Roderick Gary Downie Pinkus (17 July 1940 – 19 January 2006) was a South African-born English production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, and partner of its producer John Nathan-Turner.
[1] His own analysis of the role of a production manager can be found on the BBC DVD release of The Two Doctors.
[2] Downie had previously been a dancer and alongside Adrian Le Peltier he occasionally accompanied Pan's People between 1968 and 1970, in Happening for Lulu,[3] the Bobbie Gentry Show and Top of the Pops.
[7] 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)[8] 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.