Production
| Episode | Broadcast date | Run time | Viewership |
Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "World's End" | 21 November 1964 (1964-11-21) | 23:42 | 11.4 | 16mm t/r |
| "The Daleks" | 28 November 1964 (1964-11-28) | 24:19 | 12.4 | 16mm t/r |
| "Day of Reckoning" | 5 December 1964 (1964-12-05) | 26:50 | 11.9 | 16mm t/r |
| "The End of Tomorrow" | 12 December 1964 (1964-12-12) | 23:23 | 11.9 | 16mm t/r |
| "The Waking Ally" | 19 December 1964 (1964-12-19) | 24:29 | 11.4 | 35mm t/r |
| "Flashpoint" | 26 December 1964 (1964-12-26) | 25:21 | 12.4 | 16mm t/r |
This was the very first serial of Doctor Who that made extensive use of location filming, with London being chosen as the primary backdrop. The decision to use London also helped to keep the show within its production budget given that the BBC's Lime Grove studios where Doctor Who was produced were located at nearby Shepherd's Bush. Location filming took place in various parts of the city including extensive sequences at Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Bridge, Albert Embankment and The Royal Albert Hall, moving on to Kensington and the Albert Memorial with scenes involving the Dalek roadblock being filmed at Wembley. Other location scenes were filmed at the abandoned Wood Lane (Central line) tube station in West London and river sequences both shot besides the River Thames at St Katherine's Dock in Wapping and at Kew Railway Bridge. The mine scenes were the first Doctor Who scenes to be filmed in a quarry, using the disused John's Hole Quarry at Stone, Kent.
The music was composed and conducted by Francis Chagrin.
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