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==Background==
==Background==
The BBC in the late 1970's took a dim view as to [[Producer]]s and [[Script Editor]]s commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' Producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called "[[The Elusive David Agnew]]". The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym Dicks used on ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), and as a final joke the director credit on the featurette is given to [[Wikipedia:Alan Smithee|Alan Smithee]], the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors.
The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view as to [[Producer]]s and [[Script Editor]]s commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' Producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called "[[The Elusive David Agnew]]". The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym Dicks used on ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), and as a final joke the director credit on the featurette is given to [[Wikipedia:Alan Smithee|Alan Smithee]], the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors.


Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known.
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known.
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