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'''Rex Tucker''' ([[20 February]] [[1913]]-[[10 August]] [[1996]]) directed [[ | '''Rex Tucker''' ([[20 February]] [[1913]]-[[10 August]] [[1996]]) directed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' and contributed to the lyrics of "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]". However, he did request that his director's credit be removed from the closing captions of "[[The O.K. Corral]]" following a disagreement with [[Innes Lloyd]] over its editing. | ||
Tucker also had a significant impact upon the very origins of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Despite a lack of screen credit, he was the programme's first [[producer]]. Appointed in [[May]] [[1963]] as an "interim" or "caretaker" producer until [[Sydney Newman]] could find a permanent replacement, Tucker was also, for many months, the [[director]] of ''[[100,000 BC]]''. Had the show been filmed for its original [[24 August]] [[1963]] launch date, he would have been ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s first director. | Tucker also had a significant impact upon the very origins of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Despite a lack of screen credit, he was the programme's first [[producer]]. Appointed in [[May]] [[1963]] as an "interim" or "caretaker" producer until [[Sydney Newman]] could find a permanent replacement, Tucker was also, for many months, the [[director]] of ''[[100,000 BC]]''. Had the show been filmed for its original [[24 August]] [[1963]] launch date, he would have been ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s first director. | ||
