A New Beginning

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A New Beginning

2004

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Overview

A look at the radical changes made to Doctor Who by John Nathan-Turner for his first story as producer, which opened the programme's eighteenth year on BBC1.

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9 featured cast members

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June Hudson

Lovett Bickford

Christopher H. Bidmead

John Nathan-Turner

(archive footage)

John Leeson

Val McCrimmon

Tom Baker

(archive footage)

Sid Sutton

Peter Howell

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Directed by: Ed Stradling
Produced by: Ed Stradling

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