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The Doctor Who Production Diary: 1987
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| 6 |
In an interview with the Sun,
Colin Baker speaks scathingly of BBC One's Controller of Programmes,
Michael Grade, and the manner in which he was fired from Doctor
Who |
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mid
Jan |
Bonnie Langford informs John
Nathan-Turner that she is considering leaving Doctor Who after
Season Twenty-Four |
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| 16 |
Andrew Cartmel becomes the script editor
of Doctor Who |
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| 26 |
A character outline is issued for a
potential new companion named Alf, which later inspires Ace |
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| 30 |
Stephen Wyatt is commissioned to write
the first episode of Paradise
Towers |
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| 31 |
Malcolm Kohll is commissioned to provide
a storyline for Delta And The
Bannermen |
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| 18 |
Sylvester McCoy, Dermot Crowley and David
Fielder record screen tests for the role of the Seventh Doctor |
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| 19 |
Stephen Wyatt is commissioned to write
the final three episodes of Paradise
Towers |
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| 27 |
Sylvester McCoy is announced as the
Seventh Doctor |
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| 2 |
A photocall is held to present Sylvester
McCoy as the Seventh Doctor |
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| 6 |
Sylvester McCoy is contracted for Season
Twenty-Four, with an option for two additional years |
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| 9 |
Ian Briggs is commissioned to provide a
storyline for Dragonfire |
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| 16 |
Malcolm Kohll is commissioned to write
the first episode of Delta And The
Bannermen |
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| 24 |
The French Government reaches a deal with
the Walt Disney Company for the construction of the Euro Disney Resort
-- later renamed Disneyland Paris -- in Chessy |
| 28 |
Death of Patrick Troughton (bio), who played the Second
Doctor |
| 31 |
Malcolm Kohll is commissioned to write
the final two episodes of Delta And The
Bannermen |
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| 2 |
Ian Briggs is commissioned to write the
first episode of Dragonfire |
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| 4 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place in
Cloford, Somerset |
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| 5 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place in
Whatley, Somerset |
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| 6 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place in
Cloford, Somerset |
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| 7 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place in
Cloford, Somerset |
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| 8 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place in
Chantry, Somerset |
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| 13 |
Ian Briggs is commissioned to write the
final two episodes of Dragonfire |
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| 19 |
The Simpsons debuts as a segment on
The Tracey Ullman Show |
| 20 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 21 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 3 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 4 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 5 |
Recording for Time And The Rani takes place at
BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 8 |
Stephen Wyatt is commissioned to write
the first episode of The Greatest Show
In The Galaxy |
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| 21 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place in
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire |
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| 22 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place in
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire |
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| 29 |
Birth of Pearl Mackie (bio), who played Bill Potts |
| 4 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 5 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London |
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| 12 |
During a visit to Germany, US President
Ronald Reagan exhorts Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear
down the Berlin Wall |
mid
Jun |
John Nathan-Turner decides to write
Melanie out of Doctor Who at the end of Season Twenty-Four |
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| 17 |
Sophie Aldred is contracted to play Ace
in Dragonfire, with an option
for two further seasons |
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| 17 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 18 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 19 |
Recording for Paradise Towers takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London |
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| 24 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
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| 25 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
near Penarth, Wales |
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| 26 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
near Welsh St Donats, Wales |
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| 27 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
near Penarth, Wales |
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| 29 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
near Castle upon Alun, Wales |
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| 30 |
Canada begins replacing its one-dollar bill
with a coin nicknamed the “loonie” |
| 30 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
in Barry, Wales |
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| 12 |
Recording for Delta And The Bannermen takes place
at BBC Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 12 |
Recording for Dragonfire takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 13 |
A photocall is held to introduce Sophie
Aldred as Ace |
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| 13 |
Recording for Dragonfire takes place at BBC
Television Centre Studio 3 in White City, London |
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| 19 |
One of the worst mass killings in modern
British history occurs when Michael Ryan shoots sixteen people and then
commits suicide in Hungerford, Berkshire |
late
Aug |
The BBC confirms that Doctor Who
has been renewed for Season Twenty-Five, with John Nathan-Turner
remaining as producer |
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| 3 |
Graeme Curry is commissioned to write the
first episode of The Happiness
Patrol |
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| 7 |
Debut broadcast of Time And The Rani episode one on
BBC One; Doctor Who is now aired weekly on a weekday evening |
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| 11 |
Death of Hugh David (bio), director |
| 11 |
John Nathan-Turner informs composer David
Snell that his music for Paradise
Towers will not be used; instead, Keff McCulloch accepts an
emergency commission to rescore the serial |
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| 14 |
Debut broadcast of Time And The Rani episode two on
BBC One |
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| 21 |
Debut broadcast of Time And The Rani episode three on
BBC One |
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| 28 |
The syndicated Star Trek: The Next
Generation premieres |
| 28 |
Debut broadcast of Time And The Rani episode four on
BBC One |
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| 29 |
Stephen Wyatt is commissioned to write
the final three episodes of The Greatest
Show In The Galaxy |
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| 30 |
Graeme Curry is commissioned to write
the final two episodes of The Happiness
Patrol |
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| 4 |
Birth of Daniel Anthony (bio), who played Clyde
Langer |
| 5 |
Debut broadcast of Paradise Towers episode one on
BBC One |
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| 12 |
Debut broadcast of Paradise Towers episode two on
BBC One |
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| 14 |
In Midland, Texas, eighteen-month-old
Jessica McClure falls twenty-two feet down a narrow well; she is
eventually rescued after being trapped for fifty-eight hours |
| 19 |
Debut broadcast of Paradise Towers episode three on
BBC One |
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| 26 |
Debut broadcast of Paradise Towers episode four on
BBC One |
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| 30 |
Ben Aaronovitch is commissioned to write
the first episode of Remembrance Of The
Daleks |
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| 1 |
Sophie Aldred is contracted for Season
Twenty-Five |
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| 7 |
Debut broadcast of Dragonfire episode three on
BBC One |
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| 18 |
Ben Aaronovitch is commissioned to write
the final three episodes of Remembrance
Of The Daleks |
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