Editing Doctors (2000 TV series) (section)

===Filming and locations===
''Doctors'' filmed episodes three months in advance of their broadcast.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1240218690718760961|title=Confirmed: EastEnders and Doctors temporarily halt production due to Coronavirus...EastEnders will air on just Monday's and Tuesday's with immediate effect... Doctors film three months in advance meaning more episodes are stockpiled #EastEnders #Doctors|user=SoapAwards|date=18 March 2020}}</ref> The episodes were filmed from January to November, and due to the effect weather had on the output, producers implemented "seasonal episodes" to give the impression that the soap was set in real time.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3mSV324kcG1HsxTDJKhXCDW/frequently-asked-questions |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322123712/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3mSV324kcG1HsxTDJKhXCDW/frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live}}</ref> Episodes were filmed in groups of three, described as a "block". Each group of three episodes had the same production crew and it typically took seven days to shoot each block. Usually, two blocks are filmed at once, although, there were many instances where three blocks were filmed at once. In these instances, regular cast members would be filming from nine to twelve episodes within the same period of time.<ref name="FAQ" /> In 2002, in the wake of the [[death of the Queen Mother]], ''Doctors'' was pulled from the schedule to report on her death. However, the episode had been self-contained and focused completely on the "story of the day", meaning it could be transmitted at any point in the series. Crew member Peter Eryl Lloyd said that led to the invention of "lifesavers", a "story of the day"-led episode that could be transmitted at any given point.<ref name="Lloyd">{{cite web |title=With Guest Peter Eryl Lloyd (Series Producer, Doctors) |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wIoHPHgrJZVn45GXGx25l?si=b466a1e3600e4630 |website=Chicken Soap for the Soul |publisher=[[Spotify]] |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref>

On his experience on the soap, cast member [[Christopher Timothy]] said: "The budget was a joke and the pressure more intense than anything I'd ever experienced. But it was six years of great fun".<ref name="Casting">{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Bex |title=How to Get Cast on the BBC Soap 'Doctors' |url=https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/how-to-get-cast-on-bbc-soap-doctors-74633/ |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222123614/https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/how-to-get-cast-on-bbc-soap-doctors-74633/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Each of the regular cast members were allocated a private dressing room, while guests and recurring cast were given a shared dressing room behind the wardrobe department.<ref name="Hear">{{cite podcast |url=https://shows.acast.com/hear-she-is-here-she-is/episodes/hear-she-is-doctors-exclusive |title=Doctors exclusive |publisher=Hear She Is |host=Timmy Ward |date=6 August 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808075648/https://shows.acast.com/hear-she-is-here-she-is/episodes/hear-she-is-doctors-exclusive |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:BBC Pebble Mill, Birmingham.jpg|180px|thumb|left|''Doctors'' was filmed at the [[Pebble Mill Studios]] until 2004.]]
From 2000 to 2004, ''Doctors'' was filmed at the BBC's [[Pebble Mill]] studios in [[Edgbaston]].<ref name="tvstudiohistory1">{{cite web |last=Kempton |first=Martin |title=The rest of Britain – today (more or less) |url=https://tvstudiohistory.co.uk/studio-category/the-rest-of-the-uk-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061934/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/rest%20of%20britain.htm |archive-date=25 January 2012 |website=TV Studio History}}</ref> The series used space originally occupied by ''[[Pebble Mill at One]]''.<ref name="tvstudiohistory1" /> A set was built especially for the series, with the BBC hoping that the series would become a "fixture of daytime schedules" like fellow BBC soap ''[[Neighbours]]''.<ref name="Press" /> After the closure of Pebble Mill, BBC Birmingham moved to a smaller production base in [[Birmingham city centre]] which had no studio space for the show.<ref name="tvstudiohistory1" /> In 2004, production moved again to the [[BBC Drama Village]] development in [[Selly Oak]].<ref name="tvstudiohistory1" /> To explain the transition between locations on screen, the soap featured a storyline in which the Riverside Health Centre is destroyed by an explosion, prompting the move to the Mill Health Centre, named after the series' original production home.<ref name="CancelledTour" />

Alongside the Mill, which was filmed in Melville House, other regular locations included Letherbridge Police Station and the Icon Bar (filmed in Barrow-Cadbury House), the University of Letherbridge's Campus Surgery (filmed in Archibald House), St. Phils Hospital (filmed outside of the Orchard Learning Resources Centre), HMP Letherbank Prison, various interior and exterior locations (filmed at [[21 Yateley Road, Edgbaston]]) and Sutton Vale surgery (filmed in Wallis House/St Andrew's Hall).<ref name="CancelledTour" /><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Birmingham - About Birmingham - BBC Birmingham Television Drama Village |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/02/17/bbc_birmingham_drama_village_feature.shtml |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131053144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/02/17/bbc_birmingham_drama_village_feature.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Claire |date=10 April 2019 |title=Visiting the BBC One Doctors Set #Soapland |url=https://www.evans-crittens.com/2019/04/visiting-the-bbc-one-doctors-set-soapland.html |access-date=14 April 2022 |website=Diary of the Evans-Crittens |language=en-GB |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317215259/https://www.evans-crittens.com/2019/04/visiting-the-bbc-one-doctors-set-soapland.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, BBC Birmingham announced that its base and all of its productions would eventually be moving from Selly Oak to [[Digbeth]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/broadcast-centre-birmingham|title=BBC Midlands moving to new broadcast centre in Birmingham|publisher=BBC|date=3 August 2022|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=5 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805211126/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/broadcast-centre-birmingham|url-status=live}}</ref> However, due to the BBC deciding not to fund a move for the ''Doctors'' set, the series was cancelled and they concluded their filming on the Selly Oak site in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last=Daly |first=Helen |title=Doctors axed after 23 years by the BBC |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/doctors-axed-bbc-newsupdate/ |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref><ref>Giddings, A. (2023). BBC’s Doctors TV series cancelled after 23 years. BBC News. [online] 18 Oct Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67133791 [Accessed 29 December 2023].</ref>