Season 27 - 1990
It was 1989 and Doctor Who had just aired it’s 26th Season, however it was looking quite clear that the show wouldn’t return for 1990, however head of BBC1 Jonathan Powell decided against cancelling the show and commissioned a new series set to air in 1990. Peter Creegan the head of Serials had now left meaning Doctor Who wasn’t in his hands and was replaced with Michael Wearing. Nathan-Turner met up with Wearing to discuss the possibility of him leaving in 1990 after Season 27 as he didn’t want to stay on any longer as he’d been Doctor Who’s producer for a decade and expressed his desire to move on to which Wearing agreed as he felt it would freshen things up if there was a new team in front and behind the camera. As production on Season 26 was taking place Nathan-Turner had meetings between Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred and Nathan-Turner had stated that Season 27 would be his final season and McCoy and Aldred later agreed that they would leave when the showrunner left, Andrew Car