1972 (production)

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

1972 was a year in which a number of events important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs occurred.

January

• 17-18 January - Studio filming for The Curse of Peladon took place at BBC Television Centre studio 4. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 31 January - Studio filming for The Curse of Peladon took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

February

• 1 February - Studio filming for The Curse of Peladon took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 7-12 February - Location filming for The Mutants took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 22 February - Tannoy voices for The Mutants was recorded. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 28-29 February - Studio filming for The Mutants took place at BBC Television Centre studio 4. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

March

• 13 March - Doctor Who production team are visited by Ministry of Defence officials, in response to the airing of The Sea Devils. This was due to the mistaken belief of the MoD that one of the designs in the show had been taken from active top-secret testing plans.
• 13-14 March - Studio filming for The Mutants took place at BBC Television Centre studio 8. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 27-28 March - Studio filming for The Mutants took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 29-31 March - Pre-filming for The Time Monster took place Stage 2 of Ealing Studios. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

April

• 4-7 April - Location filming for The Time Monster took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 25-26 April - Studio filming for The Time Monster took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

May

• 9-10 May - Studio filming for The Time Monster took place at BBC Television Centre studio 4. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 23-24 May - Studio filming for The Time Monster took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 30-31 May - Location filming for Carnival of Monsters took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

June

• 1-2 June - Location filming for Carnival of Monsters took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 19-20 June - Studio filming for Carnival of Monsters took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

July

• 3-4 July - Studio filming for Carnival of Monsters took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

August

• 21 August - Model filming for Frontier in Space took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

September

• 10-13 September - Location filming for Frontier in Space took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

October

• 2-3 and 16-17 October - Studio filming for Frontier in Space took place at BBC Television Centre studio 4. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 31 October - Studio filming for Frontier in Space took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

November

• 1 November - Studio filming for Frontier in Space took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 6 November - Pre-filming for The Three Doctors took place at Stage 3A of Ealing Studios. These mostly involved William Hartnell's pre-recorded involvement in the story, with the assistance of cue cards due to his ill-health. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 7-10 November - Location filming The Three Doctors took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)
• 27-28 November - Studio filming for The Three Doctors took place at BBC Television Centre studio 1. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)

December

• 11-12 December - Studio filming for The Three Doctors took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor)