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- Head of drama Sydney Newman, producer Verity Lambert and director Waris Hussein were the chief creators of Doctor Who. Together with other members of the production team, they were pivotal in realising the imagination and ambition of Newman’s vision for Doctor Who.
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In December 1962, Sydney Newman left ABC to take up the position of Head of Drama at BBC Television, and the following year Lambert joined him at the corporation. Newman had recruited her to produce Doctor Who , a programme he had personally conceived and initiated as an educational science-fiction serial for early Saturday evenings.
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Nov 1, 2023 · Head of drama Sydney Newman, producer Verity Lambert and director Waris Hussein were the chief creators of Doctor Who. Together with other members of the production team, they were pivotal in...
In 2002, she was made an OBE for services to film and television. A blue plaque with Verity’s name on was unveiled at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. There have been onscreen nods to her, with the revived series of Doctor Who including a character, Verity Newman, named after Verity and Sydney.
Nov 23, 2018 · The program also launched the career of its producer, Verity Lambert. She had worked at ABC Television with Newman, and he invited her to produce the new children's series, thereby becoming the...
Verity Lambert was one of Doctor Who’s most influential figures, selecting the original cast and championing the Daleks, despite the fact her boss, Sydney Newman, had stipulated ‘no bug...
Nov 1, 2023 · In this clip first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2013, actor Nick Briggs, composer Mark Ayres and director Waris Hussein discuss the creation of Doctor Who, and how Sydney Newman and producer...
Mar 7, 2018 · Remembered mostly for the role she played in bringing Doctor Who to the screen, Verity Lambert’s legacy runs far deeper. She defined a generation of British TV.
