Responsible for the 1985 hiatus and The Lost Season (and The Lost Season 2, partly), as well as the firing of the Pie Overlord. He is widely known for his county traits and overall hard (boing) nature. Over the years, Grade has shamelessly played up to his Z-list celebrity status as an IRL Doctor Who villain because let's face it, why the fuck else would anyone remember some boring-arse BBC controller from the mid-80's?
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| - Responsible for the 1985 hiatus and The Lost Season (and The Lost Season 2, partly), as well as the firing of the Pie Overlord. He is widely known for his county traits and overall hard (boing) nature. Over the years, Grade has shamelessly played up to his Z-list celebrity status as an IRL Doctor Who villain because let's face it, why the fuck else would anyone remember some boring-arse BBC controller from the mid-80's?
- Despite his consequent negative image amongst Doctor Who fans, he was unambiguously good for the programme on at least one occasion. In 2004, Grade, as Chairman of the BBC Board of Directors, presided over the unanimous vote which elected Mark Thompson as the Director-General of the BBC. Thompson stayed in the job for eight years, until the broadcast of the beginning of series 7. Grade is thus partially responsible for installing a management regime which allowed Doctor Who to become one of the leading shows in Britain.
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| - Responsible for the 1985 hiatus and The Lost Season (and The Lost Season 2, partly), as well as the firing of the Pie Overlord. He is widely known for his county traits and overall hard (boing) nature. Over the years, Grade has shamelessly played up to his Z-list celebrity status as an IRL Doctor Who villain because let's face it, why the fuck else would anyone remember some boring-arse BBC controller from the mid-80's?
- Despite his consequent negative image amongst Doctor Who fans, he was unambiguously good for the programme on at least one occasion. In 2004, Grade, as Chairman of the BBC Board of Directors, presided over the unanimous vote which elected Mark Thompson as the Director-General of the BBC. Thompson stayed in the job for eight years, until the broadcast of the beginning of series 7. Grade is thus partially responsible for installing a management regime which allowed Doctor Who to become one of the leading shows in Britain. He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
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