An Adventure in Space and Time asked to create a show that will fill the gap between "Grandstand" and "Juke Box Jury". He has an idea for a science-fiction series with the central character being a "doctor", although he does not know of what. When he tells his colleague Verity Lambert (Jessica Raine) she is hesitant to join the project. She changes her mind when Newman asks her to be the producer, not his assistant. Lambert and the show's director, Waris Hussein (Sacha Dhawan), meet William Hartnell to offer him the lead role in what will eventually be titled "Doctor Who" and, despite some trepidation, he
Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974. Originally, the part of the Doctor was to be played by Jon Pertwee, but the role went instead to character actor Trevor Martin. Martin had previously appeared in "Doctor Who" as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial, "The War Games". In the play, it