Eleanor Margesson gives the new series of Dr. Who a quick healthcheck.
A memo written in 1962 is posted on the BBC website. It is written by three scriptwriters putting forward a proposal for a new Saturday afternoon programme.
They describe their idea as ‘an exciting new adventure; a Science Fiction Drama series for children’s Saturday viewing’. The approach is described as ‘neither fantasy nor space travel nor science fiction… designed to bridge the gap between a massive audience who watch sport on Saturday afternoon and those teenagers who watch Juke Box Jury’. It was an approach that was to gain increasing popularity throughout the following two decades.
