I used to drop in on them for tea and cake (latterly vodka and orange) and so in the bleak period after John left the BBC, I got to know them quite well. “My mum and dad lived close to John and Gary in Saltdean. Writer Stephen Wyatt, who penned the scripts The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and Paradise Towers for Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor, says: But the show we hear is the backstage gossip of a fading producer who’s still looking for his final Norma Desmond-esque close-up. In a sometimes bleakly comic tale, we see this two-man support network crumble and be rebuilt, with the desire always to be back in the limelight and put on a show. Written by Stephen Wyatt, who knew them both, and performed with relish by Christopher Guard and Peter Noble, Me & Him & WHO explores the relationship between the two men as John Nathan-Turner struggles with addiction and Gary struggles with cancer… With his partner, Gary, unwell with cancer, and his own health sliding downhill due to drink, this is the story of the final three acts of John Nathan-Turner’s life as he attempts to write a ‘tell-all’ autobiography of his time on the show that came to define him.Ī new and original audio drama about the final years of famed Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner, and his partner Gary Downie, is available for pre-order from AUK Studios. John Nathan-Turner presided over three distinct eras of classic Doctor Who, as the producer incarnate.īut his ability to juggle budgets, actors, and egos brought about his perceived downfall as he struggled to channel his talents after the BBC cancelled the show in 1989. ❉ A new and original audio drama about the final years of famed Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner.
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