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== Background == | == Background == | ||
The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[producer]]s and [[Script Editor|script editors]] commissioning themselves, and thus putting a writer out of a job, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called | The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[producer]]s and [[Script Editor|script editors]] commissioning themselves, and thus putting a writer out of a job, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called ''[[The Elusive David Agnew (documentary)|The Elusive David Agnew]]''. The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym [[Robert Holmes]] credited Dicks under on ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]''). As a final joke, the director credit on the featurette is given to {{w|Alan Smithee}}, an infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors, usually those who feel too disappointed at the outcome of their work to risk putting their names on it. | ||
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | ||
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== Other information == | == Other information == | ||
* The short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys (short story)|Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' was also credited to the pseudonym David Agnew. | * The short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys (short story)|Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' was also credited to the pseudonym David Agnew. | ||
* ''[[The Elusive David Agnew]]'' looked at the origins of the name. | * ''[[The Elusive David Agnew (documentary)|The Elusive David Agnew]]'' looked at the origins of the name. | ||
* In [[A. L. Kennedy]]'s ''[[The Death Pit (short story)|The Death Pit]]'', the antagonist is called [[David Agnew]], possibly a homage to the writer. | * In [[A. L. Kennedy]]'s ''[[The Death Pit (short story)|The Death Pit]]'', the antagonist is called [[David Agnew]], possibly a homage to the writer. | ||
{{NameSort}} | {{NameSort}} | ||
[[Category:Pseudonyms]] | [[Category:Pseudonyms]] | ||