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'''Gary Downie''' ([[17 July (people)|17 July]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]-[[19 January (people)|19 January]] [[2006 (people)|2006]]) was an [[assistant floor manager]] and [[production manager]] on the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series.  He was also the partner of series producer [[John Nathan-Turner]]. He was production manager for the thirtieth anniversary ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' sketch for Children in Need in 1993. In "The Few Doctors," a 1997 fan video spoof of ''Doctor Who'', Mr. Downie appeared as a [[Time Lord]]. In addition to his work with ''Doctor Who'', he worked as production manager on ''Star Cops'' and as assistant floor manager on ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]].''

Together with Nathan-Turner, [[Ian Fraser]], and [[Fiona Hughes]], he formed Teynham Productions, a theatrical group specialising in pantomime. Late in life, he became a psychotherapist and also worked on behalf of several charities in [[Brighton]]. Downie died on 19 January 2006, after a long battle with [[cancer]], having survived Nathan-Turner who died in 2002. An obituary of Mr. Downie, from which some information for this article was taken, was recently written by Fiona Hughes and appeared in the [[BBC]]'s internal magazine, ''Ariel''. Gary was also the writer of ''[[The Doctor Who Cookbook]]''.