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The Doctor Who Production Diary: 2004
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The Spirit rover lands on the
surface of Mars, to be followed by Opportunity three weeks
later |
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Russell T Davies begins writing Rose |
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Mark Zuckerberg and others launch
thefacebook.com, which is renamed Facebook a year later |
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Christopher Eccleston agrees to play the
Ninth Doctor |
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Christopher Eccleston is announced as
the Ninth Doctor |
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Death of Anthony Ainley (bio), the fourth actor to play
the Master |
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Massachusetts becomes the first state in
the United States to allow same-sex marriage |
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Russell T Davies completes a first draft
of Aliens Of London / World
War Three |
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Billie Piper is cast as new companion
Rose Tyler |
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The BBC announces to the press that
Billie Piper will play Rose Tyler |
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Birth of Millie Gibson (bio), who played Ruby Sunday |
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Mark Thompson becomes the BBC's
Director-General; soon thereafter, he makes enquiries about whether it
is possible to cease work on the Doctor Who revival, but is
rebuffed by BBC One Controller of Programmes Lorraine Heggessey, Controller
of Drama Commissioning Jane Tranter, and executive producer Julie
Gardner |
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An interim government takes control of Iraq
with the support of occupying forces from the United States and its
allies |
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The BBC announces that they have been
unable to come to terms with the estate of Terry Nation for the use of
the Daleks in the revived Doctor Who series |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Westminster, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in London, at
Westminster and Lambeth |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Westminster, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Lambeth,
London |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Kennington, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in London, at
Westminster and Kennington |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Kennington, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Kennington,
London |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Kennington, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Kennington,
London |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Kennington, London |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Newport, Wales |
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The BBC confirms press reports that Noel
Clarke will play a recurring role in Doctor Who as Mickey
Smith |
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The BBC announces that Camille Coduri
will play a recurring role in Doctor Who as Jackie Tyler |
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The BBC announces that Penelope Wilton
has been cast in Doctor Who, with her role later revealed to be
Harriet Jones |
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The BBC announces that John Barrowman
has been cast in Doctor Who, with his role later revealed to be
Captain Jack Harkness |
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The BBC announces that a last-minute
deal has been reached with the estate of Terry Nation for the use of the
Daleks in the revived Doctor Who series |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Pendoylan, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at BBC Broadcasting House in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Edvard Munch's 1910 version of his iconic
painting The Scream is stolen from a museum in Oslo, Norway; it
is finally recovered two years later |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Wales, at
Unit Q2 in Newport and at Cardiff |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Chechen terrorists take more than 1,000
people hostage at a school in Beslan, Russia; almost four hundred people
are killed when Russian forces storm the school two days later |
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Recording for Rose takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Newport,
Wales, including at Unit Q2 |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Wales, at
Unit Q2 in Newport and at Cardiff |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at the BBC Model Unit Stage in Acton,
London |
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Recording for Rose takes place at the BBC
Model Unit Stage in Acton, London |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at the BBC Model Unit Stage in Acton,
London |
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Recording for Rose takes place at the BBC
Model Unit Stage in Acton, London |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at the BBC Model Unit Stage in Acton,
London |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Swansea, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Monmouth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Monmouth, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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The BBC announces that the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation has invested in the revival of Doctor
Who |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 4 in White
City, London |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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The BBC announces that Bruno Langley has
been cast as Adam Mitchell |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place in
Penarth, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Unquiet Dead takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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The twenty-five members of the European
Union sign the European Constitution in Rome; it is later rejected by
French and Dutch voters, and replaced by the Treaty of Lisbon |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place in Cardiff,
Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Rose takes place at HTV Wales
Studios in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at HTV Wales Studios in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place at HTV
Wales Studios in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at HTV Wales Studios in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales, including at HTV Wales Studios |
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Recording for Dalek takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place at Unit
Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The End Of The World takes place
at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Aliens Of London / World War
Three takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Dalek takes place at Unit Q2 in
Newport, Wales |
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Recording for Father's Day takes place in
Cardiff, Wales |
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Russell T Davies completes a first draft
of Boom Town |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at the
old British Telecom building in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at the
old British Telecom building in Cardiff, Wales |
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Doctor Who Magazine reveals that
Shaun Dingwall will be appearing in Doctor Who |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at the
old British Telecom building in Cardiff, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Long Game takes place at
Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Empty Child / The
Doctor Dances takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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Recording for The Empty Child / The
Doctor Dances takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales |
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More than 180,000 people are killed in
Southeast Asia when a 9.3-magnitude earthquake creates a massive
tsunami |
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