1977 (production)

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1977 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

1977 was a year in which a number of events important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs occurred.

Unknown Dates

• Terrance Dicks wrote the script for what would become State of Decay, then known as The Wasting, and later referred to by the titles The Witch Lords and The Vampire Mutations. It wasn't produced until 1980 as the BBC were at the time planning a major drama about Dracula, and feared that a Doctor Who story running concurrently about vampires would either steal their thunder, be considered a send-up of their adaptation of Bram Stoker's story, or both.

January

• 8-13 January - OB filming for The Talons of Weng-Chiang took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 24-25 January - Studio filming for The Talons of Weng-Chiang took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

February

• 8-10 February - Studio filming for The Talons of Weng-Chiang took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

April

• April - Pre-filming for The Invisible Enemy took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 10-12 and 24-26 April - Studio filming for The Invisible Enemy took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

May

• 4-6 May - 1977 - Pre-filming for Horror of Fang Rock took place at Ealing Studios. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 25-26 May - Studio filming for Horror of Fang Rock took place at Pebble Mill. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

June

• 7-9 June - Studio filming for Horror of Fang Rock took place at Pebble Mill. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 13-18 June - Location filming for The Sun Makers took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

July

• 4-5 July - Studio filming for The Sun Makers took place at BBC Television Centre studio 3. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 17-19 July - Studio filming for The Sun Makers took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

August

• 1-5 August - Location filming for Image of the Fendahl took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 20-21 August - Studio filming for Image of the Fendahl took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

September

• 4-5 September - Studio filming for Image of the Fendahl took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

October

• 3-4 and 15-18 October - Studio filming for Underworld took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

November

• 1-2 November - Pre-filming for The Invasion of Time took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 6-8 November - Studio filming for The Invasion of Time took place at BBC Television Centre studio 8. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)
• 14-18 November - Location/OB filming for The Invasion of Time took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)

December

• 5-9 and 12-16 December - OB filming for The Invasion of Time took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor)