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 {{real world}}[[image:LorraineHeggessey.jpg|thumb|250px|Heggessey as she appeared on [[CON]]: ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'']]
-'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[16th November]] [[1956]]) was the [[Controller of BBC One]] who, along with the BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning, [[Jane Tranter]], brought ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back to [[BBC One]] in [[2005]].  Prior to the [[2003]] commissioning of what became known as [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]], she was engaged in a two-year fight to wrest control of the property from [[BBC Worldwide]], who had then been hoping to make a movie based on the franchise, back to the Corporation proper.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1442528/Doctor-Who-ready-to-come-out-of-the-Tardis-for-Saturday-TV-series.html Leonard, Tom. "Doctor Who ready to come out of the Tardis for Saturday TV series".  ''The Telegraph''.  26 September 2003.]</ref>  She later gave her opinions on the return of ''Doctor Who'' to ''[[Doctor Who Confidential|Confidential]]'', in the episodes, ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (Doctor Who Confidential episode)|The Daleks]]''
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[16th November]] [[1956]]) was the [[controller of BBC One]] who, along with the controller of drama commissioning, [[Jane Tranter]], brought ''[[Doctor Who]]'' back to [[BBC One]] in [[2005]].  Prior to the [[2003]] commissioning of what became known as [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]], she was engaged in a two-year fight to wrest control of the property from [[BBC Worldwide]], who had then been hoping to make a movie based on the franchise, back to the Corporation proper.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1442528/Doctor-Who-ready-to-come-out-of-the-Tardis-for-Saturday-TV-series.html Leonard, Tom. "Doctor Who ready to come out of the Tardis for Saturday TV series".  ''The Telegraph''.  26 September 2003.]</ref>  She later gave her opinions on the return of ''Doctor Who'' to ''[[Doctor Who Confidential|Confidential]]'', in the episodes, ''[[Bringing Back the Doctor]]'' and ''[[The Daleks (Doctor Who Confidential episode)|The Daleks]]''
 She was responsible for a wide variety of other popular changes to the network's programming, including the addition of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Spooks|Spooks]]''.  She left the BBC on [[15th April]] [[2005]], just as [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s series was beginning to be broadcast to return to the production side of the television industry.  For the next five years she was the CEO of [[wikipedia:Talkback Thames|Talkback Thames]], where she oversaw the production of popular shows like ''[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]'' (for which she received a [[BAFTA]] nomination), ''[[wikipedia:QI|QI]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Green Wing|Green Wing]]''.