Transmat:Doctor Who
The Mind of Evil was a Third Doctor story that brought a radical change in the way United Nations Intelligence Taskforce was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as Day of the Daleks and The Time Warrior. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something writer Don Houghton intentionally included as an homage to A Clockwork Orange. Evil went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of Doctor Who's rare usages of a real helicopter in the concluding episode. An unimpressed Barry Letts therefore withdrew director Timothy Combe from his informal "director's rota", and Combe never worked on the programme again.
Jane Tranter
Jane Tranter was an important advocate for the return of Doctor Who to BBC One in the early 2000s.
Today in production history
- 1967 - Episode one of The Ice Warriors was recorded at Lime Grove Studios D. (TCH 11)
- 1969 - Location filming for Spearhead from Space took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
- 1971 - Location filming for The Sea Devils 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)
- 1981 - Studio filming for Black Orchid took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
- 2008 - The Big Finish audio story The Scapegoat was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2010 - The Big Finish audio story The Selachian Gambit was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2015 - The Big Finish audio story Time Reaver was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2020 - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Seven was recorded.
Today's births and deaths
- 1934 - Film cameraman John McGlashan was born.[1]
- 1938 - Actor Barbara Bermel was born.[2]
- 1945 - Actor Adam Kurakin was born.[3]
- 1992 - Actor Ben Presley was born.
- 2000 - Actor Alan Rowe died.[4]
- 2006 - Actor Peter Barkworth died.[5]
- 2007 - Director Peter Moffatt died.[6]
- 2009