John Nathan-Turner

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John Nathan-Turner was a British television producer best known as the longest-serving producer of the classic science fiction series Doctor Who during the 1980s.


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instanceOf British person
human
television producer
birthName John Turner
causeOfDeath liver failure
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1947-08-12
dateOfDeath 2002-05-01
employer BBC
endTime 1989 (as producer of Doctor Who)
genre science fiction television
introducedActorAsDoctor Colin Baker
Peter Davison
Sylvester McCoy
introducedCompanion Ace
Adric
Nyssa
Peri Brown
Tegan Jovanka
introducedDoctor Fifth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Sixth Doctor
introducedFormatChange 1986 14-episode serial Trial of a Time Lord
shift to 25-minute episodes in 1980s Doctor Who
introducedLogo 1980 neon-tube Doctor Who logo
knownFor being the longest-serving producer of Doctor Who
languageSpoken English
name John Nathan-Turner
nationality British
notableWork Doctor Who
occupation television floor manager
television producer
television production assistant
partner Gary Downie
placeOfBirth Birmingham
England
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brighton NERFINISHED
East Sussex NERFINISHED
England
residence Brighton NERFINISHED
seriesProduced Doctor Who
sexualOrientation gay
startTime 1980 (as producer of Doctor Who)
workedOn All Creatures Great and Small
Angels
The Brothers
The Pallisers

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