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}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ([[20 February (people)|20 February]] [[1913 (people)|1913]]-[[10 August (people)|10 August]] [[1996 (people)|1996]]) directed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' and contributed to the lyrics of "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]". However, he did request that his director's credit be removed from the closing captions of "[[The O.K. Corral]]" following a disagreement with [[Innes Lloyd]] over its editing. He was credited for all the others. | }}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ([[20 February (people)|20 February]] [[1913 (people)|1913]]-[[10 August (people)|10 August]] [[1996 (people)|1996]]) directed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' and contributed to the lyrics of "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]". However, he did request that his director's credit be removed from the closing captions of "[[The O.K. Corral]]" following a disagreement with [[Innes Lloyd]] over its editing. He was credited for all the others. | ||
Tucker also had a significant impact upon the very origins of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Despite a lack of screen credit, he was the programme's first [[producer]]. Appointed in [[May]] [[1963]] as an "interim" or "caretaker" producer until [[Sydney Newman]] could find a permanent replacement, Tucker was also, for many months, the [[director]] of ''[[ | Tucker also had a significant impact upon the very origins of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Despite a lack of screen credit, he was the programme's first [[producer]]. Appointed in [[May]] [[1963]] as an "interim" or "caretaker" producer until [[Sydney Newman]] could find a permanent replacement, Tucker was also, for many months, the [[director]] of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. Had the show been filmed for its original [[24 August (production)|24 August]] [[1963 (production)|1963]] launch date, he would have been ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s first director. | ||
On [[28 May (production)|28 May]] [[1963]], he became the first in a very long line of people to send a memo to his superiors about the unsuitability of [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove Studio D]] for ''Doctor Who''. His memo to [[Donald Wilson]] worked, inasmuch as it got Wilson, [[Ayton Whitaker]] and [[Ian Atkins]] to accept the word of an experienced director that Lime Grove simply didn't meet the technical requirements of a programme like ''Doctor Who''. It also resulted in Wilson supporting the notion of [[Riverside Studios]] as an acceptable substitute, should studios at [[BBC Television Centre|Television Centre]] prove unavailable. In the end, of course, Lime Grove ''would'' be used, but Tucker's initial memo had the effect of getting important players mobilised in the fight for facilities. It also resulted in what would become the basic facilities priority of the [[1960s]]: TC first, then Riverside, then — as the very last resort — Lime Grove. | On [[28 May (production)|28 May]] [[1963]], he became the first in a very long line of people to send a memo to his superiors about the unsuitability of [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove Studio D]] for ''Doctor Who''. His memo to [[Donald Wilson]] worked, inasmuch as it got Wilson, [[Ayton Whitaker]] and [[Ian Atkins]] to accept the word of an experienced director that Lime Grove simply didn't meet the technical requirements of a programme like ''Doctor Who''. It also resulted in Wilson supporting the notion of [[Riverside Studios]] as an acceptable substitute, should studios at [[BBC Television Centre|Television Centre]] prove unavailable. In the end, of course, Lime Grove ''would'' be used, but Tucker's initial memo had the effect of getting important players mobilised in the fight for facilities. It also resulted in what would become the basic facilities priority of the [[1960s]]: TC first, then Riverside, then — as the very last resort — Lime Grove. | ||
