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Mrs Who

’The moment this brilliant young producer started telling me about Doctor Who, I was hooked. I told her, “This is going to run for five years” – and look what happened!’

So said the first Doctor Who, William Hartnell, about Verity Lambert.

22nd November 2022 marked the 15th anniversary of her sad death in 2007, five days before her 72nd birthday.

Let's nip back in time to 1963 (your TARDIS or mine?) and consider just what an impact a hitherto-unknown

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