Interview by STEVE COLE
Jon Pertwee (as the Doctor) and Nicholas Courtney (as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) on the Television Centre set of Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970).
I managed to squeeze the money for a helicopter out of Barry Letts,” Timothy Combe declares. “That’s something!” In 1970, Tim and Barry Letts, Doctor Who’s new producer, didn’t always see eye to eye - particularly on budget. Though they didn’t come cheap, the helicopter scenes in Doctor Who and the Silurians added enormously to the serial’s taut, adult feel.