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John Nathan-Turner

English television producer · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Lived 1947 to 2002 · aged 54

John Turner, known professionally as John Nathan-Turner, was an English television producer. He was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and the final producer of the series' first run on television.

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2002Died1 May 20021993Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeFilm, Writer, Producer1989Doctor Who: BattlefieldFilm, Producer1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the DaleksFilm, Producer1987Doctor Who: Delta and the BannermenFilm, Producer1986Doctor Who: MindwarpFilm, Producer1985Doctor Who's Who's WhoSeriesDoctor Who: Attack of the CybermenFilm, 1985Producer1984Doctor Who: FrontiosFilm, Producer1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityFilm, Producer1982Doctor Who: CastrovalvaFilm, Producer1981K-9 and CompanySeries, Creator, ProducerDoctor Who: LogopolisFilm, 1981ProducerDoctor Who: The Keeper of TrakenFilm, 1981Producer1980Doctor Who: Full CircleFilm, Producer1963Doctor WhoSeries, Producer1947Born12 August 1947

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He finished the role having become the longest-serving Doctor Who producer and cast Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, respectively.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2002 · aged 54

In the same film or series as John

George BakerAlso in Doctor Who: Full Circle (1980)Michael CraigAlso in Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)Christien AnholtAlso in Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric (1989)Lesley DunlopAlso in Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol (1988)Brian HibbardAlso in Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987)