An Adventure in Space and Time

An Adventure in Space and Time is a British television drama produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the science fiction series Doctor Who. It tells the story of the shows creation with emphasis on the actor William Hartnell who portrayed the First Doctor. It is written by the Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss. Details of the film were announced by the BBC onAugust 2012, with the programme airing on BBC Two in the United Kingdom onNovember 2013, on BBC America in the United States and Space in Canada onNovember 2013, on UKTV in New Zealand onNovember 2013 and on ABC1 in Australia onNovember 2013. The TV programme was shown in a prescreening at the British Film Institutes Southbank centre onNovember 2013.

Three years earlier, BBC executive Sydney Newman Brian Cox is asked to create a show that will fill the gap between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury. He has an idea for a sciencefiction series with the central character being a doctor, although he does not know of what. When he tells his colleague Verity Lambert Jessica Raine she is hesitant to join the project. She changes her mind when Newman asks her to be the producer, not his assistant. Lambert and the shows director, Waris Hussein Sacha Dhawan, meet William Hartnell to offer him the lead role in what will eventually be titled Doctor Who and, despite some trepidation, he accepts.During rehearsal, Hartnell is dissatisfied that the TARDIS lacks an interior set. Newman then compliments Hartnells acting ability to save his producer from a troublesome conversation. However, Newman has misgivings about Lamberts handling of her job. This inspires Lambert to become more assertive and she forces the set designer to finally create the TARDIS interior. He does so effortlessly, impressing Lambert. The recording of the pilot episode is beset with difficulties Newman dislikes the result and orders a reshoot. Following this, he is finally contented and schedules a transmission date. ........

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