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Radio 4,2 mins

How Verity Lambert found the first Doctor - William Hartnell

Front Row's Cultural Exchange

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Nicholas Courtney explores the beginnings of Dr Who, with producer Verity Lambert who explains casting William Hartnell as the first Doctor. First broadcast in Dr Who: Thirty Years from BBC Radio 2 on 20 November 1993.

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