An Adventure in Space and Time led to him being cast as the First Doctor himself in the 2017 "Doctor Who" episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time" and in a series of audio adventures for Big Finish Productions. In 1966, William Hartnell (David Bradley) is in his dressing room at the BBC. He insults a stagehand who calls him to the set, where the delay caused by his absence is noticed. Hartnell enters in costume, ready to film his last moments as the First Doctor and stands in front of the TARDIS console. Three years earlier, BBC executive Sydney Newman (Brian Cox) is
An Adventure in Space and Time from "The Daleks' Master Plan" using original actress Jean Marsh to play the increasingly aging Sara, and to use Super 8 footage of a recreation of the "Radio Times" publicity photo-shoot for "The Three Doctors", but the budget did not accommodate these ambitions. Principal photography for the film began in February 2013. Filming primarily took place at Wimbledon Studios in London, and the BBC Television Centre; it was the final drama to be recorded at the latter, which closed one month after filming concluded. Location filming took place on 17 February 2013, on Westminster Bridge in London. This involved replicas