Gary Downie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGary Downie
British television manager
Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1940
Place of Birth: South Africa
Date of Death: 19-Jan-2006
Profession: unit production manager
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Gary Downie
- Gary Downie (17 July 1940 – 19 January 2006) was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, and partner of its producer John Nathan-Turner.
- His own analysis of the role of a production manager can be found on the BBC DVD release of The Two Doctors.
- Downie also worked on I, Claudius, All Creatures Great and Small and Star Cops. 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.
- Many Doctor Who celebrities donated recipes to the volume including Ian Marter and Lalla Ward. In Richard Marson's book The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner (2013) 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.
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