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Sir James Wilson Vincent "Jimmy" Savile, OBE, KCSG (31 October 1926-29 October 2011) was a disc jockey and television presenter. He was the host of Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It.
Savile's introduction of "the fabulous Beatles" on the 13 May 1965 instalment of Top of the Pops[1] was viewed in the distant future by the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, and Vicki Pallister whilst aboard the TARDIS, via a time-space visualiser they had taken from the Space Museum. (TV: The Chase part 1, "The Executioners").
On 23 February 1985, Savile appeared on the TARDIS' monitor to the Sixth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, and Gareth Jenkins. Despite Tegan and the Doctor describing the sight as "monstrous" and "revolting", respectively. the Doctor activated the TARDIS' inner doors to allow the creature entry into the control room. Once aboard, Savile and the cast broke character. (TV: A Fix with Sontarans)
Paedophilia revelations
He was one of the BBC's main personalities — particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the autumn of 2012, ITV journalists broke the news that he was a serial paedophile, and had abused his position as a popular BBC television personality throughout his long career.[2]
The BBC's response to this revelation, as well as a subsequent act of incompetent journalism related to the Saville investigation, led directly to the resignation of the newly-installed Director-General, George Entwistle.