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Majorca indirectly had a huge impact upon [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 1]]. [[Rex Tucker]], who had long been scheduled to direct ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|100,000 BC]]'', had booked a holiday to Majorca which he did not think would conflict with ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s production dates, originally set to begin in August 1963. However, [[Controller of BBC One|BBC1 Controller]] [[Donald Baverstock]] pushed the dates back eight weeks — precisely when Tucker was due in Majorca. Though initially offered the director's chair on what would become ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' in compensation, this, too, fell out of Tucker's grasp because of shifting schedule. Ultimately, the Majorcan sojourn meant that Tucker's most obvious impact on the first season of ''Doctor Who'' was the hiring of [[Tristram Cary]] for the [[incidental music]] on ''The Daleks''. He wouldn't direct until [[season 3]]'s ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'')