The Menoptra invasion force landed on the plateau above The Crater of Needles today in 1965 - the fourth instalment of The Web Planet. This was Martin Jarvis' first appearance. The Menoptra are noticeably different between scenes filmed at Ealing and those recorded in studio, as the make-up and masks were amended.
In 1971 The Mind of Evil concluded with its sixth episode.
Also ending today after its sixth episode was The Seeds of Doom. This also brought the season to an end, and was the last time the original TARDIS prop was employed. It collapsed on top of Tom Baker and Lis Sladen in the closing Antarctica scene, so a new one was built for Season 14.
A Scot, like Peter Capaldi he attended Glasgow School of Art.
Wilson had been head of the Script Department when Sydney Newman was brought to the BBC and instituted major changes to the organisation's Drama Dept. Newman appointed Wilson Head of Serials. In this capacity, he was tasked by Newman with setting up his idea for a family Sci-Fi series for early Saturday evenings. Wilson helped draft the first programme guide. He was opposed to the Daleks, but after their success admitted to Verity Lambert that she knew better than he what she was doing, so he would leave her to get on with it.
Later he went on to produce the hugely successful The Forsyte Saga. Such was his passion for this project he was prepared to resign his Head of Serials role in order to adapt and produce it.
When a pseudonym was required to hide the identity of the actor playing Koquillion in the first episode of The Rescue, the name chosen was Sydney Wilson - the surname coming from Donald.
When the series returned in 2005, the store electrician being sought by Rose Tyler was named after him.
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