Rose was the first episode of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who. As the first televised story of the 21st century, it had to introduce the concept of the programme, as well as new regulars, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Its success on BBC One was immediate. As of 2013, it remained the second highest-rated season opener in Doctor Who history, behind only Destiny of the Daleks, a story that aired without any competition from other broadcasters. Aired in March, 2005 — several years before the BBC offered full scale digital content streaming — it picked up nearly 11 million terrestrial and cable BBC One viewers. The episode boasted a number of behind-the-scenes firsts, aside from merely being the first episode to feature Russell T Davies' vision of the show — such as being the first episode shot in a widescreen aspect ratio. It was also the first British-made episode to utilise an modern production style, and was thus the first time that credited cinematographers, production designers, colourists, digital artists, and any number of skilled professions had been credited on British-made Doctor Who.
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:2022 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 - "The Keys of Marinus", the sixth and final episode of the same title story, was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1970 - Episode two of Inferno was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1970 - Part two of the TV Comic story The Metal Eaters was first published.
- 1985 - The Doctor Who Cookbook was first published by W.H. Allen & Co.
- 1991 - DWM 174 was first released by Marvel Comics.
- 1996 - Happy Endings and The Sands of Time were first published by Virgin Books.
- 1996 - A History of the Universe was first published by Virgin Publishing.
- 1996 - The novelisation of the TV Movie was released by BBC Books.
- 2003 - Episode three of Shada's webcast adaptation was first released online.
- 2007 - The Doctor Who: Battles in Time comic story Wrath of the Warrior was first published.
- 2008 - Top Trumps: Doctor Who video game released for PC, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo DS.
- 2009 - The Cannibalists: Part 1 was first released in Big Finish's Eighth Doctor Adventures Series 3.
- 2012 - DWDVDF 88 was first published by GE Fabbri Ltd.
- 2013 - DWA 320 was first released by Immediate Media Company London Limited.
- 2013 - Strax Field Report: The Name of the Doctor was released online.
- 2013 - The first issue of Doctor Who 50 Years was first published.
- 2013 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 19 was released online.
- 2014 - The Elixir of Doom was first released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2016 - Technophobia, Time Reaver, and Death and the Queen were first released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2017 - Vortex Ice and Cortex Fire were first released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2018 - The Shadow of London, The Bad Penny, Kill the Doctor! and The Age of Sutekh were released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2019 - One Mile Down, The Creeping Death and No Place were released by Big Finish Productions.
- 2019 - The Runaway was first released,
- 2019 - DWFC 150 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
- ... that the pre-title sequence of The Eleventh Hour was actually an entirely separate production to the main body of the episode, and that it was filmed months after principal photography had wrapped on Matt Smith's debut story? (WC: Doctor Who Video Explorer)
- ... that Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer were both responsible for the song, "Enough Is Enough"? (PROSE: Wetworld)
- ... that the Thousand Day War was a war fought at the end of the 21st century between humans and Ice Warriors? (PROSE: Legacy, GodEngine and others)
- ... that the Fifth Doctor once found a little boy's lost rabbit by coaxing it out of hiding with his celery? (PROSE: Goths and Robbers)
- ... that the Terpsivores were a race of massive centipedes who powered their spaceships by dancing? (COMIC: Death Disco)
- 1913 - Actor Hugh Cecil was born.[1]
- 1914 - Associate producer Reg Hill was born.[2]
- 1936 - Actor Roy Hudd was born.[3]
- 1959 - Actor Mare Winningham was born.[4]
- 1964 - Actor Rebecca Front was born.[5]
- 1967 - Actor Ramon Tikaram was born.[6]
- 1978 - Actor Rupert Young was born.[7]
- 1987 - Actor Tom Stourton was born.[8]
- 1990 - Actor Thomas Sangster was born.[9]
- 2010 - Actor Leon Thau died.[10]
- 2011 - Actor Derek Crewe died.[11]
- 1963 - A document, prepared by Donald Wilson and C. E. Webber and Sydney Newman, was submitted to Donald Baverstock which outlined the concept of a proposed programme called Dr. Who.
- 1967 - Pre-filming for The Evil of the Daleks continued on Stage 3 of Ealing Studios. (TCH 10)
- 1988 - Location filming for The Greatest Show in the Galaxy took place. (Doctor Who The Handbook: The Seventh Doctor)
- 1989 - Location filming for Battlefield took place. (Doctor Who The Handbook: The Seventh Doctor)
- 2000 - The Big Finish audio stories Sword of Orion and The Stones of Venice were recorded in Bristol.
- 2003 - Recording for Scherzo and Living Legend took place at The Moat Studios.
- 2012 - Recording for The Shadow Heart took place at the Moat Studios.
- 2016 - Recording for Torchwood: Outbreak took place.
- 2017 - The Big Finish audio story Blood of the Time Lords was recorded at Audio Sorcery.
- 2018 - Recording for Torchwood: God Among Us 1 took place.