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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. | 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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<div class="tr-box two">'''[[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]]. </div> | <div class="tr-box two">'''[[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]]. </div> | ||
<div class="tr-box one">The '''[[Quantel Paintbox]]''' was a graphics workstation that allowed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to have a primitive form of [[colourist|colour grading]] in the [[1980s]].</div> | <div class="tr-box one">The '''[[Quantel Paintbox]]''' was a graphics workstation that allowed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to have a primitive form of [[colourist|colour grading]] in the [[1980s]].</div> | ||
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'''[[John Cleese]]''' appeared in ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s highest rated televised story, ''[[City of Death]]'', around the time of series 2 of ''Fawlty Towers''. Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on ''Doctor Who'' by exploring '''[[:category:Doctor Who guest actors|Doctor Who guest actors]]'''. </div> | '''[[John Cleese]]''' appeared in ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s highest rated televised story, ''[[City of Death]]'', around the time of series 2 of ''Fawlty Towers''. Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on ''Doctor Who'' by exploring '''[[:category:Doctor Who guest actors|Doctor Who guest actors]]'''. | ||
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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]]''' | 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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<div class="tr-box two">Officially, only ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called ''[[The Lodger (comic story)|The Lodger]]''. | <div class="tr-box two">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]]''. | 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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Revision as of 18:21, 10 October 2013
The Ark in Space was the second story of Season 12 of Doctor Who. It was the Fourth Doctor's first full, post-regenerative story. It proceeded from a mild-cliffhanger at the end of Robot, showing what happened after Harry Sullivan climbed into the police box in UNIT's laboratory. It importantly established the location of Nerva Beacon, which would be the narrative lynchpin of the season.
Ark had a somewhat tortuous scripting process, having slipped past two writers before its scripts were finally accepted. Both Christopher Langley and John Lucarotti tried and failed to write a script about a space station for season 12. Of the two, Lucarotti came closest. However, because he then lived on a boat anchored in the Mediterranean — and there was a postal strike afflicting Corsica — Lucarotti was essentially incommunicado to script editor Robert Holmes. It was impossible for Holmes to conduct timely consultation with the Doctor Who veteran. Lucarotti was paid fully for his work, and Holmes undertook a page one rewrite, retaining only the central conceit of Lucarotti's tale.
Despite its difficult birth, the story won kudos from the BBC Wales production staff. Russell T Davies once called Ark his favourite storyline of the 1963 version of Doctor Who. Steven Moffat considered it the best Fourth Doctor story, while Barnaby Edwards confessed to being "petrified of the Wirrn" as a child. Tom Baker himself has also stated that, of all the stories he'd filmed, The Ark in Space was his favourite.
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.
John Cleese appeared in Doctor Who's highest rated televised story, City of Death, around the time of series 2 of Fawlty Towers. Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on Doctor Who by exploring Doctor Who guest actors.
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
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.
- 1963
- Margot Maxine became the first actor to walk off the set of Doctor Who when she refused to have her teeth blackened. An extra, she was to have played one of the cave people in "The Cave of Skulls"
- Christopher Barry replied to J. N. Shearme's 18 October message, informing him that the BBC had decided not to use either of the methods suggested for Dalek voices — vocoder and computer generation — and that most would be done live, in-studio.
- 1968 - Episode six of The Invasion was recorded at Lime Grove Studios D. (TCH 13)
- 1971 - Location filming for The Sea Devils took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1976 - Studio filming for The Face of Evil took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 1982 - Studio filming for Terminus took place at BBC Television Centre studio 8. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
- 1984 - Location filming for The Mark of the Rani took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Sixth Doctor)
- 2004 - The Big Finish audio story Catch-1782 was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2005 - The shooting script for Rise of the Cybermen, then titled Parallel World Part 1, was prepared. (DWMSE 14)
- 2006 - The first meeting for series 2 of Torchwood took place in Cardiff. The arrangement at the time included Helen Raynor's "Toshiko story" and an episode by Russell T Davies. RTD did not end up writing a story for that series in the end. The concept for Chris Chibnall's Fragments was originally intended for the sixth episode, and Catherine Tregenna had already thought up the idea of Adam Smith and his self-titled episode. (TM 1)
- 2010 - The Big Finish audio story Voyage to the New World was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2012 - The second series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Counter-Measures was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2017 - Big Finish announced the Torchwood One audio box set Machines.
- 2018 - Big Finish's audio anthology The Eighth of March was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2021 - Big Finish's audio anthology Silver and Ice was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 1965 - Part one of the TV Comic story Enter: The Go-Ray was published.
- 1969 - Part four of the TV Comic story U.F.O. was published.
- 1975
- Part one of Pyramids of Mars premiered on BBC1.
- Part one of the TV Comic story The Space Ghost was published.
- 1979
- Terry Nation's Dalek Special was published by Target Books.
- DWM 3 was published by Marvel Comics.
- 1980 - Part one of Full Circle premiered on BBC1.
- 1986 - Part four of Mindwarp premiered on BBC1.
- 1989 - Part one of The Curse of Fenric premiered on BBC1.
- 1990 - Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: L-R was published by Piccadilly Press.
- 2000 - Doctor Who: Regeneration was published by HarperCollins.
- 2007 - DWA 41 was published by BBC Magazines.
- 2010
- Part one of Death of the Doctor premiered on CBBC. Later, episode three of Sarah Jane's Alien Files premièred with it.
- The Seeds of Doom was released on Region 2 DVD.
- 2011 - The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection was released by BBC Physical Audio.
- 2012
- DWA 292 was published by Immediate Media Company London Limited.
- Voyage to Venus, The Acheron Pulse and The Last Post were released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2014 - In the Forest of the Night premiered on BBC One.
- 2016
- The Whoniverse was published by Harper Design.
- The first episode of Classmates was released on YouTube.
- 2017 - The Eleventh Doctor Year Three #11 was published by Titan Comics.
- 2018
- The Good Doctor was published by BBC Books.
- Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 235 was released online.
- 2019 - The vinyl version of The Abominable Snowmen was released by Demon Records.
- 2022
- Kaleidoscope was released by Big Finish.
- TARDIS Tales: Volume One was published by Cubicle Seven.
- 2023 - The Union was released by Big Finish.
- 1919 - Actor Peter Howell was born.[1]
- 1955 - Actor Glynis Barber was born.[2]
- 1958
- Actor Simon Gipps-Kent was born.[3]
- Actor Phil Daniels was born.[4]
- 1964 - Actor Carla Mendonça was born.[5]
- 1966 - Actor Ian Collins was born.[6]
- 1981 - Actor Francesco Martino was born.[7]
- 1991 - Actor John Stratton died.[8]
- 1993 - Actor Bernard Martin died.[9]
- 2008 - Actor Harry Brooks died.[10]