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'''''Jim'll Fix It''''' was a long-running [[BBC]] television series hosted by [[Jimmy Savile]]. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he "fix" something for them or make some wish come true. | '''''Jim'll Fix It''''' was a long-running [[BBC]] television series hosted by [[Jimmy Savile]]. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he "fix" something for them or make some wish come true. | ||
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* Numerous viewers have reportedly written in wishing for a [[TARDIS]] of their own or to ride in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]]. | * Numerous viewers have reportedly written in wishing for a [[TARDIS]] of their own or to ride in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:50, 5 January 2013
Jim'll Fix It was a long-running BBC television series hosted by Jimmy Savile. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he "fix" something for them or make some wish come true.
The Doctor Who mini-episode "A Fix with Sontarans" featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor came about as a request by a fan named Gareth Jenkins. Gareth had his own child-sized version of the Doctor's costume. (A different Gareth Jenkins works with Big Finish Productions)
Other connections
- Tom Baker appeared in character as the Fourth Doctor in a segment in the 1970s. He handed out torn-off scraps of his scarf to some young female visitors to the studio.
- Veteran movie actor Peter Cushing (who played Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., wrote to the show in 1986 to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife.
- Numerous viewers have reportedly written in wishing for a TARDIS of their own or to ride in the Doctor's.
