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This new approach led Bidmead to rewrite and make changes to many scripts that had been originally written with the previous regime's tone in mind, for example the season's opening story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive The Leisure Hive]]" by David Fisher, which had originally been envisaged as a comedic paradoy of gangster movies.
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This new approach led Bidmead to rewrite and make changes to many scripts that had been originally written with the previous regime's tone in mind, for example the season's opening story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive The Leisure Hive]]" by David Fisher, which had originally been envisaged as a comedic paradoy parody of gangster movies.
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Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) is an English screenwriter, best known for serving as script editor on Season 18 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' from 1980-81.
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Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) is an English screenwriter, best known for serving as script editor on Season 18 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' from 1980-81.
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He joined the show at the same time as Creator/JohnNathanTurner took over as producer. Bidmead and Nathan-Turner had a very different take on the show from their predecessors Creator/DouglasAdams and Creator/GrahamWilliams, seeking to reduce the comedic and fantastical elements that had dominated the previous era and root the show more firmly in reality, with more hard science and a more serious tone.
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He joined the show at the start of Season 18, succeeding Creator/DouglasAdams as script editor. At the same time as time, Creator/JohnNathanTurner took over from Creator/GrahamWilliams as producer. Bidmead and Nathan-Turner had a very different take on the show from their predecessors Creator/DouglasAdams and Creator/GrahamWilliams, predecessors, seeking to reduce the comedic and fantastical elements that had dominated the previous era and root the show more firmly in reality, with more hard science and a more serious tone.tone.
This new approach led Bidmead to rewrite and make changes to many scripts that had been originally written with the previous regime's tone in mind, for example the season's opening story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive The Leisure Hive]]" by David Fisher, which had originally been envisaged as a comedic paradoy of gangster movies.
Bidmead wrote three ''Doctor Who'' stories himself: the Season 18 finale and Creator/TomBaker's regeneration story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the following season's opener and Creator/PeterDavison's debut "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]" in Season 21.
This new approach led Bidmead to rewrite and make changes to many scripts that had been originally written with the previous regime's tone in mind, for example the season's opening story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive The Leisure Hive]]" by David Fisher, which had originally been envisaged as a comedic paradoy of gangster movies.
Bidmead wrote three ''Doctor Who'' stories himself: the Season 18 finale and Creator/TomBaker's regeneration story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", the following season's opener and Creator/PeterDavison's debut "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]" in Season 21.
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Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) is an English screenwriter, best known for serving as script editor on Season 18 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' from 1980-81.
He joined the show at the same time as Creator/JohnNathanTurner took over as producer. Bidmead and Nathan-Turner had a very different take on the show from their predecessors Creator/DouglasAdams and Creator/GrahamWilliams, seeking to reduce the comedic and fantastical elements that had dominated the previous era and root the show more firmly in reality, with more hard science and a more serious tone.
Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) is an English screenwriter, best known for serving as script editor on Season 18 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' from 1980-81.
He joined the show at the same time as Creator/JohnNathanTurner took over as producer. Bidmead and Nathan-Turner had a very different take on the show from their predecessors Creator/DouglasAdams and Creator/GrahamWilliams, seeking to reduce the comedic and fantastical elements that had dominated the previous era and root the show more firmly in reality, with more hard science and a more serious tone.
