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'''Johnny Byrne''' ([[27 November]] [[1935]]-[[3 April]] [[2008]]) wrote the [[Doctor Who]] television stories ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'' and the unmade ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy]]'' which was produced on audio by [[Big Finish]] as one of [[The Lost Stories]]. He wrote two scripts for ''Doctor Who'' movies: ''The Time Lord'' in [[1988]], a re-write of a screenplay by [[Mark Ezra]]; and ''Last of the Time Lords'' in [[1991]]. Neither movie was produced ([[REF]]: [[The Nth Doctor]]). Before his involvement with ''Doctor Who'' he was well known for his work as a writer for ''[[Wikipedia:Space: 1999|Space: 1999]]''.
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| image          = Johnny Byrne.jpg
| birth date    = [[27 November (people)|27 November]] [[1935 (people)|1935]]
| death date    = [[2 April (people)|2 April]] [[2008 (people)|2008]]
| job title      = [[Writer]]
| time          = 1981, 1983-84
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| imdb          = 0126210
|story=[[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
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'''Johnny Byrne''' ([[27 November (people)|27 November]] [[1935 (people)|1935]]-[[2 April (people)|2 April]] [[2008 (people)|2008]]<ref>[[TCH 36]]</ref>) wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' and ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'' and the unmade ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'' which was produced on audio by [[Big Finish]] as one of [[The Lost Stories]]. He wrote two scripts for ''Doctor Who'' movies: ''The Time Lord'' in 1988, a re-write of a screenplay by [[Mark Ezra]], and ''Last of the Time Lords'' in 1991. Neither movie was produced. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'')


== Contributions to the Mythos ==
As [[Nyssa]] was only ever intended to appear in ''The Keeper of Traken'', Byrne enjoyed the rights to that character and thus received royalties whenever she was used.
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Johnny Byrne script:
 
* [[Nyssa]]
== Career ==
* [[The Ergon]]
Before his involvement with ''Doctor Who'', he was well known for his work as a writer for ''[[Space: 1999]]''.
* [[Myrka]]
 
* The return of [[the Master]]
== DWU credits ==
Byrne also wrote the only TV script to feature both the [[Silurian]]s and the [[Sea Devil]]s (''Warriors of the Deep'').
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''
* ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''
* ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'' (adapted by [[Jonathan Morris]])


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0126210|name=Johnny Byrne}}
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== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers]]
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[[Category:Worked on All Creatures Great and Small]]
[[Category:The Lost Stories writers]]

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Johnny Byrne (27 November 1935-2 April 2008[1]) wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Keeper of Traken, Arc of Infinity and Warriors of the Deep and the unmade The Guardians of Prophecy which was produced on audio by Big Finish as one of The Lost Stories. He wrote two scripts for Doctor Who movies: The Time Lord in 1988, a re-write of a screenplay by Mark Ezra, and Last of the Time Lords in 1991. Neither movie was produced. (REF: The Nth Doctor)

As Nyssa was only ever intended to appear in The Keeper of Traken, Byrne enjoyed the rights to that character and thus received royalties whenever she was used.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Before his involvement with Doctor Who, he was well known for his work as a writer for Space: 1999.

DWU credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]