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Ide Cyan
Ide Cyan
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 3:40pm

Verity Lambert, Doctor Who’s first producer, passed away yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7109538.stm

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MaryAnn
MaryAnn
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 3:41pm

Sad news on Lambert…

Yes, one day after JFK was killed, *Doctor Who* debuted…

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jakob1978
jakob1978
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 3:44pm

Very cool!

But does this mean that Doctor Who debuted exactly one day after the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Brave New World author Aldous Huxley?

Yes (in fact they were filming the second story (the first with the daleks) when news came through of the death of JFK.

The first episode was repeated the following week, because they thought people wouldn’t have watched it with the terrible news.

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Ide Cyan
Ide Cyan
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 3:45pm

Clayj: yes. The first broadcast was actually delayed because of the news of the JFK assassination. And there’s a tie-in Dr Who novel entitled _Who Killed Kennedy_ that was inspired by that coincidence of events.

Also: that video ought to mention Delia Derbyshire, who created the original theme in 1963 at the BBC Radiophonic workshop.

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elgee
elgee
Fri, Nov 23, 2007 5:22pm

The BBC website has a DYI version using the original electronic sounds (it also credits Derbyshire and others):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/news/radiophonatron.shtml

Sad news about Verity Lambert; she did get to see the Doctor successfully recreated for a new century, and her early efforts appreciated.

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