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“You know, I couldn't go out into the high street without a bunch of kids following me. I felt like the Pied Piper.”

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William Hartnell

I Felt Like the Pied Piper

“I was so pleased to be offered Doctor Who. To me kids are the greatest audience - and the greatest critics - in the world.”

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William Hartnell

I Felt Like the Pied Piper

“The moment this brilliant young producer Miss Verity Lambert started telling me about Doctor Who, I was hooked. I remember telling her, "This is going to run for five years."”

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William Hartnell

And look what's happened!
I Felt Like the Pied Piper

“It may seem like hindsight now, but I just knew that Doctor Who was going to be an enormous success. Don't ask me how. Not everybody thought as I did. I was universally scoffed at for my initial faith in the series, but I believed in it. It was magical.”

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William Hartnell

I Felt Like the Pied Piper