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'''''Jim'll Fix It''''' was a long-running [[BBC]] television series hosted by [[Jimmy Savile]]. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he "fix" something for them or make some wish come true. | '''''Jim'll Fix It''''' was a long-running [[BBC]] television series hosted by [[Jimmy Savile]]. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he "fix" something for them or make some wish come true. | ||
The ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' [[mini-episode]] ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'' featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] came about as a request by a fan named [[Gareth Jenkins]]. Gareth had his own child-sized version of the Doctor's costume made for him by his grandmother. (A different [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]] works with [[Big Finish Productions]]).[[File:JimmySavile.jpg|thumb|Jimmy Savile.|left]]Jimmy Savile died in 2011. A year after his death, Savile was exposed as a paedophile, and one of the most prolific sex offenders in British history. Following the revelations involving Savile, all episodes of ''Jim'll Fix It'' have been indefinitely withdrawn from public airing, minus footage featured in documentaries involving his crimes, due to them now falling in poor taste. For the same reason, ''A Fix with Sontarans'', which was originally included as an extra on the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', has been removed from more recent future pressings by BBC Worldwide as of [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. [[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|An edited version of ''A Fix with Sontarans]] without the ''Jim'll Fix It'' segments was re-released in [[2022 (releases)|2022]] on the [[Blu-ray]] version of ''The Two Doctors'' as part of ''[[The Collection]] — [[Season 22]]''. | The ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' [[mini-episode]] ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'' featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] came about as a request by a fan named [[Gareth Jenkins]]. Gareth had his own child-sized version of the Doctor's costume made for him by his grandmother. (A different [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]] works with [[Big Finish Productions]]).[[File:JimmySavile.jpg|thumb|Jimmy Savile.|left]]Jimmy Savile died in 2011. A year after his death, Savile was exposed as a paedophile, and one of the most prolific sex offenders in British history. Following the revelations involving Savile, all episodes of ''Jim'll Fix It'' have been indefinitely withdrawn from public airing, minus footage featured in documentaries involving his crimes, due to them now falling in poor taste. For the same reason, ''A Fix with Sontarans'', which was originally included as an extra on the DVD release of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', has been removed from more recent future pressings by BBC Worldwide as of [[2014 (releases)|2014]]. [[A Fix with Sontarans (home video)|An edited version of ''A Fix with Sontarans]] without the ''Jim'll Fix It'' segments was re-released in [[2022 (releases)|2022]] on the [[Blu-ray]] version of ''The Two Doctors'' as part of ''[[The Collection]] — [[Season 22 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 22]]''. | ||
== Other connections == | == Other connections == | ||
