The Doctor Who Production Diary: February 9th

1918 Birth of Morris Barry (bio), director and actor
1935 Birth of Michael Imison (bio), director
1968 Recording for Fury From The Deep takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London Fury From The Deep
1969 Birth of Neil Cross (bio), writer
1972 Jon Pertwee is contracted for Season Ten The Third Doctor
1972 Recording for The Mutants takes place in Frindsbury, Kent The Mutants
1973 Recording for Planet Of The Daleks takes place at the BBC Television Centre Model Stage in White City, London Planet Of The Daleks
1974 Debut broadcast of Invasion Of The Dinosaurs episode five on BBC One Invasion Of The Dinosaurs
1976 After Douglas Camfield submits his script for the first episode of “The Lost Legion”, Robert Holmes becomes unhappy with the serial and grooms The Hand Of Fear as its replacement The Fourth Doctor
1977 Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
1981 Terence Dudley is commissioned to write Black Orchid Black Orchid
1982 Debut broadcast of Kinda episode four on BBC One Kinda
1983 Debut broadcast of Mawdryn Undead episode four on BBC One Mawdryn Undead
1984 Eric Saward outlines a number of additional revisions Philip Martin will need to carry out on Vengeance On Varos; Martin refuses unless he is paid an additional fee Vengeance On Varos
1985 Debut broadcast of The Mark Of The Rani episode two on BBC One The Mark Of The Rani
1996 Recording for Doctor Who (1996) takes place at a studio in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Doctor Who (1996)
2005 Recording for The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales and at the BBC Model Unit Stage in Acton, London The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
2006 Recording for The Idiot's Lantern takes place in Cardiff, Wales The Idiot's Lantern
2007 Recording for 42 takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales 42
2007 Recording for Utopia takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales Utopia
2007 Recording for The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords takes place in Wales, at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat and BBC Wales in Cardiff The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords
2009 Recording for Planet Of The Dead takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales Planet Of The Dead
2010 Recording for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
2011 Recording for The Curse Of The Black Spot takes place at Upper Boat Studios in Upper Boat, Wales The Curse Of The Black Spot
2015 Recording for Under The Lake / Before The Flood takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales Under The Lake / Before The Flood
2017 Recording for Empress Of Mars takes place at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, Wales Empress Of Mars
2018 Principal photography ends on The Ghost Monument The Ghost Monument
2020 Debut broadcast of Can You Hear Me? on BBC One and BBC One HD Can You Hear Me?