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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 "fix" something for them, to 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 "fix" something for them, to make some wish come true. | ||
The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode "[[A Fix with Sontarans]]" featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] came about as a request by a fan named [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]] | The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode "[[A Fix with Sontarans]]" featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] came about as a request by a fan named [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]]. Gareth had his own child-sized version of the Doctor's costume. (A different [[Gareth Jenkins]] works with [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Production]].) | ||
== Other connections == | == Other connections == | ||
* [[Tom Baker]] appeared in character as the [[Fourth Doctor]] in a segment | * [[Tom Baker]] appeared in character as the [[Fourth Doctor]] in a segment in the 1970s. He handed out torn-off scraps of [[the Doctor's scarf|his scarf]] to some young female visitors to the studio. | ||
* Veteran movie actor [[Peter Cushing]] (who played [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Dr. Who]] in ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', wrote to the show in [[1986]] to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife. | * Veteran movie actor [[Peter Cushing]] (who played [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Dr. Who]] in ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', wrote to the show in [[1986]] to ask if a variety of rose could be named after his late wife. | ||
* Numerous viewers have reportedly written in wishing for a [[TARDIS]] of their own or to ride in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]]. | * Numerous viewers have reportedly written in wishing for a [[TARDIS]] of their own or to ride in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]]. | ||
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