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'''Donald Baverstock''' was the [[Controller of BBC One]] who ordered [[Sydney Newman]] to create the Saturday tea time show that became ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''Donald Baverstock''' was the [[Controller of BBC One]] who ordered [[Sydney Newman]] to create the Saturday tea time show that became ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
== History with ''Doctor Who'' == | |||
Baverstock was actively engaged in the creation of the programme. He had several well-documented meetings and written exchanges with [[Sydney Newman]] in the run-up to the series' premiere, dating back to at least [[1962]]. On or about [[20 May]] [[1963]] he personally signed off on the format document prepared by Newman, [[Donald Wilson]] and [[C. E. Webber]], saying that series was "looking great". ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | |||
Nonetheless, his support for ''Doctor Who'' was not absolute. He was a key figure in the long-running dispute over whether the show could move from what [[Donald Wilson]] and later [[Verity Lambert]] considered the wholly inappropriate [[Lime Grove Studio D]]. In June 1963, he denied a request to move ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s specialised recording equipment to [[Riverside Studios]] so that his own pet project, {{wi|Thaat Was the Week That Was}}, could enjoy the superior facility. He was involved in several other meetings with various BBC executives and department heads about the headaches caused by Lime Grove's inadequate facilities. | |||
Later, [[Donald Wilson]] and he clashed after Baverstock withdrew a commitment for ''Unearthly'' to be featured on the cover of ''[[Radio Times]]'' in [[November]] [[1963]]. ([[DWMS Summer 1994]]) | |||
== After the BBC == | |||
When [[Hugh Greene]], [[Director-General of the BBC]], decided to make Baverstock switch places with his [[BBC2]] counterpart in early [[1965]], Baverstock saw it as a demotion and resigned from the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. In accordance with half of Greene's original plan, he was replaced by [[Michael Peacock]]. | When [[Hugh Greene]], [[Director-General of the BBC]], decided to make Baverstock switch places with his [[BBC2]] counterpart in early [[1965]], Baverstock saw it as a demotion and resigned from the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. In accordance with half of Greene's original plan, he was replaced by [[Michael Peacock]]. | ||
