pygmy-of-triviality:whatthefoucault:See this fierce and brilliant television producer? The one ther
pygmy-of-triviality:whatthefoucault:See this fierce and brilliant television producer? The one there hanging out with a Dalek? That’s who I want to be when I grow up. She is my hero.Seriously, everyone always brings up Sydney Newman, Webber, and Wilson as the creators of Doctor Who, but she was, as a 20-odd year old Jewish woman in the 60’s, full of piss and vinegar, famous for not taking shit from anyone. head of a whole BBC drama department and is DIRECTLY responsible for the programme using the Daleks. Her and Waris Hussein (a gay Indian man! What a pair! Imagine the shit they had to put up with.) just don’t get even a tiny fraction of the recognition they deserve. -- source link
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