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== Background == | == Background == | ||
The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[Producer|producers]] and [[Script Editor|script editors]] 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]]''). As a final joke, the director credit on the featurette is given to {{w|Alan Smithee}}, the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors. | The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[Producer|producers]] and [[Script Editor|script editors]] commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain|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]]''). As a final joke, the director credit on the featurette is given to {{w|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" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | ||
