Gary Downie
British production manager
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Roderick Gary Downie Pinkus (17 July 1940 – 19 January 2006) was a South African-born English production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, and partner of its producer John Nathan-Turner.[1] His own analysis of the role of a production manager can be found on the BBC DVD release of The Two Doctors.[2]
17 July 1940
Gary Downie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roderick Gary Downie Pinkus 17 July 1940 |
| Died | 19 January 2006 (aged 65) Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Production manager |
| Partner | John Nathan-Turner (1972–2002; Nathan-Turner's death) |
Career
Downie had previously been a dancer and alongside Adrian Le Peltier he occasionally accompanied Pan's People between 1968 and 1970, in Happening for Lulu,[3] the Bobbie Gentry Show and Top of the Pops.[4]
Downie also worked on I, Claudius,[5] All Creatures Great and Small and Star Cops.[6]
Personal life
Downie died on 19 January 2006, having survived Nathan-Turner who died in 2002. Gary Downie shared a home with Nathan-Turner in Saltdean, Brighton. Downie was the author of the mid-1980s book The Doctor Who Cookbook.[7] Many Doctor Who celebrities donated recipes to the volume including Ian Marter and Lalla Ward.
Controversy
In Richard Marson's book The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013)[8] Marson alleges Downie sexually assaulted him, and details other accusations of inappropriate behaviour by Nathan-Turner and Downie, during the former's period as the series' producer.[8]
Bibliography
- 1985 – The Doctor Who Cookbook – ISBN 0-491-03214-5
