One of the less lurid anecdotes concerning John Nathan-Turner is how he liked to sometimes mess with fan's heads. Leaving notes on his planning board for a story entitled "The Doctor's Wife" was allegedly a method he employed to trace a leak in the production office, but other sources claim it was a gag designed to get a visiting Ian Levine foaming at the mouth.
Whatever the truth of the matter, if an account described in Richard Marson's book "The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner" is to be believed, JN-T found other ways to make Levine squirm...
Of course, the modern series eventually made the joke a reality in more ways than one, so that's something else spoiled forever.
One last thought, though. If D.B. could be seen to stand for "Do-able Barkers", what is JN-T finding so engrossing in the column marked O.B.?
