Although the series is often referred to as a children's programme, it was actually conceived by the BBC's Head of Drama, Sydney Newman, and it was always made within the BBC's drama department for the whole of its 26 years. The series' appeal to adults was confirmed in 1969 when an Audience Research survey commissioned by the new producer, Barry Letts, revealed that 58 per cent of its audience were over the age of 15. The series' script editor between 1974 and 1977, Robert Holmes, admitted in a newspaper interview that he and producer Philip Hinchcliffe saw the core audience as being intelligent fourteen-year-olds and he personally believed the series was not suitable for children under the age of ten unless they were under strict parental guidance.
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