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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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Playback was a television production technique in which pre-recorded material was literally played into a scene, rather than being added as a post-production effect. It was universally used in the 1960s as the method by which actors were seen on view screens. As seen in the picture at the left, William Hartnell was pre-recorded separately, then projected live into the scene with the actors in the foreground. Though antiquated, the technique was used even into the 1980s, most notably for the title sequence. The quality of the opening titles for the 1963 version of Doctor Who was never high, because it was never a first-generation copy of the titles. Instead, they were played live into the recording of the first scene of many episodes, causing actors to have to time their first lines to the final notes of the studio-audible Doctor Who theme.
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
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.
- 1963 - The original cast of Doctor Who — that is, William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell and Jacqueline Hill — met for the first time for a photoshoot. The first ever photographs of Doctor Who were thus taken.
- 1964 - Maureen O'Brien auditioned for the role of Vicki. (DCOM: In Conversation)
- 1968 - Episode one of The Invasion was recorded at Lime Grove Studios D. (TCH 13)
- 1976 - Pre-filming for The Face of Evil took place at Ealing Studios. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 2006 - The Big Finish audio story Return of the Daleks was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2012 - The sixth series of Big Finish's audio series Gallifrey was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2015 - Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman participated in a photo shoot at Abbey Road, where, with the help of two Dalek props, they imitated the famous album cover produced by the Beatles. In costume as the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald, Capaldi struck the same pose as John Lennon, though wearing his Doctor's sunglasses, while Coleman, in her bare feet, mimicked Paul McCartney.
- 2016 - The Big Finish audio story The Wreck of the World was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2017 - Big Finish's Torchwood One audio anthology Machines was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 2018 - The sixth series of Big Finish's audio series The Diary of River Song was recorded.
- 2022 - The Big Finish audio story The Artist at the End of Time was recorded.
- 1965 - The fourth and final part of the TV Comic story Lizardworld was published.
- 1969 - Part three of the TV Comic story The Brotherhood was published.
- 1975
- Part four of Terror of the Zygons premiered on BBC1.
- Part two of the TV Comic story The Sinister Sea was published.
- 1980 - Part four of The Leisure Hive premiered on BBC1.
- 1984
- The Key to Time: A Year by Year Record was published by W.H. Allen.
- The novelisation of The Aztecs was published by Target Books.
- 1986
- An untitled continuity announcement premiered.
- Part three of The Mysterious Planet premiered on BBC1.
- 1989 - Part three of Battlefield premiered on BBC1.
- 1990 - The novelisation of Ghost Light was published by Target Books.
- 2001 - DWM 309 was published by Panini Comics.
- 2004 - Ghost Light was released on Region 2 DVD.
- 2006 - Doctor Who: Battles in Time comic story Growing Terror was published in its very first issue.
- 2007 - DWM 387 was published by Panini Comics.
- 2010 - Present Danger was published by Big Finish Productions.
- 2012
- DWM 452 was published by Panini Comics.
- DWA 287 was published by Immediate Media Company London Limited.
- 2014 - Time Heist premiered on BBC One.
- 2017
- Ruler of the Universe was released by Big Finish.
- True Stories was published by Big Finish.
- TCH 21 was published by Hachette Partworks.
- 2018
- DWM 530 was published by Panini Comics.
- DWFC 133 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
- 2019 - The HAVOC Files: The Laughing Gnome was published by Candy Jar Books.
- 2022 - Blood & Steel was released by Big Finish.
- 1921 - Visual effects designer Jack Kine was born.[1]
- 1925
- Producer John Wiles was born.[2]
- Director Christopher Barry was born.[3]
- 1955 - Actor David Haig was born.[4]
- 1958 - Actor Suzanne Packer was born.[5]
- 1969 - Actor Mina Anwar was born.[6]
- 1973 - Actor Sandra Huggett was born.[7]
- 1986 - Writer and Script Editor Dennis Spooner died.[8]
- 1989 - Actor Malachi Kirby was born.[9]
- 1993 - Actor Salvin Stewart died.[10]
- 1997 - Actor Roy Pattison died.[11]
- 2000 - Director Mary Ridge died.[12]
- 2009 - Actor Kenneth Seeger died.[13]