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Think Doctor Who is just for boys? Don't you believe it. Not only was the show's very first producer a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. Considering her importance to Doctor Who it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with Russell T Davies as the most prolific producer in Doctor Who history.
The careers of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors are significantly longer in audio than on television. Check out their latest works at category:2024 audio stories
Officially, only The Lodger has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called The Lodger.
However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in Doctor Who Magazine. The Shakespeare Code contains a good amount of material from A Groatsworth of Wit, and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the time vortex in order to spare a companion was explored in both The Parting of the Ways and The Flood.
Donald Baverstock was the BBC executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of Doctor Who. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired Sydney Newman and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon producer Verity Lambert.
But Baverstock wasn't the only BBC executive to have a profound impact on the development of Doctor Who. Make sure you read about Lorraine Heggessey, Mark Thompson, Danny Cohen, George Entwistle, Tony Hall, Shaun Sutton, Sydney Newman and others.- ... that the producers of K9 gave a tiny nod to Doctor Who by setting part of a time travel story called The Cambridge Spy in November 1963?
- ... that "Amy Ivans" was in reality Amfetriti, a mermaid whom the Sixth Doctor and Peri met when she was slowly being mercury poisoned? (AUDIO: Cryptobiosis)
- ,,, that the date of employment on Rory Williams' ID tag from Royal Leadworth Hospital created a fan controversy upon first transmission of The Eleventh Hour?
- ... that Nyssa almost certainly lost her virginity with a man named Andrew in Stockbridge, England — while the Fifth Doctor enjoyed a season with the local cricket club? (AUDIO: Autumn)
- ... that the Silurians restored some breeds of dinosaurs from extinction, including the Herrerasaurus and the Dilophosaurus? (PROSE: Blood Heat)