Doctor Who Theme - Doctor Who Prom - BBC Proms 2013 - Radio 3
The Doctor Who theme was composed by Ron Grainer and made its debut with the first episode of the Doctor Who series in 1963. Although it has undergone many rearrangements, this piece of music has remained the sole theme for the series throughout its history, making it one of the most recognisable themes in television. It is also one of the longest continually-used pieces of theme music in British entertainment history, surpassed only by the theme from Coronation Street (in use since 1960), and the "James Bond Theme" (in use since 1962).
Think Doctor Who is just for boys? Don't you believe it. Not only was the show's very first producer a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. Considering her importance to Doctor Who it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with Russell T Davies as the most prolific producer in Doctor Who history.
The careers of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors are significantly longer in audio than on television. Check out their latest works at category:2019 audio stories
Officially, only The Lodger has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called The Lodger.
However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in Doctor Who Magazine. The Shakespeare Code contains a good amount of material from A Groatsworth of Wit, and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the time vortex in order to spare a companion was explored in both The Parting of the Ways and The Flood.
Donald Baverstock was the BBC executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of Doctor Who. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired Sydney Newman and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon producer Verity Lambert.
But Baverstock wasn't the only BBC executive to have a profound impact on the development of Doctor Who. Make sure you read about Lorraine Heggessey, Mark Thompson, Danny Cohen, George Entwistle, Tony Hall, Shaun Sutton, Sydney Newman and others.- 1964 - "World's End" was first broadcast on BBC1. For the first time, a Doctor Who episode featured extensive location filming and also the return of a previously seen foe. It was also the first story to incorporate widely known London landmarks (like Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the Battersea Power Station), despite being set in the future.
- 1970 - Part four of the TV Comic story Trial of Fire was first published.
- 1974 - The novelisations of The Abominable Snowmen was first published by Target Books.
- 1990 - Search Out Space was first broadcast on BBC Schools.
- 1991 - The Terrestrial Index was first published by Doctor Who Books.
- 1996 - The Plotters was first published by Virgin Books.
- 1996 - The Third Doctor Handbook was first published by Doctor Who Books.
- 1996 - DWM 246 was first released by Marvel Comics.
- 2003 - Children in Need 2003 was first broadcast on BBC One, as part of the Children in Need telethon.
- 2005 - The Complete First Series was released on Region 2 DVD.
- 2009 - Part one of Dreamland was first broadcast on BBC Red Button.
- 2011 - The box set Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series was released in the UK.
- 2013 - An Adventure in Space and Time was first broadcast on BBC Two.
- 2013 - Nothing O'Clock was first published by Puffin Books.
- 2013 - DWFC 7 was first published by Eaglemoss Publications Ltd.
- 2015 - Face the Raven was first broadcast on BBC One.
- ... that the televised episode Blink began its life as a Christmas-themed short story in the 2006 annual called, What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow?
- ... that Elvis Presley signed a 1957 stratocaster that ended up in the hands of the Eighth Doctor? (PROSE: The Taint)
- ... that Golosian is a language so complex that it cannot be processed by the the TARDIS translation circuit? (AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!)
- ... that the Tenth Doctor temporarily travelled with the "last" dodo bird, and — much to Martha Jones' confusion — named it "Dorothea"? (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
- ... that Halohawks were capable of flight despite having no wings? (COMIC: Danger Flight)
- 1924 - Writer Malcolm Hulke was born.[1]
- 1937 - Actor Ingrid Pitt was born.[2]
- 1941 - Actor Juliet Mills was born.
- 1944 - Actor Barbara Kinghorn was born.
- 1947 - Actor Nickolas Grace was born.
- 1953 - 1st assistant director Jon Older was born.
- 1964 - Actor Liza Tarbuck was born.
- 1965 - Actor Alexander Siddig was born.
- 1973 - Actor William Meredith was born.
- 1982 - Actor Ryan Carnes was born.
- 2015 - Script editor Anthony Read died.[3]
- 2016 - Visual effects assistant Ron Thornton died.[4]
- 2017 - Actor Rodney Bewes died.[5]
- 1963 - The first ever Doctor Who press conference was held to launch the new show. All four lead actors and David Whitaker attended the event at BBC Langham.
- 1963 - Radio Times published an article announcing the debut of Doctor Who. This was the first Doctor Who-related article ever published.
- 1966 - Location filming for The Highlanders concluded at Frensham Ponds. (TCH 9)
- 1999 - Recording for Red Dawn took place at The Moat Studios.
- 2001 - Recording for Excelis Dawns took place at The Moat Studios.
- 2005 - Recording for The Kingmaker took place at The Moat Studios.
