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{{real world}}[[file:JaneTranter.jpg|250px|thumb|Tranter as she appeared on [[CON]]: ''[[Do You Remember the First Time?]]'']] | {{real world}}[[file:JaneTranter.jpg|250px|thumb|Tranter as she appeared on [[CON]]: ''[[Do You Remember the First Time?]]'']] | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[17th March]] [[1963]]) was the | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[17th March]] [[1963]]) was the controller of drama commissioning at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] who, along with [[Lorraine Heggessey]], was responsible for commissioning what became known as [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Following the success of [[Christopher Eccleston|Eccleston]]'s outing as the [[ninth Doctor]] — as well as a string of hits including ''[[wikipedia:Spooks|Spooks]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' — she became the Corporation's first, and only, Head of Fiction. This meant that she had control over ''all'' scripted television shows at the BBC. | ||
In [[2009]], she left the Corporation proper to head up [[BBC Worldwide]]'s operations in the United States. Along with her went [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Russell T Davies]], and it was largely through their efforts that ''[[Torchwood]]'' became an American co-production for [[series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]]. | In [[2009]], she left the Corporation proper to head up [[BBC Worldwide]]'s operations in the United States. Along with her went [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Russell T Davies]], and it was largely through their efforts that ''[[Torchwood]]'' became an American co-production for [[series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]]. | ||
She was featured on ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' in the [[David Tennant]]-directed episode ''[[Do You Remember the First Time?]]'' | She was featured on ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' in the [[David Tennant]]-directed episode, ''[[Do You Remember the First Time?]]'' She was also briefly, but wordlessly, present in [[The Eleventh Doctor|the episode which announced the identity of the eleventh Doctor]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:55, 7 January 2011
Jane Tranter (born 17th March 1963) was the controller of drama commissioning at the BBC who, along with Lorraine Heggessey, was responsible for commissioning what became known as series 1 of Doctor Who. Following the success of Eccleston's outing as the ninth Doctor — as well as a string of hits including Spooks, and Waking the Dead — she became the Corporation's first, and only, Head of Fiction. This meant that she had control over all scripted television shows at the BBC.
In 2009, she left the Corporation proper to head up BBC Worldwide's operations in the United States. Along with her went Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies, and it was largely through their efforts that Torchwood became an American co-production for series 4.
She was featured on Doctor Who Confidential in the David Tennant-directed episode, Do You Remember the First Time? She was also briefly, but wordlessly, present in the episode which announced the identity of the eleventh Doctor.
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