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* ConsummateProfessional: A big part of his success with his Doctor Who era is that he wasn't a big fan like many newer producers and so wasn't as ''close'' to the material. He just treated Dr Who as another production job.

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* ConsummateProfessional: A big part of his success with his Doctor Who era is that he wasn't a big fan like many newer producers and so wasn't as ''close'' to the material. He just treated Dr Who as another production job. His daughter is also noticeably proud of his work on interviews.
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* ConsummateProfessional: A big part of his success with his Doctor Who era is that he wasn't a big fan like many newer producers and so wasn't as ''close'' to the material. He just treated Dr Who as another production job.
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Hinchcliffe's tenure is often held up by fandom as one of, if not ''the'' greatest period in the show's history; alongside script editor Creator/RobertHolmes, he sought to take the show in a DarkerAndEdgier "GothicHorror" direction, taking inspiration from classic horror movies. This proved a huge hit with audiences at the time, but also courted controversy from some who felt that the programme had become to scary for children, most infamously MoralGuardian Mary Whitehouse, whose complaints eventually led to Hinchcliffe being moved away from Doctor Who by the BBC. His replacement, Creator/GrahamWilliams, was ordered to take the show in a LighterAndSofter direction. He would later contribute to the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas, writing "The Ghosts of Gralstead", "The Devil's Armada", "The Genesis Chamber", "The Helm of Awe", and "The God of Phantoms" (which were then further adapted by Creator/MarcPlatt) in the anthology set ''Philip Hinchcliffe Presents''.

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Hinchcliffe's tenure is often held up by fandom as one of, if not ''the'' greatest period in the show's history; alongside script editor Creator/RobertHolmes, he sought to take the show in a DarkerAndEdgier "GothicHorror" direction, taking inspiration from classic horror movies. This proved a huge hit with audiences at the time, but also courted controversy from some who felt that the programme had become to too scary for children, most infamously MoralGuardian Mary Whitehouse, whose complaints eventually led to Hinchcliffe being moved away from Doctor Who by the BBC. His replacement, Creator/GrahamWilliams, was ordered to take the show in a LighterAndSofter direction. He would later contribute to the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas, writing "The Ghosts of Gralstead", "The Devil's Armada", "The Genesis Chamber", "The Helm of Awe", and "The God of Phantoms" (which were then further adapted by Creator/MarcPlatt) in the anthology set ''Philip Hinchcliffe Presents''.
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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons Of Weng Chiang]]" drew upon Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, as well as the story of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.

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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons Of Weng Chiang]]" drew upon Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' and the ''Literature/FuManchu'' novels, as well as the story of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.

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