Classic Who Showrunners

[elisi]

So, my head is full of Good Omens (which is why I've not been around much - well, that and the fact that life has been BUSY), but as I am still slowly making my way through Classic Who (Four is endless and forever) I have been trying to work out an easy way of remembering the different eras. The problem is that people throw names around (JNT, Hinchcliff, Holmes, Terrance Dicks) much the same way we go on about RTD or Moffat, but what the names signify is not as straightforward. So - I made a spreadsheet! :D (I love spreadsheets when it comes to organising stuff.) And then I asked the other half of my brain to help with the earlier years and to make the 'Tone' column a bit better, and so - ta daa - here you go. For anyone who wants a simple guide, from elisi and promethia_tenk:



Annoyingly it's not as big as it should be (on DW, on LJ it looks fine), but if you click on the little magnifying glass (or download i, it should be A4 again. :)





And now back to my ineffable husbands. <3

Comments

[elisi]

I probably vaguely knew most of that, but the tone column is an utter delight.
I added it, because it's a helpful thing to know - and then Promethia filled it out in the most fantastic way.

I need to read that book... at some point. Have torn through Good Omens in a few days, but brain unable to cope with anything more right now. Also feel I should probably WATCH all of Four first. :)

I would like to mention Ian Marter as a friend and a good egg.
Brilliant. (No idea who Ian Marter is, but appreciate the sentiment.)

[enevarim]

It happens to be true that Ian Marter was the actor who played Harry Sullivan, became a friend and someone who bounced ideas around over the script (back when this was going to be a movie), and died far too young of a heart attack in 1986, but you're right, you don't need any of that to appreciate the sentiment.

[elisi]

Oh I see. Sorry, never caught his name, he was just 'Harry'. Also didn't know he died young, that's very sad. :(