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| job title    = [[Writer]], created [[Leela]]
| job title    = [[Writer]], created [[Leela]]
| story        = [[#Selected Credits|See credits section]]
| story        = [[#Selected Credits|See credits section]]
| time          =1977-1978
| time          = 1977-1978
| non dwu      = ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' (script editor) and created ''Star Cops''
| non dwu      = ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' (script editor) and created ''Star Cops''
| imdb          = 0098980
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}}'''Chris Boucher''' (born [[1943 (people)|1943]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=ChrisBoucher Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) was an important contributor to the [[Fourth Doctor]] era of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
|birth date=[[15 February (people)|15 February]] [[1943 (people)|1943]]|death date=[[11 December (people)|11 December]] [[2022 (people)|2022]]}}'''Chris Boucher''' ([[15 February (people)|15 February]] [[1943 (people)|1943]]-[[11 December (people)|11 December]] [[2022 (people)|2022]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/21/chris-boucher-obituary?fbclid=IwAR1DOsvwTWikiilATurXuV8_dUdak_av7n1yJdhp_oVGX7LPmd-E0xgPC1s The Guardian]</ref>) was an important contributor to the [[Fourth Doctor]] era of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


He penned three stories and was responsible for the creation of the [[companion]] [[Leela]], whose name he derived from freedom fighter {{w|Leila Khaled}}. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')
He penned three stories and was responsible for the creation of the [[companion]] [[Leela]], whose name he derived from freedom fighter {{w|Leila Khaled}}. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'')
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The ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series is based on characters and locations from Boucher's ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' stories. He was creative consultant on the series and wrote the second release, ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]''.
The ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series is based on characters and locations from Boucher's ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' stories. He was creative consultant on the series and wrote the second release, ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]''.


He is currently the earliest surviving ''Doctor Who'' television writer and the only living writer to have written for the series in the 1970s.
Until his death, he was the last surviving ''Doctor Who'' television writer to have written for the series in the 1970s.


== Bibliography ==
== Credits ==
=== ''Doctor Who'' TV stories ===
=== ''Doctor Who'' TV stories ===
* ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''
* ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Chris Boucher (15 February 1943-11 December 2022[1]) was an important contributor to the Fourth Doctor era of Doctor Who.

He penned three stories and was responsible for the creation of the companion Leela, whose name he derived from freedom fighter Leila Khaled. (DCOM: The Robots of Death)

The Kaldor City audio series is based on characters and locations from Boucher's Doctor Who and Blake's 7 stories. He was creative consultant on the series and wrote the second release, Death's Head.

Until his death, he was the last surviving Doctor Who television writer to have written for the series in the 1970s.

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