JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner
JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner, later retitled and released as Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner, was an in-depth investigation of John Nathan-Turner's life, with particular emphasis on the years he was producer of Doctor Who.
It also offered a significant glimpse into his early life and what Russell T Davies called his predecessor's "devastating [and] genuinely tragic" end.
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Richard Marson's book, JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner tells the story of the most controversial figure in the history of Doctor Who.
(Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner tells the story of the most controversial figure in the history of Doctor Who.)
For more than a decade, John Nathan-Turner, or “JN-T” as he was often known, was in charge of every major artistic and practical decision affecting the world's longest-running science fiction programme. Richard Marson brings his dramatic, farcical, sometimes scandalous, often moving story to life with the benefit of his own inside knowledge and the fruits of over 100 revealing interviews with key friends and colleagues, those John loved to those from whom he became estranged. The author has also had access to all of Nathan-Turner's surviving archive of paperwork and photos, many of which appear here for the very first time.
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- The 2013 hardback edition was limited to a total of 100 copies.
- The 2022 paperback edition was limited to a total of 250 copies.
- The newly retitled 2016 hardback edition contained additional photographs and documents and a new chapter detailing the year of the book’s release and the full story behind the press attention it received.
- The 2022 paperback edition included a new afterword, gathering thoughts and tributes from John's friends and colleagues, along with previously unseen photographs.