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'''Lime Grove Studios''' was a "lot" of studios built largely in a single building located on Lime Grove Street in the Shepherd's Bush district of the [[London]] borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | '''Lime Grove Studios''' was a "lot" of studios built largely in a single building located on Lime Grove Street in the Shepherd's Bush district of the [[London]] borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | ||
==Site history== | |||
Lime Grove dates to 1915, when it was built by Gaumont Films. It was originally constructed with glass ceilings above the sets, because the studios used no artificial lighting. This was soon seen as impracticable, however, and the site switched to internal lighting in 1917. It underwent a couple of construction projects in 1927 and 1932-33, but these were the last innovations brought to the site's physical plant.<ref>[http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/old%20bbc%20studios.htm#lime Unofficial Lime Grove history site]</ref> By the time, the BBC bought it in 1949, it was therefore already an aging property. | |||
==Relevance to ''Doctor Who''== | ==Relevance to ''Doctor Who''== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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====Stories recorded at Studio G==== | ====Stories recorded at Studio G==== | ||
*''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' | *''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' | ||
==Use of Lime Grove within ''Doctor Who'' fiction== | |||
Lime Grove is implied by the story "[[The Idiot's Lantern]]", in which the very earliest days of the BBC are featured. Particularly relevant is the clip of ''Muffin the Mule'', which would have been produced at Lime Grove. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Wikipediainfo}} | {{Wikipediainfo}} | ||
[[Category:Studios]] | [[Category:Studios]] | ||
