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| name          = Gerry Davis
| job title    = [[Writer]], [[Script editor]]
| job title    = [[Script editor]], [[Writer]] and co-created the [[Cybermen]]
| birth date    = [[23 February (people)|23 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]]
| birth date    = [[23 February (people)|23 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]]
| death date    = [[31 August (people)|31 August]] [[1991 (people)|1991]]
| death date    = [[31 August (people)|31 August]] [[1991 (people)|1991]]
| story        = [[#Selected Credits|See credits section]]
| story        =[[#Credits|See Credits Section]]  
| time          = [[1966 (production)|1966]]-[[1967 (production)|1967]], [[1975 (releases)|1975]]-[[1976 (releases)|1976]], [[1978 (releases)|1978]], [[1984 (releases)|1984]] and [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
| time          = [[1966]]-[[1967|67]], [[1975]]
| non dwu      = co-created ''Doomwatch'', ''Coronation Street'', ''United!'' and Film: ''The Final Countdown'' (1980)
| non dwu      = ''[[Doomwatch]]''
| imdb          = 0204651
| imdb          = 0204651
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'''Gerry Davis''' ([[23 February (people)|23 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]]-[[31 August (people)|31 August]] [[1991 (people)|1991]]) was [[script editor]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1967 and co-creator of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] with [[Kit Pedler]].
'''Gerry Davis''' ([[23 February (people)|23 February]] [[1930 (people)|1930]]-[[31 August (people)|31 August]] [[1991 (people)|1991]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=GerryDavis Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) was [[script editor]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1967. According to [[Anneke Wills]], he originated [[regeneration|the idea of the Doctor changing their body]]. He is the co-creator of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] with [[Kit Pedler]].
 
According to the documentary ''[[Cybermen: The Early Years]]'', he also co-wrote ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' with Pedler, but was uncredited due to [[BBC]] policy at the time.
 
== Writer credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' (with [[Kit Pedler]])
* ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' (with [[Elwyn Jones]])
* ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' (uncredited; with Kit Pedler)
* ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' (with Kit Pedler)
* ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''


== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
=== Television scripts ===
==== Target novelisations ====
* ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Highlanders]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''
* ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]''
* ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' (with [[Alison Bingeman]])


=== Target novelisations ===
=== Audios ===
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]''
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''
* ''[[Return of the Cybermen (audio story)|Return of the Cybermen]]'' (adapted by [[John Dorney]])
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Highlanders]]''
* ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' (with [[Alison Bingeman]])


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 3 November 2024

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Gerry Davis (23 February 1930-31 August 1991[1]) was script editor of Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. According to Anneke Wills, he originated the idea of the Doctor changing their body. He is the co-creator of the Cybermen with Kit Pedler.

According to the documentary Cybermen: The Early Years, he also co-wrote The Moonbase with Pedler, but was uncredited due to BBC policy at the time.

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Target novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audios[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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