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	John Nathan-Turner
		John Nathan-Turner, or "JNT" as he was known to many fans, was born 12 August, 1947, in Birmingham, England.
		On 1 May, 2002, John Nathan-Turner died at his home in Brighton from what was at first reported as an "undisclosed illness" but later identified as liver failure.
		In 1997 JNT appeared in a fan short, The Few Doctors, which spoofed the series and in 1998 appeared in Doctor Who's Lust in Space, which also spoofed the series while at the same time addressing charges that the show was sexist.
	outcyclopedia.0catch.com /jnt.html

	Adric: An Appreciation
		John Nathan-Turner ("The Companions," 1986) says: "Adric was the first new companion to be introduced after I took over as producer of Doctor Who in November 1979.
		JNT had carefully fitted Adric to the program's needs and when these changed, Adric was soon history.
		Howe and Stammers quote Matthew Waterhouse as saying, "The trouble with Adric was that from the beginning he was so damn complicated." And again: "One of the problems from Matthew Waterhouse's point of view was that the character of Adric changed from story to story.
	www.dwarves.demon.co.uk /curse/issue1/adric.htm

	JNT: An Appreciation
		JNT knew what he liked about the show, knew what he wanted to promote, and, certainly for the first half of the decade, had a clear view in his mind as to where it should go.
		JNT insisted on bringing over the Dimensions of Time special, and made sure we supplied everyone with the proper 3-D glasses.
		JNT giving me the award for "Most Beautiful" in the costume contest at Panopticon West, 1984.
	www.chicagotardis.com /jnt.htm

	Guardian Unlimited Archive Search
		John Nathan-Turner, who has died after a short illness aged 54, was the last and longest-serving producer of Doctor Who, the most successful and enduring British science-fiction series ever.
		The obituary of John Nathan-Turner said that "his contribution to the Dr Who phenomenon cannot be understated".
		Shortly before his death, John was writing and devising a children's television series, which was to have been narrated by Tom Baker.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4411507,00.html

	DVD Times - Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
		John Nathan-Turner's personal life suggests that he was not, shall we say, personally motivated, but he was determined to have "something for the Dads", so the result was not very different from that of Gene Roddenberry's notorious costume approval meetings for Star Trek girls.
		In fact, you can see it in The Office, and I like to picture Eric Saward and John Nathan-Turner as Gareth Keenan and David Brent, the one obsessed with soldiers and mercenaries, the other convinced of his gifts as an entertainer.
		John Stratton and James Saxon certainly enjoy themselves, as a cannibal chef and a resting actor respectively, but both are such hugely self-indulgent roles that it's all a bit like giving a five-year-old an unlimited supply of Maltesers, and neither of them knows when to stop.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=5837

	The Troglodyte: Identification Parade
		John Nathan-Turner and Christopher H. Bidmead were genuinely ahead of the pack in moving towards 'glossier' production and attempting to include more believable characters in Doctor Who within the limits of the twenty-five minute VTR format.
		As almost everybody knows, John Nathan-Turner had worked on All Creatures and he wanted to emulate the qualities of Dallas and its imitators on British television, as shown by his long-running plans for Impact, a series which was often mentioned in BBC press statements but never actually seemed to near launching.
		The case is a credible one, and complements the ambition that John Nathan-Turner repeated frequently around this time, that he wanted to produce a twice-weekly popular drama series to rival Coronation Street.
	www.glascopress.freeserve.co.uk /Troglodyte/parade.htm

	Television Heaven
		JNT's initial action upon taking over as producer was to give the programme a complete facelift, to make it abundantly clear that this was not a tired old series but one that was moving with the times, one that was still fresh and vibrant.
		As replacement for Baker JNT made the bold move of casting Peter Davison as the new Doctor, who, at only thirty years of age, was by some margin the youngest actor to have taken on a role traditionally seen as a wise father-like (or even grandfather-like) figure.
		And with fans now organising conventions to celebrate the programme, JNT's appearances at such events made him as well known to the fans as the stars of the programme, even if the general public were still oblivious.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /jnt.htm

	John Nathan Turner's Funeral - Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS)
		John Nathan-Turner's funeral took place on a sunny day, 9 May 2002, at Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton, the town where John lived for many years with his partner Gary Downie.
		It was standing room only in the chapel for many of those who came to pay their respects and to celebrate John's life.
		The service was a typical JN-T affair, and at times you could almost imagine that John was hidden away at the back, stage managing the show.
	dwas.drwho.org /news/20020509-jnt-funeral

	skonnos: where did the mystery go?
		But his erstwhile producer John Nathan-Turner was still reacting to the Williams-Adams-Baker era of the show: He vetoed anything that might remind fans – and him – of the past.
		John Nathan-Turner may be the most controversial name associated with the show’s long history.
		John Nathan-Turner has said he wanted a "vulnerable" Doctor after Tom Baker, one who could "get it wrong" occasionally, and in that he succeeded.
	freespace.virgin.net /mark.campbell10/mystery.htm

	Historians in the News: Latest
		"In the 44 years that the Bancroft, Parkman, and Turner awards have run concurrently, it has occasionally happened that a single book received two of the prizes -- but never, until now, all three." The winner is James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins.
		John Esposito acknowledges the fact that in the US he is "a controversial figure."
		Weinstein was appointed by President Bush but has bipartisan appeal, something the outgoing archivist, John Carlin, as a lame duck, cannot claim.
	hnn.us /articles/1120.html

	Edward Burcher - pafg16.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		John Robert Breshears ( Nathan Turner Breshears, James Turney * Breshears, John Brashier or Braysor, John** Brashier, William Brashur or Bradshaw, William Bradshawe, William (Burcher) Bezer, Edward Burcher, Edward) was born on 27 Jul 1825 in, Lawrence, Tennessee.
		John Alexander Brashears ( Margaret or Peggy Brashears, Henry Alexander Breshears, John Brashier or Braysor, John Brashier, William Brashur or Bradshaw, William Bradshawe, William (Burcher) Bezer, Edward Burcher, Edward) was born on 18 Aug 1835 in, Benton, MO. He died on 19 Mar 1901.
		Nathan Betson Mcdaniel was born in 1849 in of, Benton, Missouri.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~irhpmuh/pafg16.htm

	what? You were expecting the Maya?
		John Lucarotti's script is exciting and intelligent and full of interesting characters that the actors (for the most part) play superbly.
		John Ringham's glowering, shuffling Tlotoxl obviously channeled Richard III (and I swear I came to my own conclusions about that, though William Russell admits it in the commentary).
		Still, it was neat to hear reminiscences from John Ringham, Ian Cullen, and Walter Randall (Tonila).
	www.unm.edu /~lmargot/aztecs.html

	Outpost Gallifrey: Feature Article
		From that point on, John brought me into the Doctor Who group, and when the cabarets began at the first big Chicago event later that year, he was one of those who gave me pointers and advice on my presentations and cabaret turns.
		Like his predecessors, John, or JNT as many of us referred to him, tried to bring his own stamp to the series, revamping its tone and trying to bring something different in terms of stories and characters.
		John's shirt damn near blended in with the curtain like an exercise in camouflage!.
	outpostgallifrey.net /article.php?id=jnt

	comp319.txt
		To my beloved wife ANN TURNER the plantation I now live on and all the movable estate during her life time then to be divided between ALL MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER ELIZABETH, JOHN, JOSIAH, WILLIAM, MARY, LARKIN, JEREMIAH EXEONY, MARY HUNTER.
		400 acres on north side of IRWIN RIVER beginning 400 yards above a cabin wherein JOHN TURNER LIVED..
		To my wife ANN TURNER my whole estate of land horses cattle hogs sheep with all my household furniture & working tools during widowhood, but if she marries the same estate to be sold to the highest bidders & money equally divided among my LIVING CHILDREN that is at her marriage or decease.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~cgaunt/etc/comp319.txt

	Entertainment Geekly: John Nathan-Turner, 1948-2002
		In a decade that had seen the show undergo tumultuous change, he had been the one constant—Doctors had come and gone, but John Nathan-Turner had been there throughout, only getting off the bus once it had nowhere left to go.
		In the process, he assumed a role in the minds of Doctor Who fans no producer had ever achieved before; from his loud Hawaiian shirts to his gentle demeanor, fans felt they knew John Nathan-Turner—even when they couldn't stand him.
		The show's longest running — and final — producer, Nathan-Turner may not have created Doctor Who, but he assumed command of it at one of its lowest creative points and stayed with it until the end 10 years later.
	www.entertainment-geekly.com /web/general/may2002/JNTObit

	Doctor Who - Review: "In Memoriam - John Nathan-Turner, 1947-2002"
		John Nathan-Turner (known as JNT) was the longest serving producer of Dr. Who.
		JNT’s Memoirs (which are excellent) were published in Doctor Who Magazine and now available in audio format.
		JNT was there too and was one of the first to congratulate us.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /tv-programs/doctor-who/168383

	Who Space - John Nathan-Turner Dies
		John Nathan-Turner worked on Doctor Who on and off beginning in 1969, eventually becoming producer at the start of the 1980-1981 season.
		John Nathan-Turner passed away on May 1st, 2002 at age 54, after an illness.
		He was the producer for the last decade of Doctor Who's original run, and had remained a vocal spokesman for the series.
	www.drwho.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=80

	BBC - Doctor Who - JNT honoured
		Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner was saluted as one of the industry's great losses at last Sunday's BAFTA television awards.
		Nathan-Turner first worked on Doctor Who as a floor assistant on The Space Pirates in 1969, following this with stints on The Ambassadors of Death in season seven and Colony in Space in season eight.
		After promotions to assistant floor manager, production assistant and production unit manager during the 1970s, John was assigned to Doctor Who and handled the series' budget during seasons fifteen, sixteen and seventeen.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cult/news/drwho/2003/04/17/3889.shtml

	36-THE LEISURE HIVE
		This is the first story under the new producer, John Nathan-Turner, hereinafter called JNT, who immediately made several visible changes.
		JNT also insisted Tom Baker wear makeup, which he apparently never had before; and decreed there would be no more 6-part stories (Hooray!).
		This story--as with several this season--is occasionally hard to follow, partly because the appearance of the Foamasi was limited to teasing glimpses for the first one or two parts.
	users.bestweb.net /~foosie/hive.htm

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		JOHN NATHAN-TURNER was the longest running and probably the best known producer DOCTOR WHO has seen.
		John Nathan-Turner wisely and modestly declined the director's quirky idea to have him give some of his answers from the pulpit.
		At locations used for THE CURSE OF FENRIC, JOHN talks to NICHOLAS BRIGGS about his ten years as producer, his casting of three DOCTORS and puts the record straight about the reasons behind DOCTOR WHO's cancellation.
	www.reeltime-pictures.co.uk /search/productdetail.cfm?product=RTP0055

	BBC News TALKING POINT Doctor Who producer dies: Your tributes
		Whilst some of John Nathan Turner's creative decisions during his time as producer of "Doctor Who" have been criticised, it should be remembered by all that he fought against almost impossible odds to keep the programme running at all in the face of apathetic and increasingly hostile soap-opera orientated management policies.
		It is no understatement to say that without John Nathan-Turner, in his sterling efforts both on screen and off, "Doctor Who" would not be talked about today as much as it is. His contribution to the series was massive and he deserves all the accolades he has received since his sad death.
		John Nathan-Turner's genius, sense of humour, and ability to entertain will be sorely missed.
	newsvote.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/talking_point/newsid_1966000/1966114.stm

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	www.wilson203.freeserve.co.uk /Turner%20Dies.html

	shillPages - David J. Howe's Doctor Who Reference Library
		Dave Martin wrote to John Nathan-Turner on 11 June 1980 explaining that he and Bob Baker, the co-creators of K-9, had received a number of press enquiries about their views on the rumoured plans for the robot dog to be written out of Doctor Who.
		After this he went on to a wide variety of other assignments - not only in television but also in the theatre, where assignments included John Nathan-Turner's Cinderella pantomime (1982) and The Mr Men's Magic Island (1988).
		John Nathan-Turner's dog, Pepsi, appeared as Burton's dog.
	www.shillpages.com /howe/b-dw80s.htm

	BBC News NEW MEDIA Doctor Who producer dies
		John Nathan-Turner, known to his fans as JNT led the BBC show for 130 episodes between 1980 and 1989.
		One fan wrote: "A man who met with the biggest highs and lows of opinion from Doctor Who fandom, John Nathan-Turner faced everything with great dignity.
		He died at Brighton's Hove Hospital on Wednesday following a short illness.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/new_media/1965981.stm

	Season 18 - The Definitive Review
		John Nathan-Turner (JNT) was hired to become the show's new producer, having occupied other roles behind the cameras since 1969.
		JNT also told Tom Baker and the guest cast to take their roles more seriously, having not been fond of the past few seasons where credibility had flown out the window from both in front of and behind the cameras.
		As a result, new types of special effects were introduced, a new team of music composers were hired, the theme music occasionally used as incidental music, and the Doctor was given a slightly different personality to go along with an updated outfit: That of near-morose resignation toward the universe.
	www.sidrat.net /tbaker/index.html

	A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Five Doctors
		More than two years before Doctor Who 's twentieth anniversary on November 23rd, 1983, producer John Nathan-Turner was already planning for the event.
		John Levene (Benton) was to appear as Colonel Crichton's second-in-command, but Levene had just moved to the United States.
		When neither performer proved available, the character of Thalia was replaced by the similar Flavia (played by Dinah Sheridan), while Philip Latham was brought in as the fourth actor to play Borusa (the others being Sachs, Angus Mackay in Season Fourteen's The Deadly Assassin, and John Arnatt in the subsequent year's The Invasion Of Time).
	www.physics.mun.ca /~sps/serials/6k.html

	"The Leisure Hive" (Doctor Who #110)
		So many changes have been introduced by new producer John Nathan-Turner that the series is almost unrecognisable from the one that ended its previous run with The Horns of Nimon earlier the same year.
		With the coming of the eighteenth season it is as though Doctor Who has undergone a complete transformation.
		The familiar 'time tunnel' title sequence so associated with Doctor Who has been dispensed with in favour of a more conventional 'journey through space' effect, while the famous Delia...
	drwho.epguides.info /?ID=1321

	BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Episode guide - Season eighteen
		During the early stages of production of season eighteen John Nathan-Turner had reached a mutual agreement with Tom Baker that the actor would bow out of the series upon the expiry of his current contract, bringing to an end his unprecedented seven year run as the Doctor.
		Season eighteen was the first to be produced by John Nathan-Turner, who would remain in charge of the series until 1989.
		With all members of the new production team in place, preparations began in earnest for the forthcoming season - which, as Nathan-Turner had managed to win an allocation of an extra two episodes above the usual twenty-six, would consist of seven four-part stories.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cult/doctorwho/episodeguide/season18.shtml

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	Disney Movie Classics :: Doctor Who - The Leisure Hive (Episode 110)
		The first story of John Nathan-Turner's turn at producer heralded some changes that had some great consequences.
		Particularly significant in terms of Doctor Who 's history, The Leisure Hive marked an end to Who 's descent into vaudeville, and heralded the entrance of new hotshot series producer John Nathan-Turner.
		He toned down the silliness of his predecessor, Graham Williams, and tried to rein in Tom Baker, whose hat, long coat and scarf are red instead of the familiar brown.
	disney-movie-classics.hupsu.net /Doctor_Who_-_The_Leisure_Hive_(Episode_110)-B0007VY47C.html

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