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=== In the 20th century === | === In the 20th century === | ||
==== Development ==== | ==== Development ==== | ||
The creation of the series by the BBC was spurred by the growing appetite of the [[British]] public for realistic [[science fiction]], which had ironically been whetted by the accidental broadcasting in [[1953]] of real footage of the [[Bernard Quatermass|head]] of the [[British Rocket Group]] fighting off an extraterrestrial creature, which the [[Home Secretary]] had hurriedly passed off as fiction. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]'') | |||
Indeed, it had been [[Winston Churchill]] who suggested in a letter to [[Sydney Newman (Stop, Thief!)|Mr Newman]] that he should alter his "whole new type of drama" to be based upon the story of Churchill's old friend, the Doctor, during production. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stop, Thief! (short story)|Stop, Thief!]]'') | |||
==== November 1963 ==== | ==== November 1963 ==== | ||
