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* [[March (production)|March]] - [[Eric Maschwitz]] asked [[Donald Wilson]] to have the [[BBC Survey Group]] survey the [[science fiction]] literature in search of enough material for what he called "a series of single-shot adaptation". Wilson gave the job to [[Donald Bull]] and [[Alice Frick]].
* [[25 April (production)|25 April]] - Bull and Frick returned their report to Wilson. According to the BBC Archives, this was the spark of what eventually led to the commissioning of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6400.shtml BBC - Archive - The Genesis of ''Doctor Who'' - BBC Report]</ref>
* [[27 April (production)|27 April]] - Wilson passed Bull and Frick's work up to Maschwitz.
* [[14 May (production)|14 May]] - [[Donald Baverstock]] sent Maschwitz a note of thanks for having been copied the report from Bull and Frick.
* Late [[May (production)|May]] - Wilson asked Frick and [[John Braybon]] to prepare a follow up survey of science fiction literature, this time with an eye towards examining specific works which could be adapted for television.
* [[25 July (production)|25 July]] - Frick and Braybon gave the second BBC Survey Group examination of science fiction literature to Wilson. This report included the famous recommendation, often falsely attributed by [[Verity Lambert]] to [[Sydney Newman]], that any forthcoming BBC science fiction show should not include "Bug-Eyed Monsters". The report also recommended that characterisation was an important goal, and that scientific plausibility be largely present. The duo pointed specifically to ''Guardians of Time'' by {{w|Poul Anderson}} and ''Three to Conquer'' as possible bases for series. By highlighting these two works, they essentially offered Wilson a choice between time travellers or telepaths. They were clearly more enamoured with the ''Guardians of Time'' — later known as the ''Time Patrol'' series — which they said would allow for what they presciently called "the ''[[Z-Cars]]'' of science fiction". The net effect of Frick and Braybon's report was to guide Wilson into thinking about making a show about time travel.
* [[12 December (production)|12 December]] - [[Sydney Newman]] officially began his tenure as [[Head of Drama]] at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]], though he had accepted the position about a [[1961 (production)|year earlier]].
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