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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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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.
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 first filming session for the very first Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child, took place. It was a one-day shoot at Ealing Studios of the last few seconds of episode one, depicting a caveman casting his shadow over the Doctor's TARDIS.
- 1969 - Location filming for Spearhead from Space took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1970 - Location filming for Terror of the Autons took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1980 - Studio filming for Warriors' Gate took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 2011 - Episode two of The Underwater Menace was recovered.
- 2012 - The sixth series of Big Finish's audio series Gallifrey was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2016 - The Big Finish audio drama The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook was recorded at Audio Sorcery.
- 2017 - Big Finish's Torchwood One audio anthology Machines was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 2018 - Big Finish announced the first series of their Doctor Who spin-off Missy.
- 2019 - Big Finish's audio anthology The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Four was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 2022 - The Big Finish audio story The Artist at the End of Time was recorded.
- 1970 - Part three of the TV Comic story Doctor Who and the Robot was published.
- 1985 - The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z was published by W.H. Allen & Co.
- 1996 - The Death of Art and Twilight of the Gods were published by Virgin Books.
- 2002 - DWM 322 was published by Panini Comics.
- 2003 - Davros, He Jests at Scars... and Deadline were released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2006 - DWA 13 was published by BBC Magazines.
- 2007 - The Doctor Who: Battles in Time comic story Second Wave was published.
- 2012
- DWDVDF 97 was published by GE Fabbri Ltd.
- Gods and Monsters, The Burning Prince, Project Nirvana and The Rosemariners were released by Big Finish.
- 2013 - DWM 465 was published by Panini Comics.
- 2015 - The Magician's Apprentice was broadcast on BBC One.
- 2018 - TCH 84 was published by Hachette Partworks.
- 2019
- DWM 543 was published by Panini Comics.
- Doctor Who The Official Annual 2020 was published by Penguin Group.
- DWFC 159 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
- 2023 - Trapped was released by Big Finish.
- 1925
- Actor Dallas Cavell was born.[1]
- Actor Keneth Thornett was born.[2]
- 1939 - Actor Charles Pemberton was born.[3]
- 1940 - Actor Caroline John was born.[4][5]
- 1954 - Actor David Bamber was born.[6]
- 1973 - Actor Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor was born.[7]
- 1977 - Actor Michael Godfrey died.[8]
- 1979 - Actor Dannielle Brent was born.[9]
- 1997 - Actor Jack May died.[10][11]
- 2019 - Actor Sheila Vivian died.[12]
- 2021
- Actor John Challis died.[13]
- Actor Stephen Critchlow died.[14]
- Actor Morris Perry died.[15]