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Having now satisfied Baverstock as to the seriousness of their financial intent, Wilson and Lambert successfully pressed for extensions to their commission. Wilson received a thirteen-week extension on [[22 November]] [[1963]], in which Baverstock signalled that he'd probably give an ''additional'' thirteen weeks in early [[1964]]. In the event, though — and almost certainly influenced by the December success of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', he extended ''Doctor Who'' again on [[31 December]] 1963, and yet again in [[February]] [[1964]]. By [[April]], he was ready to renegotiate contracts with the regulars and move into a second [[production block]]. | Having now satisfied Baverstock as to the seriousness of their financial intent, Wilson and Lambert successfully pressed for extensions to their commission. Wilson received a thirteen-week extension on [[22 November]] [[1963]], in which Baverstock signalled that he'd probably give an ''additional'' thirteen weeks in early [[1964]]. In the event, though — and almost certainly influenced by the December success of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', he extended ''Doctor Who'' again on [[31 December]] 1963, and yet again in [[February]] [[1964]]. By [[April]], he was ready to renegotiate contracts with the regulars and move into a second [[production block]]. | ||
Baverstock | Baverstock ordered that Lambert could not give the regulars a rise in their new contract without going through him, personally. [[Jacqueline Hill]], [[William Russell]] and [[William Hartnell]] all refused Lambert's initial offer of a new contract at the same rate, largely because Baverstock refused to reveal his own commitment to the programme's renewal. Consequently, she could not tell her stars how long their services would be required. For all they knew, they were being ask to agree to work for a few more weeks, at the same pay as before, in order to bring the series to a swift conclusion. | ||
With Lambert unable to secure her artists' services, Baverstock became directly involved in proceedings. Briefly, he tied the whole future of ''Doctor Who'' to whether the artists would re-sign on meagre rises. However, he quickly sensed that he would likely be perceived as having a conflict of interest, and sent Lambert to another BBC executive for negotiation assistance. They agreed to Hartnell's demands and came to a successful conclusion with the other two, whereupon Baverstock finally gave a long term commitment to ''Doctor Who'' that would last for a firm six months — almost up to the end of [[season 2]]. | |||
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