John Nathan-Turner

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Born John Turner, seventh producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who from August 1947 – May 2002), John Nathan-Turner (12 August 1947 – 1 May 2002).

He was also the last producer of the series's first run on television.

He appeared on the program from 1980 to 1989 before it was cancelled in 1989.

He played Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy as the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors respectively, and he concluded his work as the longest-serving Doctor Who producer and actor.

Nathan-Turner died at the age of 54.

Early life

Born John Turner in Birmingham, he used the double-barrelled stage name John Nathan-Turner to distinguish himself from British actor John Turner. He was educated at King Edward VI School in Birmingham, where he demonstrated an early interest in acting and theatre. His first television appearance in television dramas for ITV included Crossroads and The Flying Swan. Both shows were shot in Birmingham (the former was produced in ATV's Aston studios). He began working at Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham as an actor and assistant stage manager.

Turner was later recruited by the BBC as a television floor assistant, covering all aspects of television (from light entertainment to news and current affairs), as well as drama (which was perhaps more relevant for his later careers). The Pallisers, How Green Was My Valley, Angels, and All Creatures Great and Small were among the BBC drama departments' shows that he worked on. Before the show's move to ITV in 1978, a year of service to the BBC's light entertainment team culminated in him spending two years on The Morecambe and Wise Exhibition.

Personal life

Nathan-Turner, a long-distance drinker and smoker, was in poor health in the last three years of his life. On May 1, 2002, he contracted an infection and died in hospital, just over a year before the BBC announced that Doctor Who would be revived, with new episodes beginning in 2005. Nathan-Turner lived in London for many years, with a home in Saltdean, Brighton.

He was saved by his long-time partner, Gary Downie, who was also a BBC employee (mostly becoming a production manager with BBC Television). They met in 1972 and worked together on All Creatures Great and Small, where Nathan-Turner was the Assistant Floor Manager at BBC Pebble Mill on series 3), and on Doctor Who. Downie, who was born Roderick Pinkus in South Africa in 1940, died on January 19, 2006. In an interview with Doctor Who Magazine, he discussed his relationship with Nathan-Turner.

JN-Turner and Downie's book, Richard Marson's Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013), contends that the two guys were preying on male teenage fans during the 1980s by making inappropriate advances toward himself. In the United Kingdom, the age of consent for gay men at the time was 21, compared to 16 for heterosexual relationships.

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Later career

Nathan-Turner was a regular face at conventions long after the series ended in 1989 and disappeared shortly before his death.

Nathan-Turner's early years, The Troughton Years, The Tom Baker Years, The Early Years, The Early Years, The Matt Baker Years, The Early Years, The Thomas Baker Years, The Early Years, The Early Years, The Pertwee Years, The Early Years, The Patrick Baker Years, and a special edition of the unfinished story Shada featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor in place of the missing scenes.

Nathan-Turner also produced the first Doctor Who commercial releases on audio cassette for the BBC Radio Collection in the early 1990s, resulting in narrated adaptations of television serials for which only the soundtrack remained. He mixed the live soundtrack with a narration (written by himself) describing the missing pictures, which were used as narrator actors who had performed the Doctor. Except for episode 2 of The Evil of the Daleks, Patrick Troughton died in 1987, Nathan-Turner contracted Jon Pertwee (for The Tomb of the Cybermen), Tom Baker (for The Evil of the Daleks), and Colin Baker (for The Macra Terror) to narrate Troughton-era tales. At the end of 1992, Nathan-Turner left his work at BBC Video and the BBC Radio Collection.

During the 1990 Doctor Who Weekend, Nathan-Turner co-wrote the 1993 charity film Dimensions in Time for the show's 30th anniversary. When Nathan-Turner conducted his final interview on a location visit to what was used during the Resurrection of the Daleks recordings in 1983, he made his last contribution to Doctor Who in March 2002, six weeks before his death. This last interview from March 2002 appeared on Resurrection of the Daleks' original DVD release in November 2002.

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