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'''Gerald Savory''' ([[17 November]] [[1909]]-[[6 February]] [[1996]]) was [[Donald Wilson]]'s replacement as head of serials at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. He had oversight of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during the latter portion of [[William Hartnell]]'s tenure as [[the Doctor]]. He was likely most famous for two decisions. First, he was the executive who requested, on or about [[28 May]] [[1965]], that ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' be a 12-part story. Second, he prevented [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] from writing out [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''.


'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ([[17th November]] [[1909]] — [[6th February]] [[1996]]) was [[Donald Wilson]]'s replacement as head of serials at the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].  He had oversight of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during the latter portion of [[William Hartnell]]'s tenure as [[the Doctor]].  He was likely most famous for two decisions.  First, he was the executive who requested, on or about [[28th May]] [[1965]], that ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' be a 12-part story.  Second, he prevented [[producer]] [[John Wiles]] from writing out [[William Hartnell]] in ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''
Prior to his employment as Head of Serials, he had been a successful playwright, coming to notice due largely to his [[1937]] play, ''George and Margaret''. When [[Donald Tosh]] re-wrote ''Toymaker'' so it included his characters of George and Margaret, he swiftly rejected ''Toymaker'' on the grounds that it used the characters without permission, forcing [[Gerry Davis]] to rewrite the [[serial]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'')


Prior to his employment as Head of Serials, he had been a successful playwright, coming to notice due largely to his [[1937]] play, ''George and Margaret''.  When [[Donald Tosh]] re-wrote ''Toymaker'' so it included his characters of George and Margaret, he swiftly rejected ''Toymaker'' on the grounds that it used the characters without permission, forcing [[Gerry Davis]] to rewrite the [[serial]]. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]])''
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