The Doctor Who Production Diary: December 15th

1940 Birth of Pennant Roberts (bio), director
1945 Birth of Sarah Hellings (bio), director
1961 Birth of Paul Wilmshurst (bio), director
1966 Recording for The Underwater Menace takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London The Underwater Menace
1967 Recording for The Web Of Fear takes place at the BBC Television Film Studios in Ealing, London The Web Of Fear
1969 Recording for The Silurians takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 1 in White City, London The Silurians
1971 Recording for The Curse Of Peladon takes place at the BBC Television Centre Puppet Theatre in White City, London The Curse Of Peladon
1973 Debut broadcast of The Time Warrior episode one on BBC One; a new title sequence, created by Bernard Lodge and used from 1973 to 1980, is introduced The Time Warrior
1975 Recording for The Seeds Of Doom takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 8 in White City, London The Seeds Of Doom
1975 A script called “Fires Of The Starmind” by Marc Platt is rejected The Fourth Doctor
1976 Tom Baker is contracted for Season Fifteen The Fourth Doctor
1976 Recording for The Talons Of Weng-Chiang takes place in East Twickenham, London The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
1977 Recording for The Invasion Of Time takes place in Redhill, Surrey The Invasion Of Time
1978 Tom Baker is tendered a contract for Season Seventeen, but he refuses to sign it and renews his threat to resign from Doctor Who when Graham Williams sets a January 4th deadline; Williams, in turn, promises to quit if the BBC concedes to Baker's demands The Fourth Doctor
1979 Debut broadcast of Nightmare Of Eden episode four on BBC One Nightmare Of Eden
1981 Johnny Byrne submits a storyline for Arc Of Infinity Arc Of Infinity
1983 Recording for The Caves Of Androzani takes place at BBC Television Centre Studio 6 in White City, London The Caves Of Androzani
1985 Birth of Jamie Magnus Stone (bio), director
2004 Recording for The Long Game takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales The Long Game
2005 Recording for Rise Of The Cybermen / The Age Of Steel takes place in Newport, Wales Rise Of The Cybermen / The Age Of Steel
2005 Recording for Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday takes place at Unit Q2 in Newport, Wales Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday
2006 Recording for Human Nature / The Family Of Blood takes place in Cardiff, Wales Human Nature / The Family Of Blood
2009 Recording for Vincent And The Doctor takes place in Llandow, Wales Vincent And The Doctor
2009 Recording for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang takes place in Llandow, Wales The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
2010 Recording for The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People takes place in Llantwit Major, Wales The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People
2011 Steven Moffat announces that Karen Gillan will be leaving Doctor Who during Season Thirty-Three Amy Pond
2011 Steven Moffat announces that Arthur Darvill will be leaving Doctor Who during Season Thirty-Three Rory Williams
2016 Recording for The Pyramid At The End Of The World takes place in Abades, Tenerife, Spain The Pyramid At The End Of The World
2017 Recording for It Takes You Away concludes with the end of principal photography It Takes You Away