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He also began the process of staffing for the show. He was the original point of contact between ''Doctor Who'' and [[Tristram Cary]]. Though Cary would ultimately not provide the [[Doctor Who theme|theme]] and [[incidental music]] for the first [[serial]], he would be in place to score ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', cementing some musical punctuation into the fabric of ''Doctor Who''. Tucker would also bring back Cary for ''The Gunfighters''. | He also began the process of staffing for the show. He was the original point of contact between ''Doctor Who'' and [[Tristram Cary]]. Though Cary would ultimately not provide the [[Doctor Who theme|theme]] and [[incidental music]] for the first [[serial]], he would be in place to score ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', cementing some musical punctuation into the fabric of ''Doctor Who''. Tucker would also bring back Cary for ''The Gunfighters''. | ||
Tucker was also involved in initial casting. He was the first person to offer the role of [[the Doctor]] to an actor | Tucker was also involved in initial casting. He was the first person to offer the role of [[the Doctor]] to an actor, [[Hugh David]]; he also held casting sessions for the part of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and Miss McGovern, a character who would become [[Barbara Wright]]. As with the Doctor, he was not able to select an actor for either of these parts. | ||
He was also responsible for reducing [[C. E. Webber]]'s contributions to early ''Doctor Who''. He rejected Webber's ''The Giants'', the first of three attempts to write a story about a miniaturised [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew. This story would have been the programme's first serial, the one Tucker was slated to direct. Instead, Donald Wilson and he tapped [[Anthony Coburn]] to bring his story, then called ''The Tribe of Gum'', to the first position, but to rewrite it so that it incorporated some elements of Webber's first episode. | He was also responsible for reducing [[C. E. Webber]]'s contributions to early ''Doctor Who''. He rejected Webber's ''The Giants'', the first of three attempts to write a story about a miniaturised [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew. This story would have been the programme's first serial, the one Tucker was slated to direct. Instead, Donald Wilson and he tapped [[Anthony Coburn]] to bring his story, then called ''The Tribe of Gum'', to the first position, but to rewrite it so that it incorporated some elements of Webber's first episode. | ||
