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'''Anthony Coburn''' wrote the script for [[An Unearthly Child]], the first episode of [[Doctor Who]].
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{{Infobox Person
|image = Anthony Coburn.jpg
|job title = [[Writer]]
|birth date = [[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]
|death date = [[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]]
|non dwu = ''Dr Finlay's Casebook'', ''Maigret'', ''The Newcomers'', ''The Borderers'', ''Warship'', ''Poldark''
|story = ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' & ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''
|time = 1963
|imdb= 0167985
}}
'''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]]''.


== Career ==
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).


== '''External Links''' ==
== 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>


* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167985/ IMDB entry for Anthony Coburn]
== 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]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]