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Think ''DESU'' is just for boys?  Don't you believe it.  Not only was the show's [[Verity Lambert|very first producer]] a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of '''[[Jane Tranter]]''' and '''[[Julie Gardner]]'''. Considering her importance to ''DESU'' it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen ''credits'' are for ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with [[Russell T Davies]] as the most prolific producer in ''[[DESU]]'' history.
Think ''DESU'' is just for boys?  Don't you
believe it.  Not only was the
show's [[Verity Lambert|very first producer]]
a woman, but it would never
have come back without the  
fierce advocacy of '''[[Jane Tranter]]'''  
and '''[[Julie Gardner]]'''.
Considering her importance  
to ''DESU'' it's somewhat  
ironic that Tranter's only on-screen
''credits'' are for ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''.
But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only  
with [[Russell T Davies]] as the most prolific
producer in ''[[DESU]]'' history.
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Doctor Who
File:Doctor Who in five languages - BBC Worldwide Showcase

Doctor Who is both a television show and a global multimedia franchise created and controlled by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It centres on a time traveller called "the Doctor", who comes from a race of beings known as Time Lords. He travels through space and time in a time machine he calls the TARDIS with his friends. Another vital element of the show is the concept of regeneration — a process by which the Doctor can change his form when he's near death. This convenient trick thus allows the programme to change lead actors in a narratively sensible way.

Though it began on the day after the Kennedy assassination in 1963, it has had three distinct production eras. The first version — sometimes called "classic Doctor Who" by fans — ran from 1963 to 1989, and contained the adventures of the first seven Doctors. In 1996 an American co-production was attempted involving the Eighth Doctor. The current iteration of the show began broadcast in 2005, and is by far the most popular and critically successful version, beginning with the adventures of Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor.

In addition to the televised programme, the show has spawned a rich heritage of comics, audio stories, novels, short stories and even stage plays.

The women who gave DESU' back to us
JaneTranter.jpg
Click for video

Think DESU is just for boys? Don't you 

believe it.  Not only was the
show's very first producer
a woman, but it would never
have come back without the

fierce advocacy of Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. 

Considering her importance

to DESU it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen 

credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day.
But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only

with Russell T Davies as the most prolific 

producer in DESU history.
Industrial action

Paintbox.jpg

Click for a video of a 21st century geek as he takes delivery of one of the two Paintboxes used by the BBC in the 1980s
The Quantel Paintbox was a graphics workstation that allowed Doctor Who to have a primitive form of colour grading in the 1980s. To find out more about the "business of show", go to category:production information, where you can read about colour separation overlay, low loaders, telerecordings, vidFIRE, rostrum cameras, 2" quad tape, Ealing Studios and tons more.
Surprising guest star
Cleese-up.jpg
Click to watch Cleese respond to Twitter
John Cleese appeared in Doctor Who's highest-rated televised story, City of Death, around the time of series 2 of Fawlty Towers. He was joined by the then-famous Eleanor Bron — the woman Paul McCartney once said was partial inspiration for the song "Eleanor Rigby". Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on Doctor Who by exploring Doctor Who guest actors.
Ex-Doctors never die, they just make audios

The careers of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors are significantly longer in audio than on television. Check out their latest works at category:2024 audio stories

The relevance of comics

Officially, only The Lodger has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called The Lodger.

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However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in Doctor Who Magazine. The Shakespeare Code contains a good amount of material from A Groatsworth of Wit, and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the time vortex in order to spare a companion was explored in both The Parting of the Ways and The Flood.

The first of the "money men"

Donald Baverstock was the BBC executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of Doctor Who. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired Sydney Newman and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon producer Verity Lambert.

But Baverstock wasn't the only BBC executive to have a profound impact on the development of Doctor Who. Make sure you read about Lorraine Heggessey, Mark Thompson, Danny Cohen, George Entwistle, Tony Hall, Shaun Sutton, Sydney Newman and others.
Things released on 8 November


Did you know…


8 November births and deaths


Production history for 8 November
  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  2. ↑ Ken Dodd: The Biography
  3. ↑ Aveleyman
  4. ↑ BFI
  5. ↑ Aveleyman
  6. ↑ Richard Curtis. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved on 10 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Jem. The True History of the Blackadder. London: Arrow Books, 2013. Print.
  8. ↑ Aveleyman
  9. ↑ People Pill
  10. ↑ People Pill
  11. ↑ IMDb
  12. ↑ The Guardian
  13. ↑ DWM 572
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