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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
Jane Tranter was an important advocate for the return of Doctor Who to BBC One in the early 2000s.
Today's releases
- 1966
- Episode three of The Tenth Planet was broadcast on BBC1.
- Part four of the TV Comic story Return of the Trods was published.
- 1977
- Part four of The Invisible Enemy was broadcast on BBC1.
- Part two of the TV Comic story The Devil's Mouth was published.
- 1992 - The script to The Dæmons was published by Titan Books.
- 1998 - DWM 271 was published by Marvel Comics.
- 2001
- The audio story Colditz was released by Big Finish Productions.[1]
- Mission to the Unknown and The Daleks' Master Plan were released together by BBC Audio.
- 2005 - The anthology Short Trips: The Solar System was published by Big Finish.
- 2006 - Everything Changes and Day One were broadcast on BBC Three, marking the première of Torchwood.
- 2007 - Part two of Warriors of Kudlak was broadcast on CBBC.
- 2009
- Part one of The Mad Woman in the Attic was broadcast on CBBC.
- DWA 138 was published by BBC Magazines.
- 2012 - The Claws of Axos Special Edition was released on Region 2 DVD.
- 2013
- Summer Falls and Other Stories was published by BBC Books.
- Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 36 was released online.
- 2014
- DWA 357 was published by Immediate Media Company London Limited.
- Browser game The Doctor and the Dalek was released on the BBC website.
- 2015
- The Way of the Empty Hand was released by Big Finish.
- DWFC 57 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
- 2016 - For Tonight We Might Die and The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo were released on BBC Three, marking the première of Class.
- 2020 - Heritage 4 was released by Big Finish.
- 2021 - The Great Sontaran War was released by Big Finish.
- 2022 - Paradise Towers was published by Obverse Books.
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Today in production history
- 1963 - Donald Baverstock's 18 October memo concerning production costs was considered, and it was decided to produce thirteen episodes with a budget of £2,500 each.
- 1965 - "The Nightmare Begins" was recorded at BBC Television Centre 3. (TCH 6)
- 1966 - Episode one of The Power of the Daleks was recorded at Riverside Studios 1. (TCH 9)
- 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)
- 1979 - Pre-filming for Shada took place at Ealing Studios. (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)
- 2008 - The Big Finish audio story The Cannibalists 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.
- 2014 - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2015 - The Big Finish audio story Death and the Queen was recorded at the Moat Studios.
- 2016 - Big Finish confirmed the thirteenth series of Jago & Litefoot.
- 2017 - Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill were officially announced as new companions Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan.
- 2018
- Big Finish's The Paternoster Gang audio anthology Heritage 1 was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- Big Finish announced that Jon Culshaw had been cast as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, recreating the role originated by Nicholas Courtney.
- 2020 - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Seven was recorded.
- 2021 - Big Finish's audio anthology Blood & Steel was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 2022 - Big Finish announced the Class: The Audio Adventures audio story Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince.
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Today's births and deaths
- 1926 - Actor Tim Condren was born.[2]
- 1927 - Actor James Grout was born.[3]
- 1936 - Actor Peppi Borza was born.[4]
- 1938 - Actor Derek Jacobi was born.[5]
- 1965 - Writer A. L. Kennedy was born.[6]
- 1972 - Actor Jack Melford died.[7]
- 2006 - Actor Richard Mayes died.[8]
- 2016 - Artist Steve Dillon died.[9]
- 2021 - Visual effects designer Chris Lawson died.[10]
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- ↑ Colditz. Big Finish, via Internet Archive. Retrieved on 7 November 2001.
- ↑ Nerf-Herders Anonymous
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ British Council Literature
- ↑ Aveleyman
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ People Pill
- ↑ DWM 572