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Despite this, her influence on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' remained constant until after the show began broadcast. At one critical point in [[October (production)|October]], she and [[John Mair]] were solicited by [[Donald Baverstock]] to thoroughly investigate the actual cost of production, in order to come up with realistic budgets. The two financial planners discovered a lot of discrepancies and questions in the book which raised Baverstock's ire, and even briefly threaten to halt production. | Despite this, her influence on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' remained constant until after the show began broadcast. At one critical point in [[October (production)|October]], she and [[John Mair]] were solicited by [[Donald Baverstock]] to thoroughly investigate the actual cost of production, in order to come up with realistic budgets. The two financial planners discovered a lot of discrepancies and questions in the book which raised Baverstock's ire, and even briefly threaten to halt production. | ||
She was also a key player in the fight over which studios would be used to produce ''Doctor Who''. She was largely the reason the show ended up in [[Lime Grove Studio D]] — a studio that the production team universally thought was unsuitable to the task. On this point she was challenged by Mair, who argued that they should acquiesce to the production team's desire for allocation of studio space at [[BBC Television Centre]], largely because it would avoid union problems. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | She was also a key player in the fight over which studios would be used to produce ''Doctor Who''. She was largely the reason the show ended up in [[Lime Grove Studio D]] — a studio that the production team universally thought was unsuitable to the task. On this point she was challenged by Mair, who argued that they should acquiesce to the production team's desire for allocation of studio space at [[BBC Television Centre]], largely because it would avoid union problems. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor|The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == |
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