19 October (production): Difference between revisions

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On 19 October, the following important behind-the-scenes events were known to have occurred:

1964 - Head of Serials Donald Wilson decided to combine the third and fourth episodes of Planet of Giants, hoping this reduction in length would make the serial more exciting. (INFO: Planet of Giants)
1970 - The Mega, to be written by Bill Strutton was commissioned. It was ultimately scrapped.
2005 - The original script for Attack of the Graske, then called Christmas Challenge, was prepared. (DWMSE 14)
2009 - Recording for Legend of the Cybermen took place at The Moat Studios.
2012 - Recording for The Scorchies took place at The Moat Studios.

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-* [[1963 (production)|1963]] - [[Head of Serials]] [[Donald Wilson]] decided that ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' was too long, and shortened it to only three episodes, hoping this reduction in length would make the [[serial]] more exciting.
+* [[1964 (production)|1964]] - [[Head of Serials]] [[Donald Wilson]] decided to combine the third and fourth episodes of ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'', hoping this reduction in length would make the [[serial]] more exciting. ([[INFO]]: ''Planet of Giants'')
 * [[1970 (production)|1970]] - ''[[The Mega (TV story)|The Mega]]'', to be written by [[Bill Strutton]] was commissioned. It was ultimately scrapped.
 * [[2005 (production)|2005]] - The original script for ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'', then called ''Christmas Challenge'', was prepared. ([[DWMSE 14]])