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{{thead|The women who gave ''Doctor Who'' back to us}} | |||
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Think ''Doctor Who'' is just for boys? Don't you believe it. Not only was the show's [[Verity Lambert|very first producer]] a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of '''[[Jane Tranter]]''' and '''[[Julie Gardner]]'''. Considering her importance to ''Doctor Who'' it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen ''credits'' are for ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with [[Russell T Davies]] as the most prolific producer in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' history. | |||
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The '''[[Quantel Paintbox]]''' was a graphics workstation that allowed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to have a primitive form of [[colourist|colour grading]] in the [[1980s]]. To find out more about the "business of show", go to '''[[:category:production information]]''', where you can read about [[colour separation overlay]], [[low loader]]s, [[telerecording]]s, [[vidFIRE]], [[rostrum camera]]s, [[2" quad]] tape, [[Ealing Studios]] and tons more.</div> | |||
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The careers of the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s are '''significantly''' longer [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|in audio]] than on television. Check out their latest works at '''[[:category:{{CURRENTYEAR}} audio stories]]'''. | |||
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{{thead|The relevance of comics}} | |||
Officially, only ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called ''[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]''. | |||
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However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'' contains a good amount of material from ''[[A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)|A Groatsworth of Wit]]'', and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the [[time vortex]] in order to spare a [[companion]] was explored in both ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' and ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''. | |||
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'''[[Donald Baverstock]]''' was the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired [[Sydney Newman]] and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon [[producer]] [[Verity Lambert]]. | |||
But Baverstock wasn't the only '''[[:category:BBC executives|BBC executive]]''' to have a profound impact on the development of ''Doctor Who''. Make sure you read about [[Lorraine Heggessey]], [[Mark Thompson]], [[Danny Cohen]], [[George Entwistle]], [[Tony Hall]], [[Shaun Sutton]], [[Sydney Newman]] and others. </div> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:24, 14 July 2024
The War Games was a 1969 serial which significantly changed Doctor Who. It was the first story which named the Doctor's people as "Time Lords", and the first to ever depict his home planet. It was also the first to show that the Doctor was genuinely a renegade, liable to the criminal courts on his home world. But it was also full of "lasts". It was the final serial in black and white, and the swan song for the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. In fact, it was the only story prior to David Tennant's finalé which involved the departure of the entire cast of regulars. It was the last serial for several years in which the TARDIS was fully functional and under the Doctor's control, as one of the consequences of the story was that the Doctor be exiled on Earth thereafter. However, because the serial did not end with a clear regeneration, or actually seeing the Doctor be forced to go to Earth, a narrative gap was created between it and the next televised story. There are therefore many Second Doctor stories which take place after the Doctor's sentencing in this story, but before its execution. One of the biggest contributions to Doctor Who lore caused by The War Games is thus the so-called "Season 6b".
Think Doctor Who is just for boys? Don't you believe it. Not only was the show's very first producer a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. Considering her importance to Doctor Who it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with Russell T Davies as the most prolific producer in Doctor Who history.
The careers of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors are significantly longer in audio than on television. Check out their latest works at category:2024 audio stories.
Officially, only The Lodger has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called The Lodger.
However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in Doctor Who Magazine. The Shakespeare Code contains a good amount of material from A Groatsworth of Wit, and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the time vortex in order to spare a companion was explored in both The Parting of the Ways and The Flood.
Donald Baverstock was the BBC executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of Doctor Who. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired Sydney Newman and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon producer Verity Lambert.
But Baverstock wasn't the only BBC executive to have a profound impact on the development of Doctor Who. Make sure you read about Lorraine Heggessey, Mark Thompson, Danny Cohen, George Entwistle, Tony Hall, Shaun Sutton, Sydney Newman and others.- 1973 - Part two of the TV Comic story Nova was published.
- 1977 - The novelisation of The Deadly Assassin was published by Target Books.
- 1979 - Part four of City of Death premiered on BBC1.
- 1980 - The Adventures of K9 was published by Sparrow Books.
- 1983 - The novelisation of Arc of Infinity was published by Target Books.
- 1988 - The novelisation of The Edge of Destruction was published by Target Books.
- 1994 - St Anthony's Fire and Venusian Lullaby were published by Virgin Books.
- 2003 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs was released on VHS.
- 2007 - The Target Book was published by Telos Publishing.
- 2008 - Part one of Secrets of the Stars premiered on CBBC.
- 2010 - DWDVDF 47 was published by GE Fabbri Ltd.
- 2011
- DWA 240 was published by BBC Magazines.
- DWM 440 was published by Panini Comics.
- 2016
- For Tonight We Might Die premiered at the Class World Premiere in Shoreditch.
- DWM 505 was published by Panini Comics.
- DWFC 83 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
- 2020 - The Torchwood audio story The Three Monkeys was released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2021 - The Confession of Brother Signet was released by BBV Productions.
- 2022
- A Short History of Everyone was published by BBC Books.
- Doctor Who Chronicles - 1973 was published by Panini Comics.
- .. that Edward K. Gibbon, who made his Doctor Who costume designing debut on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, had previously worked with Billie Piper on The Secret Diary of a Call Girl?
- ... that Lady Gaga was the performer of "Pokerface", a song that Flip Jackson used as the ringtone for her mobile phone? (AUDIO: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster)
- ... that Silurian airships were dirigibles used during the height of the Silurians' prehistoric reign on Earth that enhanced the destructive power of their third eyes? (PROSE: Blood Heat)
- ... that there were two versions of the Tenth Doctor in London during Christmas 2006 — one aboard a Sycorax spaceship and one helping a boy named Daniel at St Nicholas's Hospital? (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: Deep and Dreamless Sleep)
- ... that snegs are salamanders which are used at the basis of a chicken curry-eqsue stew served on Sirius Two? (PROSE: Island of Death)
- 1916 - Actor Anton Diffring was born.[1]
- 1920 - Actor Leon Maybank was born.[2]
- 1922 - Director-General of the BBC Ian Trethowan was born.[3]
- 1929 - Actor Colin Jeavons was born.[4]
- 1934
- Actor Mary Peach was born.[5]
- Actor Timothy West was born.[6]
- 1939 - Actor Ian Cullen was born.[7]
- 1941 - Actor Anneke Wills was born.[8]
- 1942 - Actor Caroline Hunt was born.[9]
- 1948 - Actor Sandra Dickinson was born.[10]
- 1959
- Actor Christopher Bowen was born.[11]
- Actor Niamh Cusack was born.[12]
- 1992 - Actor Brian Badcoe died.[13]
- 1997
- 2008 - Actor John Ringham died.[16]
- 2009 - Actor Hubert Rees died.[17]
- 1964 - The Hidden Planet was officially rejected by script editor David Whitaker.
- 1969 - Location filming for Spearhead from Space took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1975 - Studio filming for The Brain of Morbius took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 1977 - Full scripts for The Pirate Planet were commissioned from Douglas Adams.
- 1978 - Filming for The Power of Kroll took place at Bray Studios. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 1981 - Studio filming for Black Orchid took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
- 2009 - The Big Finish audio story Legend of the Cybermen was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2011 - The first series of Big Finish's audio series Counter-Measures was recorded at the Moat Studios. The series was announced on the Big Finish website.
- 2017 - The Big Finish audio story I Am The Master was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2018 - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Rage of the Time Lords was recorded.
- 2020 - The Big Finish audio story The End of the Beginning was recorded remotely.
- 2022 - Big Finish announced the casting of Shane Richie and Nina Wadia for the audio anthology Connections.