Executive producer Verity Lambert had first made her mark as producer of the first two years of "Doctor Who" (1963). Since then she had carved out an impressive career, first at the BBC with programmes such as "Adam Adamant Lives!" (1966–67) and "The Newcomers" (1965–69), and then at Thames Television with productions such as "The Naked Civil Servant" (TV film; 1975) and the series "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978–92). She became Chief Executive of Euston Films in 1979; "Quatermass" was one of the first productions she oversaw in the role, seeing it as a project to make her mark on the company. She had clashed with Nigel Kneale in 1965 on the BBC arts programme "Late Night Line-Up", when he attacked her for making "Doctor Who" too frightening for children. Despite this she held Kneale in high esteem, describing him as "a fantastic writer... hugely imaginative... considering the impact his work has had, I think he's undervalued". Following "Quatermass" she produced such shows as "Danger UXB" (1979), "Minder" (1979–85; 1988–94) and "Widows" (1983) for Euston before in 1985 forming her own production company, Cinema Verity, which oversaw programmes including "G.B.H." (1991), "Eldorado" (1992–93) and "Jonathan Creek" (1997–2004). She was awarded the OBE in 2002. She died in 2007.