death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation
05 april 1999 surrey , england kimberley , south africa john wiles 20 september 1925 first male producer of '' doctor who '' john wiles
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john wiles

john wiles -lrb- 20 september 1925 -- 5 april 1999 -rrb- was a television writer and producer , now best known for being the second producer of the popular science fiction serial `` doctor who '' , succeeding verity lambert .
he was credited as producer on four serials between 1965 and 1966 , namely `` the myth makers '' , `` the daleks ' master plan '' -lrb- which lasted for twelve episodes -rrb- , `` the massacre of st bartholomew 's eve '' , and `` the ark '' .
wiles found his time as producer difficult and frustrating .
although he had a good working relationship with story editor donald tosh , wiles found that he was unable to make many changes to the format of the programme .
attempts to make the series darker led to clashes with actor william hartnell , who as the sole remaining member of the original team saw himself as the guardian of the series ' original values .
an attempt to give new companion dodo chaplet a cockney accent was vetoed by wiles ' superiors , who ordered that the regulars must speak `` bbc english '' .
with hartnell increasingly in poor health and hostile to wiles , the latter sought a way to replace the actor .
however , this was again opposed by wiles ' superiors .
wiles also disliked the lengthy `` the daleks ' master plan '' story which had been commissioned by the previous production team and which proved difficult to realise .
one of his few changes that lasted even a short time was to limit nearly all stories to just four episodes .
in early 1966 , wiles opted to resign in frustration with his inability to steer the show in the direction he wished , with tosh resigning in sympathy .
of the episodes from his tenure , only `` the ark '' , and three episodes of `` the daleks ' master plan '' , still survive in the bbc 's archives .
as wiles chose not to employ john cura and his tele-snaps service , there is very little visual record left of his time on `` doctor who '' .
the tenure of the next producer , innes lloyd , coincided with a change in management and so consequently lloyd was then able to both introduce a character with a cockney accent -lrb- ben jackson -rrb- and replace hartnell .
after leaving `` doctor who '' , wiles wrote two stories for the science-fiction anthology series `` out of the unknown '' .
these were `` taste of evil '' and `` the man in my head '' , both broadcast as part of its fourth and final season in 1971 .
