Gary Downie

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Career

Downie had previously been a dancer and alongside Adrian Le Peltier he occasionally accompanied Pan's People between 1968 and 1970, in Happening for Lulu,[3] the Bobbie Gentry Show and Top of the Pops.[4]

Downie also worked on I, Claudius,[5] All Creatures Great and Small and Star Cops.[6]

Personal life

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

Controversy

In Richard Marson's book The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013)[8] 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.[8]

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  8. a b 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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