And if you don’t know who this is, well:
It was announced in February 1985 that the next series of Doctor Who, scheduled to run from January 1986, would be postponed as Grade had decided that the programme’s budget would be better spent on other drama productions.[24] What became a 18 month hiatus forDoctor Who (the series did not resume until September 1986) prompted a strong reaction from viewers. In an interview in 2004, Grade said of the series: “I thought it was horrible, awful. I thought it was so outdated. It was just a little show for a few pointy head Doctor Whofans. It was also very violent and it had lost its magic.”[25] In an appearance on the BBC’sRoom 101 in 2002, Grade chose the series as one of his hates, criticised its production values and admitted that he had little interest in, or sympathy for, science fiction. [x]