That is the question being posed by a BBC team working on the DVD issue of classic DR Who episodes filmed at Camber in 1965.

Richard Bignall explained: "I work on the team that put together the DVDs of the classic series Doctor Who for the BBC.

"One of the future releases that we're currently working on is the 1965 six-part story The Chase starring William Hartnell, which marked the third appearance of the Daleks in the series.

"The story was produced in April 1965 and transmitted between late May and June that year. At that time, it was quite a rarity for the programme to be filmed out on location, but for this story, the BBC spent a whole day filming on the beach at Camber Sands, using it to double for the desert planet of Aridius.

"The BBC production file for this story shows that prior to the crew's arrival on April 9 1965, Camber resident Laurence Nesbitt was paid a total of £2-0s-0d to dig and shore up two holes in the dunes, six foot deep by five feet wide. The first hole was required for the planned climax to the opening episode, where a Dalek buried by a sandstorm rises up from the sand.

"The original plan was to bury a full-sized Dalek on location and then pull it clear by attaching a connecting rope to the back of a moving vehicle. However, then the effect was attempted, the weight of the sand bearing down on the Dalek rendered it immovable and the attempt to produce it as a live-action effect was duly abandoned. The transmitted sequence was filmed later as a model effect.

"In the story, the Doctor with his companions Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) are pursued through time by the Daleks with the singular intent of capturing and killing their old adversary.

"The chase through time takes them to many different times and places - the Empire State Building, the Mary Celeste, a haunted house exhibit at the World's Fair, the planet Mechanus dominated by the robotic Mechonoids and the sun-parched planet, Aridus.

"As usual on these DVDs, as well as having the fully-restored episodes themselves, we put together various documentaries on the making of the story as well as several other features, including a photo gallery.

"We would be very interested in making contact with anyone who may have seen the original filming taking place back in 1965 and who possibly may taken any photographs or cine film during the time that the BBC were filming in the area.

"For stories that have featured interesting location filming like this, we try to contact the local press for their help and assistance and on several occasions we've managed to come up trumps with some unique material.

"Camber Sands was used as a filming location once again in 1986, along with the red and black hut on Rye Harbour Nature Reserve as a location for the Sixth Doctor story, The Trial of a Time Lord."
If anyone can help they can comntact Richard by email at rbignell@blueyonder.co.uk or wirite to him at 11 Buxton Close, Chatham, Kent ME5 8UP.