Pebble Mill Studios

Pebble Mill Studios were the main production facilities for BBC Birmingham. Located in the Birmingham suburb of Edgbaston, they were used by the regional broadcaster from 1971 to 2004. During that time, Pebble Mill was considered a major studio, second only to Television Centre. They were eventually demolished as Series 1 of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who was being broadcast in 2005.

Though critical to the filming of many classic BBC dramas and news programs, including All Creatures Great and Small and Pebble Mill at One, they have somewhat lesser importance to Doctor Who. Pebble Mill's Studio A was the principal studio for the recording of Horror of Fang Rock. Due to a lack of space in London facilities at the time, the entire production of Doctor Who briefly moved to Birmingham. As things turned out, Fang Rock was the only serial of the 1963 version of Doctor Who to be filmed entirely outside London.