Gary Downie

Gary Downie (17 July 1940 – 19 January 2006) was a 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] Downie also worked on I, Claudius,[3] All Creatures Great and Small and Star Cops.

Gary Downie
Born
Roderick Gary Downie Pinkus

(1940-07-17)17 July 1940
South Africa
Died19 January 2006(2006-01-19) (aged 65)
Brighton, East Sussex, England
OccupationProduction manager
Partner(s)John Nathan-Turner
(long-term partner) (1972–2002, Nathan-Turner's death)

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.[4] Many Doctor Who celebrities donated recipes to the volume including Ian Marter and Lalla Ward.

In Richard Marson's book The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013)[5] 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.[5]

Bibliography
  • 1985 - The Doctor Who Cookbook - ISBN 0-491-03214-5

References
  1. "Author of The Colony of Lies". BBC. 1 January 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/5837/doctor-who-the-two-doctors/
  3. http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcfec552b
  4. Downie, Gary (1985), The Doctor Who cookbook, W.H. Allen, ISBN 978-0-491-03214-8
  5. Matthew Sweet "JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson – review", The Guardian, 22 March 2013


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