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Along with [[Christopher Barry]] and [[Douglas Camfield]], he was one of the only three people to direct ''Doctor Who'' serials featuring [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]. | Along with [[Christopher Barry]] and [[Douglas Camfield]], he was one of the only three people to direct ''Doctor Who'' serials featuring [[William Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Tom Baker]]. | ||
Mayne was remembered as a very expressive man who made his feelings plain; for example, when first seeing the costume for [[Alpha Centauri]] for ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', he apparently swore "What the hell is that? A giant green d***?". A cloak was added to try and hide the creature's phallic appearance, but it was known as "the d*** in the cloak" by the production team. He also ordered voice artiste [[Ysanne Churchman]] to voice the creature like a [[gay]] civil servant. | Mayne was remembered as a very expressive man who made his feelings plain; for example, when first seeing the costume for [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] for ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', he apparently swore "What the hell is that? A giant green d***?". A cloak was added to try and hide the creature's phallic appearance, but it was known as "the d*** in the cloak" by the production team. He also ordered voice artiste [[Ysanne Churchman]] to voice the creature like a [[gay]] civil servant. | ||
Mayne died tragically in a boating accident on [[20 May (people)|20 May]] [[1977 (people)|1977]], when a dinghy he was using on the [[English Channel]] with two other yachtsmen — one of whom was [[Ian McCulloch]] — was capsized by a freak wave, and the search-and-rescue team were unable to find him. | Mayne died tragically in a boating accident on [[20 May (people)|20 May]] [[1977 (people)|1977]], when a dinghy he was using on the [[English Channel]] with two other yachtsmen — one of whom was [[Ian McCulloch]] — was capsized by a freak wave, and the search-and-rescue team were unable to find him. | ||
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Lennie Mayne (born 8 November 1927) was directed several Doctor Who stories. He was married to Frances Pidgeon (who played Miss Jackson in The Hand of Fear). Mayne provided the whistling soundtrack for Sarah Jane Smith's last scene in The Hand of Fear because Elisabeth Sladen could not whistle. (DOC: Changing Time)
Along with Christopher Barry and Douglas Camfield, he was one of the only three people to direct Doctor Who serials featuring William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.
Mayne was remembered as a very expressive man who made his feelings plain; for example, when first seeing the costume for Alpha Centauri for The Curse of Peladon, he apparently swore "What the hell is that? A giant green d***?". A cloak was added to try and hide the creature's phallic appearance, but it was known as "the d*** in the cloak" by the production team. He also ordered voice artiste Ysanne Churchman to voice the creature like a gay civil servant.
Mayne died tragically in a boating accident on 20 May 1977, when a dinghy he was using on the English Channel with two other yachtsmen — one of whom was Ian McCulloch — was capsized by a freak wave, and the search-and-rescue team were unable to find him.
