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'''Stuart Hood''' was the Controller of Programmes for Television for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]], appointed after the broadcast of [[season 1]] was underway. | '''Stuart Hood''' was the Controller of Programmes for Television for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]], appointed after the broadcast of [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 1]] was underway. | ||
The Wednesday after the transmission of ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'', he told the Programmer Review Board that the scene in which [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] threatens [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] with a pair of [[scissors]] "digressed from the code of violence in programmes". ([[INFO]]: "[[The Edge of Destruction (episode)|The Edge of Destruction]]") | |||
On [[28 May (production)|28 May]], he was the recipient of a memo from [[Kenneth Adam]], whose sentiment he immediately passed on to [[Sydney Newman]], who then sent it to his [[Donald Wilson|Head of Serials]], who then passed it on to ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s [[Verity Lambert|producer]] and [[David Whitaker|script editor]]. Adam, and therefore Hood, were concerned that it was "silly" for the [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s to separate every time "danger threatens". Reasonable people in the real world, the memo argued, wouldn't do this, and even Adam's 3½-year-old grand-daughter knew it. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 22 April 2024
Stuart Hood was the Controller of Programmes for Television for the British Broadcasting Corporation, appointed after the broadcast of season 1 was underway.
The Wednesday after the transmission of The Edge of Destruction, he told the Programmer Review Board that the scene in which Susan threatens Ian with a pair of scissors "digressed from the code of violence in programmes". (INFO: "The Edge of Destruction")
On 28 May, he was the recipient of a memo from Kenneth Adam, whose sentiment he immediately passed on to Sydney Newman, who then sent it to his Head of Serials, who then passed it on to Doctor Who's producer and script editor. Adam, and therefore Hood, were concerned that it was "silly" for the First Doctor and his companions to separate every time "danger threatens". Reasonable people in the real world, the memo argued, wouldn't do this, and even Adam's 3½-year-old grand-daughter knew it. (REF: The First Doctor Handbook)
