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== April Fools' jokes in the real world == | == April Fools' jokes in the real world == | ||
* An issue of the ''Doctor Who'' fanzine ''Dream Watch Bulletin'' said there was a sixth episode of ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' planned which would feature {{Delgado}} escaping [[UNIT]]. | * [[File:The Phone Book.jpg|thumb|The apparent box art for "''The Phone Book''".]]An issue of the ''Doctor Who'' fanzine ''Dream Watch Bulletin'' said there was a sixth episode of ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' planned which would feature {{Delgado}} escaping [[UNIT]]. | ||
* In [[DWM 76|issue 76]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', there was a feature about rushes for an abandoned William Hartnell story called ''The Phoenix Rises'' being discovered and used to create a new story featuring the First and Fifth Doctors, which would be made in black-and-white so the Hartnell footage would match seamlessly with the Peter Davison material. The date for the start of filming was "1 April 1983". | * In [[DWM 76|issue 76]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', there was a feature about rushes for an abandoned William Hartnell story called ''The Phoenix Rises'' being discovered and used to create a new story featuring the First and Fifth Doctors, which would be made in black-and-white so the Hartnell footage would match seamlessly with the Peter Davison material. The date for the start of filming was "1 April 1983". | ||
* In [[DWM 88|issue 88]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', it was reported by "[[John Wakefield]]" — actually the name of the television reporter played by [[Michael Wisher]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — that not only had "around 95%" of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' episode four been found in a BBC department, but also the story was being colourised for transmission in [[Canada]] — apparently due to the country's television transmitters being unable to broadcast black-and-white material. The project's production code was "01:04/84". | * In [[DWM 88|issue 88]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', it was reported by "[[John Wakefield]]" — actually the name of the television reporter played by [[Michael Wisher]] in ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' — that not only had "around 95%" of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' episode four been found in a BBC department, but also the story was being colourised for transmission in [[Canada]] — apparently due to the country's television transmitters being unable to broadcast black-and-white material. The project's production code was "01:04/84". | ||
* In 2009, as an April Fool's joke, word circulated around the ''Doctor Who'' set that [[Michael Jackson]] was paying a visit. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'') | * In 2009, as an April Fool's joke, word circulated around the ''Doctor Who'' set that [[Michael Jackson]] was paying a visit. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'') | ||
* In 2023, the [[Big Finish]] Twitter account announced an 18-hour boxset of [[Tom Baker]] reading the phonebook. <ref>https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1642081893309898752?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref> | * In 2023, the [[Big Finish]] Twitter account announced an 18-hour boxset of [[Tom Baker]] reading the phonebook.<ref>https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1642081893309898752?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref> | ||
== Footnotes== | == Footnotes== | ||
[[Category:Celebrations and holidays from the real world]] | [[Category:Celebrations and holidays from the real world]] | ||
