Natural history documentarian
Sir David Attenborough has revealed to the
Radio Times that he was involved with the very early stages of
Doctor Who. Attenborough, who would go on to be controller of BBC Two in 1965, had been working for the BBC for some years by the time
Doctor Who was launched in to production. He says:
"I've always enjoyed Doctor Who from a technical point of view. I sat in on a lot of early discussions during which we cooked up the programme under the aegis of Sydney Newman, who was the BBC head of drama. I remember he specified he didn't want monsters in it but the first producer, Verity Lambert, went against that and introduced the Daleks. Sydney was livid with her to start with but Verity, of course, was right."