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'''James Anthony Coburn''' ([[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]-[[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]]<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote the script for ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (the first four-episode ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial which replaced ''[[The Giants (TV story|The Giants]]'' by [[C. E. Webber]]) and the unproduced ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'' (which would have been the second serial of ''Doctor Who'' instead of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', and was subsequently adapted by [[Nigel Robinson]] and released as [[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|an audio story]]).
'''James Anthony Coburn''' ([[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]-[[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]]<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote the produced ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV story ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' and the unproduced ''[[The Masters of Luxor (unproduced TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''.
 
In 1992, Titan Books published his scripts for the above mentioned unproduced episode.


== Career ==
== Career ==
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== Death ==
== Death ==
He died of a heart attack while producing the second season of the period drama ''Poldark'' in 1977.<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>
He died of a heart attack while producing the second season of the period drama ''Poldark'' in 1977.<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>
== "The Tribe of Gum" Controversy ==
In both 2013<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-owns-the-tardis-son-of-man-who-invented-doctor-who-s-time-machine-is-challenging-bbc-over-breach-of-copyright-8930947.html</ref> and 2023, Coburn's son, Stef Anthony Coburn, made repeated claims and allegations that he owned the copyright for ''An Unearthly Child'', which he refers to as "The Tribe of Gum",<ref>https://twitter.com/Stef_Coburn/status/1710642035189772654</ref> and by default, also the rights to the TARDIS itself. In October of 2023, soon after the announcement that a complete Doctor Who archive was to be placed onto [[BBC iPlayer]] in November of that year,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/doctor-who-archive-on-bbc-iplayer BBC Media Centre]</ref> Coburn claimed he withdrew the licence to the BBC for the story. On the 17 October, the BBC confirmed to the [[Radio Times]] that the first four episodes would indeed not be included in the iPlayer back-catalogue. <Ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-an-unearthly-child-iplayer-newsupdate/</ref> Coburn has also generated controversy due to his remarks concerning [[Ncuti Gatwa]]'s casting as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]].<ref>https://twitter.com/Stef_Coburn/status/1642957294127161355</ref> The BBC have currently yet to comment upon the events, outside of the initial statement.


== External links ==
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James Anthony Coburn (10 December 1927-28 April 1977[1]) wrote the produced Doctor Who TV story An Unearthly Child and the unproduced The Masters of Luxor.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

He also wrote for Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963) and Maigret (1963), and adapted The Children of the New Forest (1964) and Heiress of Garth(1965) for television. He produced the final season of the Mediterranean drama Vendetta (1968), the historical drama The Borderers (1969-70) and the first two seasons of the naval drama Warship (1973-74).

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

He died of a heart attack while producing the second season of the period drama Poldark in 1977.[2]

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  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  2. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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