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![]() ![]() (Newman saves the day with well-timed compliments, but not without a warning to Verity to fix it for the next time.) Continued belowīut it’s also fun to see him have a spring in his step at the chance for a children’s program, and embracing the joy that he brought to so many children on TV each week. ![]() And that allows him to put a fine point on the gruff Hartnell, dismissing the rule outright out of fear of a long term role and almost walking away from it in early days of filming. (He’s not a complete unknown to the franchise, though, appearing first in the Matt Smith serial “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.”) Whether he was Argus Filch in Harry Potter or the architect of the Red Wedding, Bradley knows how to play curmudgeon quite well. Walder Frey comes to the TARDIS, as David Bradley takes on the role of the man who birthed the Doctor, William Hartnell. Of course we fans get the last laugh as Newman’s wish would get ignored time and again throughout the series history. ” He didn’t want to go for the low-hanging fruit of science-fiction, fearing it too simplistic. Newman is adamant to Verity that his new program be very educational (“real history!”) with “no tin robots or BEMs. Happily, Verity stands her ground time and again, fighting back on everything on having a (male) mentor to the survival of the theme song.Īh, one of those moments in history that makes one chuckle. On her first day on the job, she has to kick two men casting The Doctor out of her office, who don’t even take her suggestions for casting the titular role seriously. Even while she faces that glass ceiling, she’s excited for the future of women in the world, evidenced by wanting to interrupt the party she’s attending to watch the launch of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova.īut optimism and pluck only get so far at the staid BBC. It’s not the way they do things at the BBC, but you have to leave some room for innovation.ĭoctor Who’s Peggy Olson is Verity Lambert, a woman thisclose to walking away from television completely when the script for the show falls into her lap. It’s in a genre that the producers consider niche (science fiction) but Newman knows better – – and knows that it will fill that 25 minute hole in the schedule, and appeal to the broadest audience. This one-off line from a BBC security guard towards BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman really does set the tone for all that Doctor Who faces in its journey to air. “That’s not the way we do things at the BBC” Of course, that does not mean that the era’s sexism and racism (and all the smoking, so much smoking) get swept under the rug, as we’ll see later.Ģ. As such, there’s a gloss and sheen over many aspects, much like the wistful nostalgia of memory. This film also came out in 2013, right at the height of success of Mad Men and television’s love of 1960s period settings. Many of the people that also had a hand in the show’s creation, such as early script editor David Whitaker and producer Donald Wilson, aren’t even mentioned at all. As such, there are going to be some moments that aren’t 100 percent historically accurate, or were eliminated for time and content. It’s important to note that this is a dramatized version of the events leading up to, and throughout, the first season of the show back in the 1960s. And for the last time this summer/fall: Spoilers! What better way to end this than to go back to the very, very beginning? At the time this aired (November 21, 2013) there were eleven Doctors, so to commemorate, we’ll have one thought for each Doctor. ![]() Today, we close out tripping the TARDIS fantastic with a look at An Adventure in Space and Time, the 2013 TV movie focusing on the creation and early days of the series. (Want to know what we’re watching? Here’s the schedule!) We’re spending our COVID-19 summer (and a little bit of autumn) winding our way through Doctor Who history, focusing on one episode from each Doctor’s tenure through to the Capaldi era. Welcome to your summer vacation through space and time, all from the comfort of your couch and TV.
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