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...The Beginning of Change at Doctor Who???...

Started by ARRISARRIS, 11 December, 2007, 02:47:18 PM

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ARRISARRIS

...this has been posted today the the old Outpost Gallifrey website, whos next? Russell T Davies and then David Tennant???...

...''According to reports in the The Guardian, executive producer of Doctor Who, Julie Gardner will leave the series in January 2009. Gardner has been one of the driving forces behind the series since its return in 2005 as well as having huge success with other dramas including Life on Mars and Torchwood.

She will be replaced by Piers Wenger, who will take over for the series fifth season, and who will also become head of BBC Wales drama. Wenger, who is 35, recently left his job as head of drama development at Granada, where he worked on the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Housewife 49. Earlier this year he helped set up independent producer Mammoth Screen. He will join the BBC in the new year and spend a 12 month period taking over from Gardner. He said "I'm incredibly excited to be joining BBC Wales, the success of the drama team there has been extraordinary and I look forward to taking the team to even greater heights."

Jane Tranter, head of Fiction at the BBC, paid tribute to Julie Gardner describing her as "one of the most impressive television executives in the UK". She said "Her success over the past four years in BBC Wales drama has been unparalleled and her work on Doctor Who has earned her a place in TV history."

Gardner herself said she had been on the "trip of a lifetime" over the past five years. "I know that when I hand over my sonic screwdriver to Piers for season five of Doctor Who, it will be to someone who loves and understands the show."

Gardner will continue to work on Doctor Who for the next year, overseeing the fourth series, as well as three specials for broadcast in 2009''...

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ARRISARRIS

...sorry, very cryptic posting title...

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