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In the 1963 version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the executive producer credit was nonstandard, given that the [[Head of Serials]] (or later [[Head of Series and Serials]]) functioned as uncredited executive producer of not only ''Doctor Who'', but all programmes in the department. The only exception was during [[season 18]]; at the time, the incoming Head asked [[Barry Letts]] to do the job for him on ''Doctor Who'' and oversee [[John Nathan-Turner]]'s first year as [[producer]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Fourth Doctor Handbook]]'') Hence, for that year only, an executive producer was credited on BBC-produced ''Doctor Who''. | In the 1963 version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the executive producer credit was nonstandard, given that the [[Head of Serials]] (or later [[Head of Series and Serials]]) functioned as uncredited executive producer of not only ''Doctor Who'', but all programmes in the department. The only exception was during [[season 18]]; at the time, the incoming Head asked [[Barry Letts]] to do the job for him on ''Doctor Who'' and oversee [[John Nathan-Turner]]'s first year as [[producer]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Fourth Doctor Handbook]]'') Hence, for that year only, an executive producer was credited on BBC-produced ''Doctor Who''. | ||
Since [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 tele-film]], executive producers have been routinely credited on all [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] episodes. There have always been ''multiple'' executive producers on each episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'', and ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' — except for the official BBC parody, ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. | Since [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 tele-film]], executive producers have been routinely credited on all [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] episodes. There have always been ''multiple'' executive producers on each episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'', and ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' — except for the official BBC parody, ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. | ||
Different executive producers have traditionally had different production emphases. [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Steven Moffat]], for instance, have been [[head writer|primarily focussed on the writing]], though they have had the authority to make decisions on any production matter they chose. [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Piers Wenger]] have held an executive producer credit largely because they held the position of [[Head of Drama]] at [[BBC Wales]]. In this way, they were not dissimilar to the uncredited executive producers of the past, like [[Shaun Sutton]]. | Different executive producers have traditionally had different production emphases. [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Steven Moffat]], for instance, have been [[head writer|primarily focussed on the writing]], though they have had the authority to make decisions on any production matter they chose. [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Piers Wenger]] have held an executive producer credit largely because they held the position of [[Head of Drama]] at [[BBC Wales]]. In this way, they were not dissimilar to the uncredited executive producers of the past, like [[Shaun Sutton]]. | ||
