The Resume

(November 27, 1935-November 22, 2007)
Co-created 'Doctor Who (1963)'
Produced 'Doctor Who (1963-1966),' 'W. Somerset Maugham (1969-1970),' 'The Naked Civil Servant (1975),' 'Quatermass (1978-1979),' 'The Norman Conquests (1978),' 'Reilly: The Ace of Spies (1983),' 'A Cry in the Dark (1988)' and 'Jonathan Creek (1997-2004)'

Why he might be annoying:

She was hired to create a children’s TV show, despite hating children.
She said: 'I can’t stand babies – no, I love babies, as long as their parents take them away.'
'Doctor Who,' her 'children’s show,' was incredibly violent, and was protested many times over the years.
One critic said you can tell when you’re watching her era of 'Doctor Who' because 'you get mind-numbingly bored.'
Many people thought she was dead, years before she actually died.

Why he might not be annoying:

She started as a secretary and became a powerful TV executive.
She created 'Doctor Who' when she was only 27.
The show wasn’t expected to last a year, but it became the longest running sci-fi program in history.
She worked on another classic British sci-fi show, 'Quatermass.'
She produced 'A Cry in the Dark,' the famous Meryl Streep movie ('The dingo ate my baby!').
The Monty Python comedy troupe named two characters 'Mr. Verity' and 'Mr. Lambert' in tribute to her.
Her name means 'truth.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Doctor Who
• I Attended University of Paris
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 71)
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15558)
• Sheep Names
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20071122)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 60.47% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 123 Votes: 62.60% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 126 Votes: 63.49% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 50 Votes: 66.00% Annoying