Lime Grove Studios

Lime Grove Studios were the predominant studios used to film Doctor Who during the early William Hartnell and most of the Patrick Troughton eras. They were used for principal photography, and as such would have been the primary workplace of Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill. Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Deborah Watling and Patrick Troughton. They were also the first workplace of John Nathan-Turner on the program, who was a floor assistant on the single episode of The Space Pirates which was shot at Lime Grove.

The studios were notably hated by Verity Lambert, both for their size and lack of facilities. One of her principal technical ambitions was to get Doctor Who shifted out of the cramped quarters of Lime Grove's Studio D. She eventually succeeded in the second season, but, long after she had departed the series, the program firmly returned to Lime Grove in the latter half of the fourth season. There Doctor Who firmly remained until the first episode of The Space Pirates. There were a few regular cast members, like Carol Ann Ford and Deborah Watling who, aside from the occasional location shoot, never worked anywhere but Lime Grove,

References