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| name          = Ian Stuart Black
|birth date    = [[21 March (people)|21 March]] [[1915 (people)|1915]]
| job title    = [[Writer]]
|death date    = [[13 October (people)|13 October]] [[1997 (people)|1997]]
| story        = [[#Selected Credits|See credits section]]
|job title    = [[Writer]]
| time          = 1966-1967 and 1986-1989
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| non dwu      = ''Danger Man'' and ''The Invisible Man'' (1958-9)
|time          = 1966-1967 and 1986-1989
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|non dwu      = ''The Invisible Man'', ''[[Danger Man]]''
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'''Ian Stuart Black''' was a writer for ''Doctor Who'' in the 1960s.
'''Ian Stuart Black''' (born [[21 March (people)|21 March]] [[1915 (people)|1915]], [[London]], died [[13 October (people)|13 October]] [[1997 (people)|1997]], Sidmouth, [[Devon]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-stuart-black-1293894.html The Independent]</ref>) [[writer|wrote]] several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories. Of the three serials Black wrote for the show, ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' is the only one to not be completely missing.


== Bibliography ==
== Life and Career ==
Though born in London, Black was “a [[Scotland|Scot]] through and through.”<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-stuart-black-1293894.html The Independent]</ref> Before ''Doctor Who'', he had served as a staff writer for The Rank Organisation, which was one of the biggest film companies of its time.<ref>[https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv54/ianstuartblack.html NZDWFC]</ref>
 
== DWU Bibliography ==
=== ''Doctor Who'' TV stories ===
=== ''Doctor Who'' TV stories ===
* ''[[The Savages]]''
* ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]''
* ''[[The War Machines]]'' (based on an idea by [[Kit Pedler]])
* ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' (based on an idea by [[Kit Pedler]])
* ''[[The Macra Terror]]''
* ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]''
 
He novelised all three of his stories.


== Contributions to the mythos ==
He novelised all three of his stories for [[Target Books]].
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Ian Stuart Black script include:
* [[WOTAN]]
* [[War Machine]]
* [[Macra]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Ian Stuart Black (born 21 March 1915, London, died 13 October 1997, Sidmouth, Devon[1]) wrote several Doctor Who television stories. Of the three serials Black wrote for the show, The War Machines is the only one to not be completely missing.

Life and Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Though born in London, Black was “a Scot through and through.”[2] Before Doctor Who, he had served as a staff writer for The Rank Organisation, which was one of the biggest film companies of its time.[3]

DWU Bibliography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who TV stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

He novelised all three of his stories for Target Books.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]