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On acceding to the position, he immediately told his staff that ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was one of the "major pieces of BBC content" seen around the world. | On acceding to the position, he immediately told his staff that ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was one of the "major pieces of BBC content" seen around the world. | ||
The main goal he outlined | The main goal he outlined for his administration was a desire to bring "improved levels of collaboration, common values and purpose" between the homegrown, [[licence fee]]-paid service of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] and the "burgeoning success" of the Corporation's commercial arm, [[BBC Worldwide]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speeches/2012/george-entwistle-to-staff.html Entwistle, George. "Speech to BBC staff". Broadcasting House, London. 18 September 2012]</ref> | ||
A fan of the way the BBC's coverage of the [[2012]] [[Olympic Games]] had seemingly [[United Kingdom|United the Kingdom]], he immediately ordered that all of the BBC — which presumably included the [[BBC Wales]] team producing ''Doctor Who'' — should use that event as a model for future content.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/dg-world-class.html "BBC must deliver world-class creativity, says new Director-General" BBC Media Centre. 18 September 2012.]</ref> | A fan of the way the BBC's coverage of the [[2012]] [[Olympic Games]] had seemingly [[United Kingdom|United the Kingdom]], he immediately ordered that all of the BBC — which presumably included the [[BBC Wales]] team producing ''Doctor Who'' — should use that event as a model for future content.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/dg-world-class.html "BBC must deliver world-class creativity, says new Director-General" BBC Media Centre. 18 September 2012.]</ref> | ||
{{wi|The Independent}} quickly reported that his love of television drama derived from watching ''Doctor Who'' in his youth. The newspaper quoted him as saying, "[[Jon Pertwee]] was my [[the Doctor|Doctor]]. I was a bit sceptical about the [[Tom Baker]] [[regeneration]]."<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/george-entwistle-the-new-man-at-the-bbc-8153612.html Preston, Ben. "George Entwistle: The new man at the BBC. ''The Independent''. 19 September 2012.]</ref> | {{wi|The Independent}} quickly reported that his love of television drama derived from watching ''Doctor Who'' in his youth. The newspaper quoted him as saying, "[[Jon Pertwee]] was my [[the Doctor|Doctor]]. I was a bit sceptical about the [[Tom Baker]] [[regeneration]]."<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/george-entwistle-the-new-man-at-the-bbc-8153612.html Preston, Ben. "George Entwistle: The new man at the BBC. ''The Independent''. 19 September 2012.]</ref> | ||
== Downfall == | == Downfall == | ||
{{as of|2012|11}}, it was unclear whether Entwistle had been on the job long enough to actually affect anything having to do with the production of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | {{as of|2012|11}}, it was unclear whether Entwistle had been on the job long enough to actually affect anything having to do with the production of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
