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'''Dave Martin''' was an accomplished television and film writer.
'''Dave Martin''' ([[1 January (people)|1 January]] [[1935 (people)|1935]]-[[30 March (people)|30 March]] [[2007 (people)|2007]]<ref>[[TCH 16]]</ref>) was an accomplished television and film writer.


He contributed numerous scripts for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television series between 1971 and 1979 including:
He contributed numerous scripts for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television series between 1971 and 1979, all with writing collactorator Bob Baker. Together they were nicknamed "the Bristol Boys" by the ''Doctor Who'' production teams with whom they worked.[[File:DaveMartin.jpg|left|thumb|Martin in 2000. ([[MM VHS 49]])]]
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos were probably the robot dog [[K9]] (created for ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'') and the renegade [[Time Lord]] [[Omega]] (created for ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s tenth anniversary story, ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'').


* ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'' (1971)
== Career ==
* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' (1972)
Outside of ''Doctor Who'', Dave had collaborated with Bob on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials {{wi|Sky (TV serial)|Sky}} and {{wi|Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth}}.
* ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' (1975)
* ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' (1976)
* ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Underworld]]'' (1978)
* ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' (1979)


For all of these, Martin collaborated with [[Bob Baker]]. Together they were nicknamed "the Bristol Boys" by the ''Doctor Who'' production teams with whom they worked.
== Death ==
[[File:DaveMartin.jpg|left|thumb|Martin as he appeared near the end of his life in 2000.  ([[MM VHS 49]])]]
Martin died on [[30 March (people)|30 March]] [[2007 (people)|2007]]. He had been diagnosed with lung [[cancer]] earlier in the year.
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the ''Doctor Who'' mythos were probably the robot dog [[K9]] (created for ''The Invisible Enemy'') and the renegade [[Time Lord]] [[Omega]] (created for ''Doctor Who'''s tenth anniversary story, ''[[The Three Doctors]]'').


They also worked together on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials {{wi|Sky (TV serial)|Sky}} and {{wi|Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth}}.
== DWU credits ==
=== Television ===
* ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
* ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''
* ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''
* ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''
* ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]''
* ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]''
* ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]''


In 1980, Dave Martin wrote all four books in [[The Adventures of K9]] series. In 1986, he wrote two [[Find Your Fate]] novels, ''[[Search for the Doctor]]'' and ''[[Garden of Evil]]''. All six books were written as "David Martin".
=== Prose ===
==== Sparrow Books ====
* ''[[K9 and the Time Trap (novel)|K9 and the Time Trap]]''
* ''[[K9 and the Beasts of Vega (novel)|K9 and the Beasts of Vega]]''
* ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)|K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]''
* ''[[K9 and the Missing Planet (novel)|K9 and the Missing Planet]]''


Martin died on [[30 March (people)|30 March]] [[2007 (people)|2007]]. He had been diagnosed with lung [[cancer]] earlier in the year.
==== Severn House ====
* ''[[Search for the Doctor (novel)|Search for the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Garden of Evil (novel)|The Garden of Evil]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEEZykAkAkZxBszUKse Outpost Gallifrey report on death of Dave Martin]
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== Footnotes ==
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Dave Martin (1 January 1935-30 March 2007[1]) was an accomplished television and film writer.

He contributed numerous scripts for the Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979, all with writing collactorator Bob Baker. Together they were nicknamed "the Bristol Boys" by the Doctor Who production teams with whom they worked.

Martin in 2000. (MM VHS 49)

Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the Doctor Who mythos were probably the robot dog K9 (created for The Invisible Enemy) and the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for Doctor Who's tenth anniversary story, The Three Doctors).

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Outside of Doctor Who, Dave had collaborated with Bob on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials Sky and Into the Labyrinth.

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Martin died on 30 March 2007. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier in the year.

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

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prose[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sparrow Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Severn House[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ TCH 16
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