The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1982 Previous: 1981 Next: 1983 Jump: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec January 4 Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode one on BBC One 5 Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode two on BBC One 5 Barbara Clegg is commissioned to write the final three episodes of Enlightenment 6 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow Airport, London 7 The Commodore 64 is launched; it will become the best-selling personal computer of all time 7 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow Airport, London 8 Recording for Time-Flight at Heathrow Airport, London is cancelled when the Concorde aircraft being provided by British Airways becomes unavailable 11 Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode three on BBC One 11 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at Heathrow Airport, London 12 Debut broadcast of Castrovalva episode four on BBC One 13 Johnny Byrne is commissioned to write Arc Of Infinity 18 Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode one on BBC One 19 Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode two on BBC One 19 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 20 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 24 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 25 Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode three on BBC One 25 Peter Grimwade is asked to provide seven minutes' worth of extra material for Time-Flight after the third episode is found to be severely underrunning 26 Debut broadcast of Four To Doomsday episode four on BBC One February 1 Debut broadcast of Kinda episode one on BBC One 1 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 2 Debut broadcast of Kinda episode two on BBC One 2 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 3 Recording for Time-Flight takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 8 Debut broadcast of Kinda episode three on BBC One 9 Debut broadcast of Kinda episode four on BBC One 10 Sarah Sutton is contracted for twenty episodes during Season Twenty; it has now been decided that Nyssa will be written out mid-year 10 Janet Fielding is contracted for the first eighteen episodes of Season Twenty 11 Peter Davison is contracted for Season Twenty 15 Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode one on BBC One 16 Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode two on BBC One 16 Bill Lyons is commissioned to write one or more episodes of “Parasites” 22 Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode three on BBC One 22 Terence Dudley is commissioned to write The King's Demons 23 Debut broadcast of The Visitation episode four on BBC One March 1 Debut broadcast of Black Orchid episode one on BBC One 2 Debut broadcast of Black Orchid episode two on BBC One 3 Eric Pringle is commissioned to provide a storyline for The Awakening 8 Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode one on BBC One 9 Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode two on BBC One 15 Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode three on BBC One 16 Debut broadcast of Earthshock episode four on BBC One; the closing credits run silently to mark the death of Adric 22 Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode one on BBC One 23 Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode two on BBC One 29 Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode three on BBC One 29 Sensitive to the requirements of Dalek creator Terry Nation, permission is sought for Eric Saward to write “The Return” 30 Debut broadcast of Time-Flight episode four on BBC One 31 Recording for Snakedance takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London April 2 First day of the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina 12 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 13 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 13 Philip Martin is commissioned to provide a storyline for Vengeance On Varos 14 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 23 Bill Lyons is commissioned to write one or more episodes of “Parasites” 26 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 27 Birth of Samuel Anderson (bio), who played Danny Pink 27 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 27 Rod Beacham is commissioned to provide a storyline for “Poison” 28 Recording for Snakedance takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London May killed 3 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 4 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 6 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 7 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 17 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 18 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 19 Death of Elwyn Jones (bio), writer 20 Birth of Jessica Raine (bio), who played Verity Lambert 27 Peter Grimwade is commissioned to provide a storyline for Mawdryn Undead 27 Rod Beacham is commissioned to write “Poison” 30 Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays the first in a record-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutive Major League Baseball games that finally ends in 1998 31 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London June 1 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 2 Recording for Arc Of Infinity takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 4 Nicholas Courtney is contracted for Mawdryn Undead 4 Peter Grimwade is commissioned to write Mawdryn Undead 10 Andrew Stephenson is commissioned to provide a storyline for “The House That Ur-Cjak Built”, and Colin Davis for “The Place Where All Times Meet” 14 Mark Strickson is contracted to play new companion Turlough in the last eighteen episodes of Season Twenty, beginning with Mawdryn Undead 17 Birth of Arthur Darvill (bio), who played Rory Williams 17 Birth of Jodie Whittaker (bio), who played the Thirteenth Doctor 21 Princess Diana gives birth to Prince William July 15 Head of Series and Serials David Reid approves the production of a ninety-minute telefilm to celebrate Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary 29 Peter Davison is contracted for The Five Doctors 29 Jon Pertwee is contracted for The Five Doctors 29 Janet Fielding is contracted for The Five Doctors 29 Mark Strickson is contracted for The Five Doctors 29 Anthony Ainley is contracted for The Five Doctors August 2 Patrick Troughton is contracted for The Five Doctors 2 Robert Holmes is commissioned to provide a storyline for “The Six Doctors” 18 Carole Ann Ford is contracted for The Five Doctors 24 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place in Cockfosters, London 24 Christopher H Bidmead is commissioned to provide a storyline for Frontios 24 Christopher Bailey is commissioned to provide a storyline for “May Time” 25 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place in Cockfosters, London 26 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place in Cockfosters, London 27 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place in Cockfosters, London September 2 Eric Pringle is commissioned to write the first episode of The Awakening 8 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 9 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 10 Johnny Byrne is commissioned to write Warriors Of The Deep 14 Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the actress Grace Kelly, dies from injuries received in a car crash 15 A photocall is held to introduce Mark Strickson as new companion Turlough 16 Christopher Bailey is commissioned to write “May Time” 22 Birth of Billie Piper (bio), who played Rose Tyler 22 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 23 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 24 Recording for Mawdryn Undead takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 28 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Presentation Studio B in White City, London 29 Recording for Terminus takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 30 Recording for Terminus takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London October 1 The first compact disc player becomes commercially available 4 Nicholas Courtney is contracted for The Five Doctors 6 With the blessing of William Hartnell's widow, Heather, Richard Hurndall is contracted to play the First Doctor in The Five Doctors 11 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 12 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London 13 Robert Holmes withdraws “The Six Doctors” from consideration 14 Philip Martin is commissioned to write the first episode of Vengeance On Varos 18 Terrance Dicks is commissioned to provide a storyline for The Five Doctors to replace “The Six Doctors” 25 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 26 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 27 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London 28 Birth of Matt Smith (bio), who played the Eleventh Doctor November 3 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 4 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 5 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 8 Peter Davison is contracted for Season Twenty-One, although he is considering leaving Doctor Who at its conclusion 8 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 9 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 10 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 10 Terrance Dicks is commissioned to write The Five Doctors 11 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 12 Recording for Enlightenment takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London 16 Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to industrial action 17 Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to industrial action 26 Christopher H Bidmead is commissioned to write Frontios 30 Michael Jackson releases Thriller, which goes on to become the best-selling album in history 30 Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to industrial action late Nov John Nathan-Turner decides that Enlightenment will take over the studio dates originally allocated to “The Return” December 1 Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to industrial action 2 Dentist Barney Clark becomes the first successful recipient of an artificial heart 2 Studio recording for Enlightenment is cancelled due to industrial action 3 Eric Pringle is commissioned to write the second episode of The Awakening, which has now been cut from four parts to two 5 Recording for The King's Demons takes place in Bodiam, East Sussex 6 Recording for The King's Demons takes place in Bodiam, East Sussex 7 Recording for The King's Demons takes place in Bodiam, East Sussex 9 Although he has not signed a contract, Tom Baker indicates that he is agreeable to appearing in The Five Doctors 13 Eric Pringle is re-commissioned to write the first episode of The Awakening as the opening half of a two-part story mid Dec With the functionality of the Kamelion prop proving to be extremely limited, it is decided to write the character out during Season Twenty-One 18 Recording for Terminus takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 19 Recording for The King's Demons takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London 20 Recording for The King's Demons takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London; significant problems with the Kamelion prop force the scheduling of an extra studio day in January 29 Tom Baker decides not to participate in The Five Doctors; he subsequently agrees that his Doctor can be represented using material from the unfinished Shada late Dec Frazer Hines indicates that he will be unable to appear in The Five Doctors due to previous commitments

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