The Doctor Who Production Diary: 2013

January

February
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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 The Day Of The Doctor
18 Recording for The Bells Of Saint John takes place at BBC Television Centre in White City, London The Bells Of Saint John
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 The Name Of The Doctor
28 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
29 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
30 Debut broadcast of The Bells Of Saint John on BBC One and BBC One HD The Bells Of Saint John
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 The Day Of The Doctor

April
1 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
2 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Tonna, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
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 The Day Of The Doctor
5 Recording for The Name Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Name Of The Doctor
5 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
6 Debut broadcast of The Rings Of Akhaten on BBC One and BBC One HD The Rings Of Akhaten
6 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in St Athan, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
8 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in St Katharine's & Wapping, London The Day Of The Doctor
9 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Westminster, London The Day Of The Doctor
10 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
11 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
12 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Caerwent, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
13 Debut broadcast of Cold War on BBC One and BBC One HD Cold War
13 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
14 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
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 The Day Of The Doctor
16 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales, including at Roath Lock Studios The Day Of The Doctor
17 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Chepstow, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
18 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
19 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
20 Debut broadcast of Hide on BBC One and BBC One HD Hide
20 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
22 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
23 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
24 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
25 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
26 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
27 Debut broadcast of Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS on BBC One and BBC One HD Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS
29 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
30 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor

May
1 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
2 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales, including at Roath Lock Studios The Day Of The Doctor
3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
4 Debut broadcast of The Crimson Horror on BBC One and BBC One HD The Crimson Horror
4 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
11 Debut broadcast of Nightmare In Silver on BBC One and BBC One HD Nightmare In Silver
12 Steven Moffat reveals that Season Thirty-Four has been commissioned; the news is confirmed by the BBC on May 18th The Twelfth Doctor
18 Debut broadcast of The Name Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD The Name Of The Doctor

June
1 The BBC announces that Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who following the 2013 Christmas special The Eleventh Doctor
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 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 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 The Time Of The Doctor
9 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
10 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
11 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
12 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
15 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
16 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Sennybridge, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
17 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
18 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Pontypool, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
19 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place in Coleford, Gloucestershire The Time Of The Doctor
23 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
24 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
25 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
26 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
27 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
30 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor

October
1 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
2 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
3 Recording for The Day Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Day Of The Doctor
3 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
4 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
4 Recording for Deep Breath takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales Deep Breath
5 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales The Time Of The Doctor
14 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey The Time Of The Doctor
15 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey The Time Of The Doctor
16 Recording for The Time Of The Doctor takes place at Halliford Film Studios in Shepperton, Surrey The Time Of The Doctor

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 The Day Of The Doctor

December
25 Debut broadcast of The Time Of The Doctor on BBC One and BBC One HD The Time Of The Doctor