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'''Philip Martin''' wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' and ''[[Mindwarp]]'', which he novelised for the Target range. He also wrote the [[Find Your Fate]] book ''[[Invasion of the Ormazoids]]'' and the [[Target Missing Episodes]] novel ''[[Mission to Magnus (novelisation)|Mission to Magnus]]'', later to be made into [[Mission to Magnus (audio story)|a Big Finish audio story]] as part of [[The Lost Stories]] range. His other contributions to the Big Finish range are the [[Eighth Doctor]] story ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]'' and the [[Sixth Doctor]] story ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]''.
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|birth date = [[3 July (people)|3 July]] [[1938 (people)|1938]]
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'''Philip Martin''' (born '''Philip Charles Martin''' on [[3 July (people)|3 July]] [[1938 (people)|1938]] in Wavertree, Liverpool<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/25/philip-martin-obituary</ref>,died [[13 December (people)|13 December]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1343290218603032576 Twitter]</ref>) [[writer|wrote]] several stories for the ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' television series and [[Big Finish Productions]]. He is best known for creating the character [[Sil]] and his race of capitalist, profit obsessed [[Mentor]]s.
 
He shared his memories of his ''Doctor Who'' career on the documentaries ''[[The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two, Mindwarp (documentary)|The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two, Mindwarp]]'' and ''[[The Lost Season (documentary)|The Lost Season]]'', the audio commentary for ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''<nowiki/>'s DVD release and [[THWR 64|the 64th]] and [[THWR 70|70th editions]] of Big Finish's charity podcast series ''[[Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]''.
 
His passing caused the stage play ''[[Sil and the Avian Uprising (unproduced stage play)|Sil and the Avian Uprising]]'' to be cancelled, of which he was to write the script for.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/keith.barnfather/posts/pfbid02ntZemYA2GUJiH3wfEtVXtwmN6gvMyvGpHsHSchFCZ4h4nqg6TxgCkEGHFmc7iF5Yl Keith Barnfather on Facebook]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210613152238/http://crimeandcomedytheatrecompany.co.uk/plays/sil-and-the-avian-uprising/ ''Sil and the Avian Uprising'' on Crime and Comedy Theatre Company]</ref>
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]''
* ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]''
 
=== Direct-to-DVD ===
* ''[[Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (home video)|Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor]]''
 
=== Prose ===
==== Target Books ====
* ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Vengeance on Varos]]''
* ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Mindwarp]]''
* ''[[Mission to Magnus (novelisation)|Mission to Magnus]]''
 
==== Telos Publishing ====
* ''[[Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (novelisation)|Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor]]''
 
==== Find Your Fate ====
* ''[[Invasion of the Ormazoids (novel)|Invasion of the Ormazoids]]''
 
=== Comics ===
==== Telos Publishing ====
* ''[[Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (comic story)|Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]''
* ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]''
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[Mission to Magnus (audio story)|Mission to Magnus]]''
 
=== Stage plays ===
* ''[[Sil and the Avian Uprising (unproduced stage play)|Sil and the Avian Uprising]]'' (cancelled)


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Philip Martin (born Philip Charles Martin on 3 July 1938 in Wavertree, Liverpool[1],died 13 December 2020[2]) wrote several stories for the Doctor Who television series and Big Finish Productions. He is best known for creating the character Sil and his race of capitalist, profit obsessed Mentors.

He shared his memories of his Doctor Who career on the documentaries The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two, Mindwarp and The Lost Season, the audio commentary for Mindwarp's DVD release and the 64th and 70th editions of Big Finish's charity podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round.

His passing caused the stage play Sil and the Avian Uprising to be cancelled, of which he was to write the script for.[3][4]

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Direct-to-DVD[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prose[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Publishing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Find Your Fate[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Publishing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Stage plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]