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Revision as of 16:18, 14 September 2011
Gerald Savory (17th November 1909 — 6th February 1996) was Donald Wilson's replacement as head of serials at the BBC. He 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 to notice due largely 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, forcing Gerry Davis to rewrite the serial. (REF: The First Doctor Handbook)
