The term serial is preferred for serialised dramas, which have been a staple of UK television schedules since the early 1950s when serials such as The Quatermass Experiment (1953) established the popularity of the form.
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Sherwin was responsible for the idea of exiling the Doctor to Earth (which happens at the end of The Second Doctor's last story, The War Games), a decision he took in an attempt to improve falling viewing figures, reinvent the programme and bring more reality to Doctor Who by basing it more on The Quatermass Experiment.