Every time she walked into the BBC in the morning she was glared at by everyone because she had taken this tiny little program that wasn’t supposed to be a success and made she’d made it the biggest thing on television! And all these people who thought they knew how television was made, hated her and would glare at her every day. Richard Martin said, ‘Verity dear, how do you manage it?’ And she said, ‘Well I just buy a new hat every day and I assume they are looking at that!’
James Goss, recalling a story told by Richard Martin about original Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert (via alphacentauriiswatchingyou)