by the BBC on May 18th 18 Debut broadcast of The Name Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD June 1 The BBC announces that Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who following the 2013 Christmas special 6 National Security Agency subcontractor Edward Snowden leaks classified information about mass surveillance programs, and subsequently seeks asylum in Russia 28 Peter Capaldi is offered the role of the Twelfth Doctor July 22 Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to Prince George August 4 During a special broadcast entitled Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor on BBC One, the BBC announces that Peter Capaldi has been cast as the Twelfth Doctor 14 In the wake of a coup which deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, nearly three thousand protesters are killed by security forces under the direction of the country's new military dictator, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi September 8 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 9 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 10 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales 11 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales 12 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales 15 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales 16 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales 17 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales 18 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales 19 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Coleford, Gloucestershire 23 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 24 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 25 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 26 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 27 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 30 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales October 1 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 2 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 3 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 4 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 4 Recording for Deep Breath takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 5 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales 14 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey 15 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey 16 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey November 5 The Indian Space Research Organisation launches its first interplanetary craft, the Mars Orbiter Mission also known as Mangalyaan 23 Debut broadcast of The Day Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD December 25 Debut broadcast of The Time Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD

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