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Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (died 1997)
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Sydney Newman
Canadian film and television producer (1917–1997)
Sydney Cecil Newman was a Canadian producer and screenwriter who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, he was appointed acting director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Doctor Who
British science fiction TV series (1963–present)
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)