According to colleagues, one of his finest moments as producer of
Doctor Who (1963) was when he saved
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Part One (1988) from being abandoned after location recording had been completed but the studios at BBC Television Centre became unavailable because of an asbestos scare. Nathan-Turner was determined not to lose the production, so together with the efforts of
David Laskey, the designer, they were eventually able to erect a tent in the car park at Elstree and finish it there.