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|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|setting = Studio
|setting = Studio
|producer = [[Roger Ordish]]
|producer = [[Roger Ordish]]
|broadcast date = [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[1975 (releases)|1975]]
|broadcast date = [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] [[1975 (releases)|1975]]
|network = [[BBC One]]
|network = [[BBC One]]
|series = ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' specials
|series = ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' specials
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'''''Jim'll Fix It special''''' was a short skit broadcast on the second episode ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' in [[1975 (releases)|1975]].
'''''Jim'll Fix It special''''' was a short scene broadcast on the second ever episode of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' in [[1975 (releases)|1975]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The [[Fourth Doctor]] hands out scraps of his destroyed [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]] to girls in the studio.
[[Jimmy Savile]] has fixed it for some fans to "meet Doctor Who". The [[Fourth Doctor]] materialises in the studio to meet the girls and hands out pieces of his [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]], [[jelly baby|jelly babies]] and tickets to the [[Doctor Who Exhibition]]s. The Doctor then dematerialises with the children, and rematerialises with them on the other side of the studio.<ref name="The Diary of Doctor Who">''The Diary of Doctor Who'', "June", page 16. ''[[Doctor Who: Chronicles 1975]]''</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|Dr. Who]] - [[Tom Baker]] ''(credited on-screen as "Dr. Who", without Tom Baker's name)''


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - adlibbed
* [[Writer]] - ad-libbed
* [[Producer]] - [[Roger Ordish]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Roger Ordish]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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* [[Tom Baker]] is not billed on the closing credits, with the show's regular "With the Help of..." listing reading simply "Dr. Who".
* The pieces of the Doctor's scarf given to the young fixees were attached to the main scarf with Velcro,<ref name="The Diary of Doctor Who" /> enabling Tom Baker to detach them when required.
* This skit is unlikely to see the light of day again — as an extra either on a DVD Special Edition or a Blu-ray Fourth Doctor season box-set — due to the Jimmy Savile controversy.


[[Category:Parodic comedy sketches from non-DWU series]]
== Worldbuilding ==
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[[Category:Non-DWU television stories]]
[[Category:1975 television stories]]
[[Category:1975 television stories]]

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Jim'll Fix It special was a short scene broadcast on the second ever episode of Jim'll Fix It in 1975.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jimmy Savile has fixed it for some fans to "meet Doctor Who". The Fourth Doctor materialises in the studio to meet the girls and hands out pieces of his scarf, jelly babies and tickets to the Doctor Who Exhibitions. The Doctor then dematerialises with the children, and rematerialises with them on the other side of the studio.[1]

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tom Baker is not billed on the closing credits, with the show's regular "With the Help of..." listing reading simply "Dr. Who".
  • The pieces of the Doctor's scarf given to the young fixees were attached to the main scarf with Velcro,[1] enabling Tom Baker to detach them when required.
  • This skit is unlikely to see the light of day again — as an extra either on a DVD Special Edition or a Blu-ray Fourth Doctor season box-set — due to the Jimmy Savile controversy.

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Diary of Doctor Who, "June", page 16. Doctor Who: Chronicles 1975