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'''Gerald Savory''' was [[Donald Wilson]]'s replacement as [[Head of Serials]] at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. He had oversight of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during the latter portion of [[William Hartnell]]'s tenure as [[the Doctor]]. He was likely most famous for two decisions. First, he was the executive who requested, on or about 28 May 1965, that ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' be a 12-part story. Second, he prevented [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] from writing out [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''. | '''Gerald Savory''' ([[17 November (people)|17 November]] [[1909 (people)|1909]]-[[9 February (people)|9 February]] [[1996 (people)|1996]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-gerald-savory-1340741.html#gsc.tab=0 The Independent]</ref>) was [[Donald Wilson]]'s replacement as [[Head of Serials]] at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. He had oversight of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during the latter portion of [[William Hartnell]]'s tenure as [[the Doctor]]. He was likely most famous for two decisions. First, he was the executive who requested, on or about 28 May 1965, that ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' be a 12-part story. Second, he prevented [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] from writing out [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''. | ||
Prior to his employment as Head of Serials, he had been a successful playwright, coming to notice due largely to his 1937 play, ''George and Margaret'' (adapted into a film in 1940). When [[Donald Tosh]] re-wrote ''The Celestial Toymaker'' so it included Savory's characters of George and Margaret, the story was swiftly rejected on the grounds that it used the characters without permission, forcing [[Gerry Davis]] to rewrite the [[serial]] and replace the characters of George and Margaret with other pairs of characters who would act as opponents for [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] — namely the clowns [[Joey the Clown|Joey]] and [[Clara the Clown|Clara]]; the [[King of Hearts|King]] and [[Queen of Hearts]]; and Sergeant [[Rugg]] and [[Wiggs (The Celestial Toymaker)|Mrs Wiggs]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | Prior to his employment as Head of Serials, he had been a successful playwright, coming to notice due largely to his 1937 play, ''George and Margaret'' (adapted into a film in 1940). When [[Donald Tosh]] re-wrote ''The Celestial Toymaker'' so it included Savory's characters of George and Margaret, the story was swiftly rejected on the grounds that it used the characters without permission, forcing [[Gerry Davis]] to rewrite the [[serial]] and replace the characters of George and Margaret with other pairs of characters who would act as opponents for [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Dodo Chaplet|Dodo]] — namely the clowns [[Joey the Clown|Joey]] and [[Clara the Clown|Clara]]; the [[King of Hearts|King]] and [[Queen of Hearts]]; and Sergeant [[Rugg]] and [[Wiggs (The Celestial Toymaker)|Mrs Wiggs]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | ||
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