Verity Lambert Has Died At 71

Doctor Who's first producer, and the BBC's first female TV producer, Verity Lambert, has died aged 71.She was also the youngest person to take charge of a BBC television show when the sci-fi drama started in 1963. Lambert also produced dramas including Minder, Quatermass, Rumpole of the Bailey and Jonathan Creek, while her company made 1990s BBC soap Eldorado.She was made an OBE in recognition of her services to film and television in January 2002.

Lambert oversaw the first two series of Doctor Who before leaving in 1965.Russell T Davies, the current writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, said: "There are a hundred people in Cardiff working on Doctor Who and millions of viewers, in particular many children, who love the programme that Verity helped create.""This is her legacy and we will never forget that," he added.