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'''Dave Martin''' (born in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]) was an accomplished television and film writer. | |||
{{ | He contributed numerous scripts for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television series between [[1971]] and [[1979]] including: | ||
* ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'' (1971) | |||
* ''[[The Mutants]]'' (1972) | |||
* ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' (1973) | |||
* ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' (1975) | |||
* ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' (1976) | |||
* ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' (1977) | |||
* ''[[Underworld]]'' (1978) | |||
* ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' (1979) | |||
For all of these, Martin collaborated with [[Bob Baker]]. Together they were nicknamed "The Bristol Boys" by the ''Doctor Who'' production teams with whom they worked. | |||
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos were probably the robot computer [[K-9]] (created for ''The Invisible Enemy'') and the renegade [[Time Lord]] [[Omega]] (created for ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''Doctor Who'''s tenth anniversary story). | |||
They also worked together on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials ''[[Wikipedia:Sky (TV serial)|Sky]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Into the Labirynth|Into the Labirynth]]''. | |||
Martin died in [[2007]]. He had been diagnosed with [[lung]] [[cancer]] earlier in the year. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEEZykAkAkZxBszUKse Outpost Gallifrey report on death of Dave Martin] | |||
{{Wikipedia|Dave_Martin_(screenwriter)}} | |||
[[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Martin]] | [[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Martin]] | ||
Revision as of 01:51, 12 April 2007
Dave Martin (born in Birmingham, England) was an accomplished television and film writer.
He contributed numerous scripts for the Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979 including:
- The Claws of Axos (1971)
- The Mutants (1972)
- The Three Doctors (1973)
- The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
- The Hand of Fear (1976)
- The Invisible Enemy (1977)
- Underworld (1978)
- The Armageddon Factor (1979)
For all of these, Martin collaborated with Bob Baker. Together they were nicknamed "The Bristol Boys" by the Doctor Who production teams with whom they worked.
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the Doctor Who mythos were probably the robot computer K-9 (created for The Invisible Enemy) and the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for The Three Doctors, Doctor Who's tenth anniversary story).
They also worked together on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials Sky and Into the Labirynth.
Martin died in 2007. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier in the year.
