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John Wiles
John Wiles (20 September 1925 – 5 April 1999) was a South African novelist, playwright, television writer and producer. He was the second producer of the science fiction series Doctor Who, succeeding Verity Lambert. Early lifeWiles was born and raised in Kimberley. After serving in the army, he came to the United Kingdom in 1949, "partly motivated by career, but largely in protest against the newly instituted apartheid system". He had ambitions of becoming a writer or working in the theatre.
The Daleks' Master PlanThe Ark (Doctor Who)The Ark is the sixth serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott and directed by Michael Imison, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 March 1966.The Myth MakersDonald ToshDonald Tosh (16 March 1935 – 3 December 2019) was a British screenwriter who contributed to Doctor Who in 1965. He was the last surviving script editor and writer from the William Hartnell era.The Grove Family
Doctor WhoBritish science fiction TV series (1963–2025)Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series first broadcast by the BBC in 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, follows the adventures of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being from a humanoid species known as Time Lords. The Doctor travels through space and time using a time travellingspaceship called the TARDIS, which has an exterior that resembles a British police box.
Belgrade TheatreThe Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building. BackgroundCoventry was the fastest-growing city in Britain between the First and Second World Wars. Its cramped medieval streets were becoming dangerously congested and overcrowded, and in 1938 the City Council appointed Donald Gibson to become the first city architect.Saturday PlayhouseThe Massacre (Doctor Who)
The Massingham AffairThe Massingham Affair is a 1962 crimedetective novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. Grierson based on the story on a real-life case that took place in Edlingham. in the late nineteenth century. SynopsisMany years before an elderly vicar and his daughter were the victims of a violent robbery. Two local men were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime.
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2025.ApartheidApartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart(ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. It also existed in South West Africa (now Namibia). It was characterized by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (lit.
Verity LambertVerity Ann Lambert (27 November 1935 – 22 November 2007) was an English television and film producer. Lambert began working in television in the 1950s. She began her career as a producer at the BBC by becoming the founding producer of the science-fiction seriesDoctor Who from 1963 until 1965.
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