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 in Canada and the United States result, when the new Fall schedule was announced, "Doctor Who" was not on the list. Universal did try to find "Doctor Who" a home on another broadcast or cable network, but were unsuccessful by the time their relationship expired with the BBC on 31 December 1997. The TV movie was the first time a "Doctor Who" adventure was broadcast across the United States at the same time. The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though it was set in San Francisco, and is to date the only "Doctor Who" story to be filmed in Canada. The film had its