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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' became head of serials at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] during production of [[season 11]]. He was thus involved in the search for the [[fourth Doctor]]. Since Slater had previously directed Baker in a ''[[wikipedia:Play of the Month|Play of the Month]]'' called ''The Millionairess'', Baker famously wrote to Slater on [[5th February]] [[1973]] looking for work. The letter arrived just when Slater was looking for a person to recommend to [[Barry Letts]] and [[Terrance Dicks]], the people who were effectively in charge of the casting. Conveniently, Baker was then appearing in ''[[wikipedia:The Golden Voyage of Sinbad|The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]'', which was playing in a cinema proximate to [[BBC Television Centre]]. Slater recommended that Letts and Dicks go there to see if they thought, like him, that Baker would make an ideal Doctor. Liking what they say, they cast Baker shortly thereafter. <ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/ Tom Baker at screenonlin.org.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html Mark Gatiss interview of Tom Baker]</ref><ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/yyy.html Shannon Sullivan's take on ''The Monster of Peladon'']</ref> | | '''Bill Slater''' became head of serials at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] during production of [[season 11]]. He was thus involved in the search for the [[fourth Doctor]]. Since Slater had previously directed Baker in a ''[[wikipedia:Play of the Month|Play of the Month]]'' called ''The Millionairess'', Baker famously wrote to Slater on [[5 February]] [[1973]] looking for work. The letter arrived just when Slater was looking for a person to recommend to [[Barry Letts]] and [[Terrance Dicks]], the people who were effectively in charge of the casting. Conveniently, Baker was then appearing in ''[[wikipedia:The Golden Voyage of Sinbad|The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]'', which was playing in a cinema proximate to [[BBC Television Centre]]. Slater recommended that Letts and Dicks go there to see if they thought, like him, that Baker would make an ideal Doctor. Liking what they saw, they cast Baker shortly thereafter.<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/ Tom Baker at screenonlin.org.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html Mark Gatiss interview of Tom Baker]</ref><ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/yyy.html Shannon Sullivan's take on ''The Monster of Peladon'']</ref> |
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| | He was also responsible for giving [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] the [[producer]]ship of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. |
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| He was also responsible for giving [[Philip Hinchcliffe]] the [[producer]]ship of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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