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Surprised no one in here has mentioned this yet ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7109538.stm
"Doctor Who's first producer, and the BBC's first female TV producer,
Verity Lambert, has died aged 71.
She was also the youngest person to take charge of a BBC television
show when the sci-fi drama started in 1963.
Lambert also produced dramas including Minder, Quatermass, Rumpole of
the Bailey and Jonathan Creek, while her company made 1990s BBC soap
Eldorado.
She was made an OBE in recognition of her services to film and
television in January 2002."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7109538.stm
"Doctor Who's first producer, and the BBC's first female TV producer,
Verity Lambert, has died aged 71.
She was also the youngest person to take charge of a BBC television
show when the sci-fi drama started in 1963.
Lambert also produced dramas including Minder, Quatermass, Rumpole of
the Bailey and Jonathan Creek, while her company made 1990s BBC soap
Eldorado.
She was made an OBE in recognition of her services to film and
television in January 2002."