 Russell T. Davies (qv) was sounded out to produce a revival of the  series by the BBC One Controller of the time, Peter Salmon, in 1999.  Although nothing came of this due to BBC Worldwides desire to make  a film version of the show, by late 2003 the new Controller of BBC  One, Lorraine Heggessey (qv), had persuaded Worldwide to surrender  their film ambitions so that she could commission a new television  version.