Good to see you at #JNTDay yesterday. I’m just listening to you chatting to @frakturedboy.bsky.social on the podcast now - great stuff!!
On my way home far later than I expected to be heading home from #JNTDay. Amazingly haven't eaten in 12 hours and only noticed when I left, cos I was having such a nice time.
Lovely to see old friends, make new ones, and chat to some lovely Who folk.
Happy Lupar right now.
Photo of Ruthy J with Sophie Aldred at JN-T Day in Manchester on 1st February 2025
Me and Ace @sophiealdred.bsky.social at #JNTDay
I've been out at a Dr Who event for John Nathan Turner and now waiting for a tribute to Jackie Hagan to start - a very fun and poignant day!
#JNTDay #JackieHagan #IfShesATag #SheShouldBe
Andrew Cartmel on stage being interviewed by a puppet Beep the Meep and his glamorous assistant (a bearded man in glasses).
Beep the Meep escapes Stormcage to interview Andrew Cartmel.
#HailToTheMostHigh
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Waterhouse: [Despite her rep] Beryl Reid was very easy to work with, actually.
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Wyatt: John decided on the title THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY. No pressure whatsoever, then!
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Marson: Unlike a lot of BBC producers, John actually liked actors and wanted to spend time with them off-set.
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Wyatt: I wrote the first drafts of Paradise Towers 2,3 and 4 in a week. I don't recommend it...
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Matthew Waterhouse, Andrew Cartmel, biographer Richard Marson and Stephen Wyatt on stage being interviewed for JN-T Day.
Waterhouse, Cartmel, biographer Richard Marson and Stephen Wyatt take the stage.
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Sophie Aldred talking on stage at #JNTDay
Sophie Aldred talking on stage at #JNTDay
@sophiealdred.bsky.social shared her memories of 1980s Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner at #JNTDay - she said he would have been amazing on Strictly Come Dancing
Aldred: I think John would have been brilliant on social media and enjoyed his legacy. I'd have loved to see him on stage with RTD.
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Aldred: Mike Tucker foolishly decided to match John drink for drink when we interviewed him for the Ace book... he was nearly horizontal by the end of the interview.
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Aldred: Gary (Downie) was always on my side. I found his prima donna side fun. "Eyes and teeth!"
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Not to worry, Sophie and JN-T eventually break the ice!
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Sophie silently mimes JN-T purposefully smoking a cigarette in studio to irritate her.
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JNT considered Sophie uppity for asking for a cab home on late studio finishes. 😲
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JNT cast Sophie on a hunch without even a screentest. What an instinct!
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Incredible moment as a baby in the audience answers "Yes" to Sophie's question about JN-T's brand of cigs.
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Aldred: John's office was unlike anything else at the BBC.
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"John's kind of television wasn't in favour anymore. He would have been amazing on Strictly."
#AldredInterview
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Aldred thinks the play is a great portrait of the JN-T/Downie relationship that's prompted a lot of memories.
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You were absolutely fantastic as JN-T!! #JNTDay
Very much this. JNT's story is an all too familiar pain of a career ended too soon, so this really hits home hard. He could and should have done so much more... And they've captured that perfectly in ME, HIM AND WHO. #JNTDay
@radiofreeskaro.bsky.social Live posting from #JNTDay where I can, chaps - stay tuned!
ME, HIM AND WHO is both terrific and terrifically moving. @richardunwin.bsky.social a triumph as JN-T!
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