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'''"{{PAGENAME}}"''' was essentially the the {{w|pitch (film)|pitch}} for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Submitted to [[Controller of BBC One]] [[Donald Baverstock]] on [[16 May (production)|16 May]] [[1963]] which outlined the concept of a proposed programme called ''[[Doctor Who|Dr. Who]]''.  It was prepared by [[Donald Wilson]], [[C. E. Webber]] and [[Sydney Newman]].  
'''"Dr. Who"''' — or, more precisely, '''Dr. Who: General Notes on Background and Approach for an Exciting Adventure - Science Fiction Drama Series for Childrens Saturday Viewing''' – was essentially the the {{w|pitch (film)|pitch}} for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Submitted to [[Controller of BBC One]] [[Donald Baverstock]] on [[16 May (production)|16 May]] [[1963]] which outlined the concept of a proposed programme called ''[[Doctor Who|Dr. Who]]''.  It was prepared by [[Donald Wilson]], [[C. E. Webber]] and [[Sydney Newman]].  


Amongst the things defined by this document were:  
Amongst the things defined by this document were:  

Revision as of 00:00, 16 June 2013

"Dr. Who" — or, more precisely, Dr. Who: General Notes on Background and Approach for an Exciting Adventure - Science Fiction Drama Series for Childrens Saturday Viewing – was essentially the the pitch for Doctor Who Submitted to Controller of BBC One Donald Baverstock on 16 May 1963 which outlined the concept of a proposed programme called Dr. Who. It was prepared by Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber and Sydney Newman.

Amongst the things defined by this document were:

  • an early outline of the basic character of "Dr. Who"
  • the notion of a male and female teacher of a girl named Sue getting involved in Dr. Who's adventures in time and space
  • the basic idea of an episode in which the protagonists get miniaturised, as eventually happened in Planet of Giants
  • the fact that the Doctor's ship was unreliable, and that "Dr. Who isn't quite sure how to work it"

In other media

The Baverstock/Newman meeting implied by the memo was spoofed by Mark Gatiss and David Walliams in The Pitch of Fear.

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