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{{real world}}'''Biddy Baxter, MBE''' was the [[producer]] of ''[[Blue Peter]]'' from [[1962]]-[[1965]] and its content editor from [[1965]]-[[1988]]. She was thus the virtual showrunner of the programme for all but the last year of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s original run, and is credited for starting ''Blue Peter''{{'}}s long relationship with ''Doctor Who''. She is also responsible for the preservation of a few important clips from [[missing episode]]s of ''Doctor Who''. | {{real world}}'''Biddy Baxter, MBE''' was the [[producer]] of ''[[Blue Peter]]'' from [[1962]]-[[1965]] and its content editor from [[1965]]-[[1988]]. She was thus the virtual showrunner of the programme for all but the last year of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s original run, and is credited for starting ''Blue Peter''{{'}}s long relationship with ''Doctor Who''. She is also responsible for the preservation of a few important clips from [[missing episode]]s of ''Doctor Who''. | ||
Because of a torrent of letters from viewers about the [[ | Because of a torrent of letters from viewers about the [[Dalek]]s during the height of "[[Dalekmania]]", she initially engaged the services of [[Raymond Cusick]] on her programme, who then provided the first of what would become semi-regular installments showing kids how to make various ''Doctor Who''-related objects. He gave instructions which allowed kids how to make their very own [[Dalek]] out of ordinary, household items. The feature was the first public acknowledgment that Cusick had in fact designed the Daleks. From this beginning, she would continue to involve ''Doctor Who'' in the production of ''Blue Peter'', bringing both behind-the-scenes personnel and actors onto her show. Her ability to inspire the creativity of her young viewers with such things as the first design-a-monster contest in [[1967]] — which received over a quarter of a million entries — helped make ''Doctor Who'' an ''activity'' as much as a passive television experience. | ||
Under her administration, ''Blue Peter'' occasionally became a source of genuine news about ''Doctor Who'', such as when ''Blue Peter'' became the first programme to reveal the identity of the actor playing the [[Seventh Doctor]], or when presenter [[Peter Purves]] reported on the theft of two genuine Dalek props in the [[1970s]]. | Under her administration, ''Blue Peter'' occasionally became a source of genuine news about ''Doctor Who'', such as when ''Blue Peter'' became the first programme to reveal the identity of the actor playing the [[Seventh Doctor]], or when presenter [[Peter Purves]] reported on the theft of two genuine Dalek props in the [[1970s]]. | ||
