During his time at the BBC, Wenger served as Head of Drama for BBC Wales, executive producer on Doctor Who: The Adventure Games and Doctor Who Confidential, and also worked on Ashes To Ashes, Matt Smith’s Christopher And His Kind and the relaunched series of Upstairs Downstairs.

Wenger commented: “It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to Doctor Who and BBC Drama, and all of the extraordinary people who I have worked with there.”

His replacement has not yet been announced.