Gerald Savory: Difference between revisions

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ([[17th November]] [[1909]] — [[6th February]] [[1996]]) was [[Donald Wilson]]'s replacement as head of serials at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].  He therefore had oversight of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during the latter portion of [[William Hartnell]]'s tenure as [[the Doctor]].  He was likely most famous for two decisions.  First, he was the executive who requested, on or about [[28th May]] [[1965]], that ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' be a 12-part story.  Second, he prevented [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] from writing out [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]''.   

Prior to his employment as Head of Serials, he had been a successful playwright, coming largely to notice due to his [[1937]] play, ''George and Margaret''.  When [[Donald Tosh]] re-wrote ''Toymaker'' so it included his characters of George and Margaret, he swiftly rejected ''Toymaker'' on the grounds that it used the characters without permission, thus forcing [[Gerry Davis]] to rewrite the [[serial]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]])''