Richard Molesworth Livres

In the 1960s, the BBC screened 253 episdoes of its cult science fiction show Doctor Who, starring William Hartnell and then Patrick Troughton as the time travelling doctor. Yet by 1975, the Corporation had wiped the master tapes of every single one to these episodes. Of the 124 Doctor Who episodes starring Jon Pertwee shown between 1970 and 1974, the BBC destroyed over half of the original transmission tapes within two years of their original broadcast. For the first time this book looks in detail at how the episodes came to be missing in the first place, and examines how material subsequently came to be returned to the BBC.

In this fascinating account of one of Doctor Who ‘s most turbulent periods, noted researcher Richard Molesworth presents an unprecedentedly detailed record of producer John Nathan-Turner’s day-to-day activities on the show. Drawing on unique archive documents, the book tells the full story of how one of the most divisive figures in Doctor Who ‘s history steered it through the entire decade of the 1980s, revealing the key decisions that shaped its development and affording an invaluable insight into how the production office responded to the many controversies that dogged it during that period. An unmissable treat for all fans of classic Doctor Who !

Whether writing scripts for the far-flung fantasies of 'Doctor Who' or 'Blake's 7', or for the more everyday gritty reality of 'Bergerac', 'Shoestring', 'Juliet Bravo' or 'Public Eye', Robert Holmes was one of television's most innovatibe, creative, respected - and least lauded - of talents from the '60s, '70s and '80s. This book examines his life work in detail.