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[[Barry Letts]] introduced a new principal phtography schedule beginning with ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''. He decreed that the studio work for two episodes be completed on consecutive days each week. Thus, instead of it taking a month to complete the studio work for an entire four-part episode of ''Doctor Who'', it would now only take two weeks. The innovation was borne of necessity. The outside contractor [[Barry Newbery]] had used to build the cave sets for ''Silurianss'' had delivered somewhat flimsy sets. Because they would be damaged by striking them each week, Letts came up with the solution of recording two studio days back-to-back, greatly reducing the number of times the sets would have to be taken down and put back up.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bbb.html Shannon Sullivan's guide] to ''The Silurians''</ref> The plan kept the cave sets from disintegrating, and the patten of once-a-week studio filming never returned to ''Doctor Who''. | [[Barry Letts]] introduced a new principal phtography schedule beginning with ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''. He decreed that the studio work for two episodes be completed on consecutive days each week. Thus, instead of it taking a month to complete the studio work for an entire four-part episode of ''Doctor Who'', it would now only take two weeks. The innovation was borne of necessity. The outside contractor [[Barry Newbery]] had used to build the cave sets for ''Silurianss'' had delivered somewhat flimsy sets. Because they would be damaged by striking them each week, Letts came up with the solution of recording two studio days back-to-back, greatly reducing the number of times the sets would have to be taken down and put back up.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bbb.html Shannon Sullivan's guide] to ''The Silurians''</ref> The plan kept the cave sets from disintegrating, and the patten of once-a-week studio filming never returned to ''Doctor Who''. | ||
''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' — or, to put it another way, [[Season 15]] | ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' — or, to put it another way, [[Season 15]] — brought with it a significant, lasting change to the progress of principal photography. The idea of ''always'' recording on Fridays and Saturdays was abandoned in favor of a sliding schedule of two studio days one week being followed by three the next. This not only added a fifth day of studio recording, but also allowed for a whole month to be used, rather than excluding Sundays. , a fifth day of studio recording was added to the production schedule. Thus, many stories would have a two-day week of studio recording followed by a three-day week. Location filming would usually be done for 3 days sometime prior to the studio recording. In the case of ''Mandragora'', this location filming occurred two weeks prior the start of studio recording, which meant that the total time elapsed for principal photography was five weeks.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/4m.html Shannon Sullivan's guide] to ''The Masque of Mandragora''</ref> This schedule was retained for the rest of the original series, although stories with fewer episodes, such as ''[[Survival]]'' were completed in less time. | ||
==''Doctor Who'' (1996)== | ==''Doctor Who'' (1996)== | ||
The [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|TV movie]] starring [[Paul McGann]] was the first "modern" production of ''Doctor Who''. Filmed as a movie, it had a long and complicated shoot which lasted 9 weeks.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bbb.html Shannon Sullivan's guide] to the TV movie</ref> As a one-off production, it did not establish any particular patterns which were later replicated by later productions or continue any legacies from the past. It undoubtedly established the record, however, for the longest principal photography of any single ''Doctor Who'' story. However, depending on one's views of what constitutes a "story", it would be bested by later, multi-episode arcs of the next incarnation of the program. | The [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|TV movie]] starring [[Paul McGann]] was the first "modern" production of ''Doctor Who''. Filmed as a movie, it had a long and complicated shoot which lasted 9 weeks.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/bbb.html Shannon Sullivan's guide] to the TV movie</ref> As a one-off production, it did not establish any particular patterns which were later replicated by later productions or continue any legacies from the past. It undoubtedly established the record, however, for the longest principal photography of any single ''Doctor Who'' story. However, depending on one's views of what constitutes a "story", it would be bested by later, multi-episode arcs of the next incarnation of the program. | ||