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'''Donald Baverstock''' was the [[Controller of BBC One]] who ordered [[Sydney Newman]] to create the Saturday tea time show that became ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He was significantly involved in the creation of the programme. | '''Donald Baverstock''' was the [[Controller of BBC One]] who ordered [[Sydney Newman]] to create the Saturday tea time show that became ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He was significantly involved in the creation of the programme. | ||
When [[Hugh Greene]], [[Director-General of the BBC]], decided to make Baverstock switch places with his [[BBC2]] counterpart in early [[1965]], Baverstock saw it as a demotion and resigned from the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. In accordance with half of Greene's original plan, he was replaced by [[Michael Peacock]]. | |||
He then went on to Yorkshire Television where he helped to create, amongst other programmes, {{wi|Emmerdale Farm}}, the soap opera that would long employ ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actors from [[Frazer Hines]] to [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]. | |||
== Fictional portrayals == | == Fictional portrayals == | ||
A caricature of him, called "Mr Borusa", was played by [[Mark Gatiss]] in ''[[The Pitch of Fear]]'', a broad fictionalisation of Newman's pitch meeting for ''Doctor Who''. | A caricature of him, called "Mr Borusa", was played by [[Mark Gatiss]] in ''[[The Pitch of Fear]]'', a broad fictionalisation of Newman's pitch meeting for ''Doctor Who''. | ||
Revision as of 22:17, 15 February 2013
Donald Baverstock was the Controller of BBC One who ordered Sydney Newman to create the Saturday tea time show that became Doctor Who. He was significantly involved in the creation of the programme.
When Hugh Greene, Director-General of the BBC, decided to make Baverstock switch places with his BBC2 counterpart in early 1965, Baverstock saw it as a demotion and resigned from the BBC. In accordance with half of Greene's original plan, he was replaced by Michael Peacock.
He then went on to Yorkshire Television where he helped to create, amongst other programmes, Emmerdale Farm, the soap opera that would long employ Doctor Who actors from Frazer Hines to Jenna-Louise Coleman.
Fictional portrayals
A caricature of him, called "Mr Borusa", was played by Mark Gatiss in The Pitch of Fear, a broad fictionalisation of Newman's pitch meeting for Doctor Who.
