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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Colin Baker) shows what he thinks of the L3 service robot Drathro in Trial of a Time Lord episodes 1-4 The Mysterious Planet (1986)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE SEEDS OF DEATH who have previously worked on the show:

• Michael ferguson (Director)
• Brian Hayles (Writer)
• Peter Bryant (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE SPACE PIRATES who have previously worked on the show:

• Robert Holmes (Writer)
• Peter Bryant (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1579 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #49 - The Space Pirates

Name: Michael Hart [1930 - 2012]

Role: Director [6 episodes]
Year(s): 1969
Stories: The Space Pirates episode 1 - The Space Pirates episode 6

Before Who: Director Credits
Films: None
Television: Compact [20 episodes] (1964-1965) / 199 Park Lane [2 episodes] (1965) / Thirty-Minute Theatre [22 episodes] (1966-1971) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [2 episodes] (1967) / Softly Softly [3 episodes] (1967-1968) / The Newcomers [4 episodes] (1968) / Z Cars [5 episodes] (1968-1971)

After Who
Films: Riding Lights (1984)
Television: Boy Meets Girl [1 episode] (1969) / The Doctors [4 episodes] (1970) / Owen, M.D. [4 episodes] (1971) / Crossroads [200 episodes] (1972-1981) / Raven [6 episodes] (1977)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) aboard Captain Jack's space craft during The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) aboard Captain Jack's space craft during The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005)

Don'tcha just love her t-shirt in this

ROSE: I'm hanging in the sky in the middle of a German air raid with the Union Jack across my chest

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Kenneth Cope (1931 - 2024)

Played Packard in the 1981 story 'Warriors' Gate'

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE WAR GAMES who have previously worked on the show:

• David Maloney (Director)
• Malcolm Hulke (Writer)
• Producer (Derrick Sherwin)

Who: Before And After #1580 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #50 - The War Games

Name: Terrance Dicks [1935 - 2019]

Role: Writer [35 episodes]
Year(s): 1969 / 1974 / 1976 / 1977 / 1980 / 1983
Stories: The War Games episodes 1 ? The War Games episode 10 / Robot part 1 ? Robot part 4 / The Brain Of Morbius part 1 ? The Brain Of Morbous part 4 / The Horror Of Fang Rock part 1 ? The Horror Of Fang Rock part 4 / State Of Decay part 1 ? State Of Decay part 4 / The Five Doctors
Note(s):

• Is affectionately known as "Uncle Terrance" by Whovians
• Was the script editor for 'Doctor Who' between 1968 ('The Invasion' episode 1) ? 1974 ('Planet Of The Spiders' part 6) [156 episodes]
• Wrote the script for 'The Brain of Morbius' under the pen-name 'Robin Bland'
• Wrote the Direct-To-Video stories 'Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans' / 'Mindgame' / 'Mindgame Trilogy: Battlefield'
• Wrote the Target novelisations for numerous stories: 'Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion' / 'Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen' / 'Doctor Who and the Giant Robot' / 'Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders' / 'The Three Doctors' / 'Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster' / 'Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen' / 'Doctor Who and the Web of Fear' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars' / 'Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters' / 'Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth' / 'Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos' / 'Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil' / 'Doctor Who and the Mutants' / 'Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin' / 'Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang' / 'Doctor Who and the Face of Evil' / 'Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock' / 'Doctor Who and the Time Warrior' / 'Death to the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Android Invasion' / 'Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear' / 'Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy' / 'Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl' / 'Doctor Who and the Robots of Death' / 'Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Underworld' / 'Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time' / 'Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood' / 'Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara' / 'Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll' / 'Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor' / 'Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden' / 'Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon' / 'Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon' / 'Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child' / 'Doctor Who and the State of Decay ' / 'Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken' / 'Doctor Who and the Sunmakers' / 'Meglos' / 'Four to Doomsday' / 'Arc of Infinity' / 'The Five Doctors' / 'Kinda' / 'Snakedance' / 'Warriors of the Deep' / 'Inferno' / 'The Caves of Androzani' / 'The Mind of Evil' / 'The Krotons' / 'The Time Monster' / 'The Seeds of Death' / 'The Faceless Ones' / 'The Ambassadors of Death' / 'The Mysterious Planet' / 'The Wheel in Space' / 'The Smugglers' / 'Planet of Giants' / 'The Space Pirates'
• Wrote the Junior 'Doctor Who' books 'Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot' / 'Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius'
• Wrote the Virgin New Adventures stories 'Timewyrm: Exodus' / 'Blood Harvest' / 'Shakedown'
• Wrote the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures 'The Eight Doctors' / 'Endgame'
• Wrote the BBC Past Doctor Adventures 'Catastrophea' / 'Players' / 'Warmonger' / 'Deadly Reunion' / 'World Game'
• Wrote the BBC Quick Reads 'Made of Steel' / 'Revenge of the Judoon'
• Wrote the Virgin 'Bernice Summerfield: New Adventures' story 'Mean Streets'
• Wrote the novelisation of the 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' story 'Invasion of the Bane'
• Wrote short stories that were included in story collections: Brief Encounters ('Farewells') / The Target Storybook ('Save Yourself') / Dalek ('Davros Genesis') / Daily Mirror ('Dr. Who and the Hell Planet') / Bernice Summerfield short stores ('A Mutual Friend')
• Wrote the non-fiction books 'The Making of Doctor Who' / 'The Doctor Who Monster Book' / 'The Second Doctor Who Monster Book' / 'The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book'
• Wrote the Stage plays 'Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday' / 'The Ultimate Adventure'
• Wrote the audio stories 'Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback' / 'Companion Chronicles: Beyond the Ultimate Adventure'
• Wrote the 'Destiny of the Doctors' video game
• Major characters and concepts debuting in one of his scripts includeThe War Lords / SIDRAT / The naming of the Time Lords / the conceot of the planet Gallifrey / The Fourth Doctor / Harry Sullivan / The K1 robot / Morbius / The Sisterhood of Karn / The Rutans / The Great Vampires / The Game of Rassilon and the Death Zone / The Raston Warrior Robot / The Time Scoop / The Eye of Orion
• Of the first ten incarnations of the Doctor, he wrote novels and novelisations featuring all of them except the Ninth
• Broadcast shortly after his death, the 2020 story 'Spyfall' Part One is dedicated to his memory

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: The Avengers [4 episodes] (1962?1969) / Crossroads [27 episodes] (1968)

After Who
Films: None
Television: Moonbase [1 episode] (1973) / Space: 1999 [1 episode] (1976)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A website production design for The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords (2007)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE who have previously worked on the show:

• Derek Martinus (Director)
• Robert Holmes (Writer)
• Derrick Sherwin (Producer)

Key Crew working on DOCTOR WHO AND THE SILURIANS who have previously worked on the show:

• Timothy Combe (Director)
• Malcolm Hulke (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE AMBASSADORS OF DEATH who have previously worked on the show:

• Michael Ferguson (Director)
• David Whitaker (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Key Crew working on INFERNO who have previously worked on the show:

• Douglas Camfield (Director)
• Barry Letts (Director) [Uncredited]
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1581 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #54 - Inferno

Name: Don Houghton [1930 - 1991]

Role: Writer [13 episodes]
Year(s): 1970 / 1971
Stories: Inferno episode 1 - Inferno episode 7 / The Mind Of Evil episode 1 - The Mind Of Evil episode 6
Note(s):

• Was married to Who actress Pik-Sen Lim
• Was the father of 'Sarah-Jane Adventures' actress Sara Houghton

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: Emergency-Ward 10 [38 episodes] (1965-1967) / Crossroads [123 episodes] (1967-1968) / The Flaxton Boys [13 episodes] (1969-1970) / Ace of Wands [2 episodes] (1970)

After Who
Films: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Shatter (1974)
Television: New Scotland Yard [6 episodes] (1972-1973) / The Doombolt Chase [6 episodes] (1978) / The Professionals [2 episodes] (1978-1979) / Take the High Road [1427 episodes also series creator] (1980-2003) / Sapphire & Steel [5 episodes] (1981) / Fox Mystery Theater [1 episode] (1984) / C.A.T.S. Eyes [1 episode] (1985)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) in jigsaw form on the cover of Doctor Who Magazine issue 292 in June 2000.

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on TERROR OF THE AUTONS who have previously worked on the show:

• Barry Letts (Director)
• Robert Holmes (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE MIND OF EVIL who have previously worked on the show:

• Timothy Combe (Director)
• Don Houghton (Writer)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Key Crew working on THE CLAWS OF AXOS who have previously worked on the show:

• Michael Ferguson (Director)
• Barry Letts (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1582a / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #57 - The Claws Of Axos

Name: Bob Baker [1939 - 2021]

Role: Writer [38 episodes]
Year(s): 1971 / 1972 / 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979
Stories: The Claws Of Axos episode 1 - The Claws Of Axos episode 4 / The Mutants episode 1 - The Mutants episode 6 / The Three Doctors episode 1 - The Three Doctors episode 4 / The Sontaran Experiment part 1 - The Sontaran Experiment part 2 / The Hand Of Fear part 1 - The Hand Of Fear part 4 / The Invisible Enemy part 1 - The Invisible Enemy part 4 / Underworld part 1 - Underworld part 4 / The Armageddon Factor part 1 - The Armageddon Factor part 6 / Nightmare Of Eden part 1 - Nightmare Of Eden part 4
Note(s):

• Was the co-creator of K-9
• Until his passing in 2021, he was the last surviving writer to write for the Jon Pertwee era
• Wrote the Australian K-9 episodes 'Mind Snap' / 'Angel of the North'
• Wrote the 'Essential Book of K-9' short stories 'One Man and His Dog' / 'Peaceniks' / 'Interstitials' / 'Stranger on the Train'
• Wrote the 'K-9: Megabytes' short stories 'The Gift Givers' / 'The Nine Moon Race' / 'The Time Thief' / 'The Proclaimer
• Wrote the ''Cutaway Comics' story 'Eldrad Must Live!'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: Thick as Thieves (1971), Machinegunner (1976), Succubus (1987), The Jazz Detective (1992), Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993), Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Television: Pretenders [2 episodes] (1972) / Arthur of the Britons [1 episode] (1973) / Ski-Boy [2 episodes] (1974) / Late Night Drama [2 episodes] (1974) / Z Cars [2 episodes] (1974) / Hunters Walk [2 episodes] (1974-1976) / Public Eye [1 episode] (1975) / Sky [7 episodes] (1975) / King of the Castle [7 episodes] (1977) / Follow Me... [7 episodes] (1977) / Cottage to Let [1 episode] (1977) / Target [4 episodes] (1977-1978) / Scorpion Tales [1 episode] (1978) / Murder at the Wedding [4 episodes] (1979) / Shoestring [1 episode] (1979) / ITV Playhouse [1 episode] (1979) / Smuggler [1 episode] (1981) / Into the Labyrinth [15 episodes] (1981-1982) / Bergerac [2 episodes] (1981-1983) / Jangles [1 episode] (1982) / Le petit docteur [1 episode] (1986) / Call Me Mister [1 episode] (1986) / Kipper [1 episode] (1997) / The Mysti Show (2004-2005)

Who: Before And After #1582b

Name: Dave Martin [1935 - 2007]

Role: Writer [34 episodes]
Year(s): 1971 / 1972 / 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979
Stories: The Claws Of Axos episode 1 - The Claws Of Axos episode 4 / The Mutants episode 1 - The Mutants episode 6 / The Three Doctors episode 1 - The Three Doctors episode 4 / The Sontaran Experiment part 1 - The Sontaran Experiment part 2 / The Hand Of Fear part 1 - The Hand Of Fear part 4 / The Invisible Enemy part 1 - The Invisible Enemy part 4 / Underworld part 1 - Underworld part 4 / The Armageddon Factor part 1 - The Armageddon Factor part 6
Note(s):

• Was the co-creator of K-9
• Wrote the K-9 books 'K9 and the Time Trap' / 'K9 and the Beasts of Vega' / 'K9 and the Zeta Rescue' / 'K9 and the Missing Planet'
• rote the 'Make Your Own Adventure With Doctor Who' books 'Search for the Doctor' / 'The Garden of Evil'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: Thick as Thieves (1971), Machinegunner (1976), Escape to the West (1982), Succubus (1987)
Television: Pretenders [2 episodes] (1972) / Arthur of the Britons [1 episode] (1973) / Ski-Boy [2 episodes] (1974) / Late Night Drama [2 episodes] (1974) / Z Cars [2 episodes] (1974) / Hunters Walk [2 episodes] (1974-1976) / Public Eye [1 episode] (1975) / Sky [7 episodes] (1975) / King of the Castle [7 episodes] (1977) / Follow Me... [7 episodes] (1977) / Cottage to Let [1 episode] (1977) / Target [4 episodes] (1977-1978) / Scorpion Tales [1 episode] (1978) / Murder at the Wedding [4 episodes] (1979) / ITV Playhouse [1 episode] (1979) / Into the Labyrinth [1 episode] (1982) / The Play on One [1 episode] (1988) / Harbour Lights [2 episode] (1999)