#Gary downie archive
The author has also had access to all of Nathan-Turner's surviving archive of paperwork and photos, many of which appear here for the first time. Richard Marson brings his dramatic, farcical, sometimes scandalous, and often moving story to life with the benefit of his own inside knowledge and the fruits of over 100 revealing interviews with key friends and colleagues, those John loved and those from whom he became estranged.
Publisher: Miwk Publishing Ltd (May 31, 2013)Īmazon: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turnerįor more than a decade, John Nathan-Turner, or JN-T as he was more often known, was in charge of every major artistic and practical decision affecting the world's longest-running science fiction programme, Doctor Who. The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson The age of consent for gay males at the time was 21 in the UK. It claims Nathan-Turner and his partner, Gary Downie, were preying on male teenage fans during his period as producer of the series. Richard Marson's book, The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013), alleges inappropriate sexual behavior on Nathan-Turner's part. Nathan-Turner lived for many years in London with a home also in Saltdean, Brighton. Downie spoke, in an interview with Doctor Who Magazine, of his time with Nathan-Turner.
Openly gay, Nathan-Turner was survived by his long-term partner, Gary Downie, a production manager on Doctor Who. He contracted an infection and died of liver failure just over a year before the announcement by the BBC that the show would be revived, with new episodes to air beginning in 2005. Nathan-Turner was in poor health in the last year of his life. He is to date the longest-serving Doctor Who producer.
#Gary downie series
John Nathan-Turner (born John Turner, 12 August 1947 – ) was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, from 1980 until it was effectively cancelled in 1989. Downie died on 19 January 2006, having survived Nathan-Turner who died in 2002. Gary Downie shared a home with Nathan-Turner in Saltdean, Brighton. Gary Downie was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, and partner of its producer John Nathan-Turner. In Richard Marson's book The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013) Marson alleges Downie sexually assaulted him, and details other accusations of inappropriate behaviour by Nathan-Turner and Downie, during the former's period as the series' producer. Many Doctor Who celebrities donated recipes to the volume including Ian Marter and Lalla Ward. Downie was the author of the mid 1980s book The Doctor Who Cookbook. )ĭownie died on 19 January 2006, having survived Nathan-Turner who died in 2002.
( P: John Nathan-Turner at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum during a visit to Australia in 1984. Downie also worked on I, Claudius, All Creatures Great and Small and Star Cops.
His own analysis of the role of a production manager can be found on the BBC DVD release of The Two Doctors. Elisa_rolle Gary Downie (17 July 1940 – 19 January 2006) was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, and partner of its producer John Nathan-Turner.
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