The story's opening shot of a robber man committing suicide was performed by stuntman Peter Diamond
on Thursday 27th August 1964 on the south bank of the River Thames just under Kew Rail
Bridge. Originally these scenes were planned to be filmed under Hammersmith Bridge until
designer Spencer Chapman suggested that the location be changed to Kew Rail Bridge as
this was an easier structure for him to replicate in the studio.
Scenes of the robber men patrolling London were filmed at Iron Gate Wharf in Wapping
looking out over the Thames towards Butler's Wharf on the other side of the river, the
location where the TARDIS lands in the 1984 story Resurrection of the Daleks.
The disused Wood Lane underground station situated only a short distance away from the
BBC TV centre was used for the scenes of Barbara chasing after the insurgents in the opening
episode.
Wood Lane station was opened in May 1908 to serve the Franco-British Exhibition and that
year's Olympic Games. The station finally closed on the 22nd of November 1947.
Now this building is the former London Transport boiler house now owned by the BBC. In 2001
the location was chosen to represent the interior of the British Museum in the feature film
The Mummy Returns.
These are the steps leading down from the surface to the sub-level passageway connecting
the underground platforms 3 and 4.
Even today the subway still has the remains of the old 1947 posters hanging from the walls
advertising Princess Elizabeth Day for needy children and various London stage productions
of that year.
The cliffhanger to World's End was filmed on the north bank of the River Thames under
Hammersmith Bridge a short distance away from the Riverside Studios where the story was
being recorded.
Actor Robert Jewell, dressed in his swimming trunks, operated the Dalek as it was pulled
ashore on rails.
The filming of Barbara Jenney and Dortmund's flight across London in episode 3 was done
on Sunday the 23rd of August 1964 beginning at 5.30 in the morning in order to avoid crowds
and traffic.
This footage was shot in Whitehall between Westminster Bridge and Trafalgar Square stopping
at the foot of the statue of the Duke of Cambridge along the way.
As well as filming the Daleks next to Nelson's Column, shooting was also done by the statue
For the conclusion of the sequence, footage was also shot around the Albert Memorial in
Kensington Gardens.
Whilst on the other side of Kensington Gorge, the three human characters were filmed running
around the Royal Albert Hall.
The filming of Dortmund's death was also shot on the 23rd of August 1964 on Engineers Way,
Wembley, outside the old Palace of Arts and Palace of Industry buildings built for the
British Empire exhibition of 1925.
The smashing of the Dalek Cordon was also filmed in Wembley on Third Way outside the
former HM Government Pavilion.
When the pavilion was demolished in 1975, the stone lion statues seen outside were rehoused
at Woburn Safari Park.
The final day of location filming was conducted on Friday 28th of August 1964 at John's Hole
Quarry at Stone in Kent.
This was the first ever quarry to be used in the making of Doctor Who.