Transmat:Doctor Who
Planet of Giants was a First Doctor serial which had a long and interesting gestation. Its basic conceit — that of miniaturising the Doctor and his companions — was to have been the very first story in Doctor Who history, but the technical challenge was too great for that earliest of production crews. It was therefore rejected by producer Verity Lambert, but script editor David Whitaker continued to push the topic. By its third writer, the "miniaturisation idea" had become intertwined with an important, pro-evironment message. The script that emerged was based on the non-fiction book, Silent Spring, and therefore contained an obvious warning against the environmental dangers of pesticide.
Jane Tranter was an important advocate for the return of Doctor Who to BBC One in the early 2000s. Considering her importance to Doctor Who it's somewhat ironic that her only on-screen credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day.
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.
- 1970 - Studio filming for Terror of the Autons took place at BBC Television Centre 8. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1975 - Studio filming for The Brain of Morbius took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
- 1984 - Location filming for The Mark of the Rani took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Sixth Doctor)
- 2005 - Untitled shooting scripts for Doctor Who series 2, episodes 12 and 13, later titled Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, were issued. (DWMSE 14)
- 2012 - The Big Finish/AudioGO audio story Vengeance of the Stones was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2017 - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Believe was recorded.
- 2018 - The Big Finish audio story The Monsters of Gokroth was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2022 - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Oodunnit was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 1970 - Part eight of the TV Comic story Doctor Who and the Robot was published.
- 1996
- Damaged Goods and Speed of Flight were published by Virgin Books.
- DWM 245 was published by Marvel Comics.
- 2002 - The audio stories The Sandman[1] and Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead[2] were released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2012 - Love and War was released by Big Finish.
- 2013 - DWFC 5 was published by Eaglemoss Publications Ltd.
- 2014 - The interactive story featuring the Twelfth Doctor premiered at the Doctor Who Experience.
- 2015 - The Woman Who Lived premiered on BBC One.
- 2016 - The Robot Reveal premiered on CBBC.
- 2019 - The Target Storybook was published by BBC Books.
- 1921 - Actor Walter Henry was born.[3]
- 1929 - Actor Clifford Rose was born.[4]
- 1930 - Actor Brian Peck was born.[5]
- 1939 - Actor Callen Angelo was born.[6]
- 1958 - Actor Sarah Greene was born.[7]
- 1971 - Actor Dervla Kirwan was born.[8]
- 1975 - Actor Martin Boddey died.[9]
- 1981 - Actor Jemima Rooper was born.[10]
- 1988 - Actor Valerie Taylor died.[11]
- 1994 - Actor Kit Young was born.[12]
- 2005 - Writer Robert Sloman died.[13]
- 2018 - Actor Laurence Kennedy died.[14]
- 2021 - Actor Thapelo Maropefela died.[15]
- ↑ The Sandman. Big Finish, via Internet Archive. Retrieved on 9 December 2002.
- ↑ The Dance of the Dead. Big Finish, via Internet Archive. Retrieved on 8 December 2002.
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ The Guardian
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- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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- ↑ Famous Birthdays
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- ↑ People Pill
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- ↑ DWMSE 51
- ↑ The South African
