Lambert is remembered as one of the most important figures in Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s history. When she was appointed to Doctor Who in 1963, she was the only female drama producer in the BBC.<\/p>\n She oversaw the first two seasons of the programme and the first part of the third season. She left in 1965, but her impact on the show in its early years is undeniable.<\/p>\n In the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time<\/a>, which detailed Doctor Who\u2019s beginnings, she was played by Jessica Raine.<\/p> One fan wrote on Twitter<\/a>, which was recently re-branded to X: \u201cRemembering <\/span>#DoctorWho<\/span>\u2018s first ever producer, Verity Lambert, born on this day in 1935.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Another said<\/a>: \u201c#BOTD<\/span> Verity Lambert<\/span>. An extraordinary career but she\u2019ll always be the first custodian of Doctor Who.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n One more said<\/a>: \u201cVerity Lambert<\/span> was born on this day in 1935. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the show, it is important to recognise this first producer of the series who made it all happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Another said<\/a>: \u201cHappy <\/span>Verity Lambert<\/span> Day!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Lambert died in 2007, with her legacy living on in Doctor Who. Outside of her career on the sci-fi, she\u2019s also known for shows including Take Three Girls, Budgie, The Naked Civil Servant, Rock Follies, Edward and Mrs Simson, The Flame Trees of Thika, Minder and Jonathan Creek.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Last year, a blue plaque in her honour was unveiled on the wall of Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Doctor Who\u2019s very first director Waris Hussein and former showrunner Steven Moffat jointly unveiled the plaque.<\/p>\n Doctor Who is available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n She’s remembered as one of the most important people in Doctor Who’s history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40648,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-scaled.jpg",2560,1687,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-300x198.jpg",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-768x506.jpg",768,506,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-1024x675.jpg",800,527,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-1536x1012.jpg",1536,1012,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-fans-remember-founding-producer-verity-lambert-on-her-birthday-2048x1350.jpg",2048,1350,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"She's remembered as one of the most important people in Doctor Who's history.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/40647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Doctor](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-593221544-0a6736e.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C411\" "\\"Doctor")
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