Trevor Ray: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
(Adding categories)
m (Updating links from Season 7 to Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963))
 
(26 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{real world}}
{{real world}}
{{you may|Trevor Ray (The Stones of Spookiness)|n1=his DWU counterpart}}
'''Trevor Ray''' (died [[24 December (people)|24 December]] [[2019 (people)|2019]]<ref>[[DWM 548]]</ref>) acted as assistant [[script editor]] to [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Derrick Sherwin]] during the latter half of the [[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|sixth season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He replaced [[Terrance Dicks]], who had vacated the position to briefly be the script editor before stepping down to write ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Second Doctor|The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') After Dicks was rehired as script editor for [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 7]], Ray remained in place as his assistant for at least the majority of that season. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor|The Third Doctor Handbook]]'')


He made an on-screen appearance in ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' as a [[Ticket collector (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|ticket collector]] who falls victim to the [[Silurian plague|Silurian virus]]. ([[DWM 222]]) Ray also wrote the teleplay for the first episode of ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', after the production team were unhappy with [[David Whitaker]]'s original version of the story. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor|The Third Doctor Handbook]]'')


'''Trevor Ray''' acted as assistant [[script editor]] to [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Derrick Sherwin]] during the latter half of [[Season 6|sixth season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He replaced [[Terrance Dicks]], who had vacated the position to briefly be the script editor before stepping down to write ''[[The War Games]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Second Doctor Handbook]]'') After Dicks was rehired as script editor for [[season 7]], Ray remained in place as his assistant for at least the majority of that season. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Third Doctor Handbook]]'')
Despite being an important member of the ''Doctor Who'' production team for two years, Ray was never once given an on-screen credit in the show.


He made an on-screen appearance in ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''  as a ticket collector who falls victim to the [[Silurian virus]]. He also acted as production supervisor for the story's location work, since the show was without a producer in the wake of Sherwin being re-assigned to ''Paul Temple'', and incoming producer [[Barry Letts]] not having yet arrived.{{fact}} Ray also wrote the teleplay for the first episode of ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'', after the production team were unhappy with [[David Whitaker]]'s original version of the story. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Third Doctor Handbook]]'')
== External links ==
 
{{imdb name|id=0713028}}
Despite being an important member of the ''Doctor Who'' production team for two years, Ray was never once given an on-screen credit in the show.


==External links==
== Footnotes ==
*{{imdb name|id=0713028|name=Trevor Ray}}
{{reflist}}
{{NameSort}}
{{NameSort}}


[[Category:Doctor Who un-credited actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who uncredited cast]]
[[Category:Doctor Who script editors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who script editors]]
[[Category:Actors who appeared in Z-Cars]]
[[Category:Doctor Who television writers]]
[[Category:Actors who appeared in Upstairs, Downstairs]]

Latest revision as of 19:17, 22 April 2024

RealWorld.png
You may be looking for his DWU counterpart.

Trevor Ray (died 24 December 2019[1]) acted as assistant script editor to Terrance Dicks and Derrick Sherwin during the latter half of the sixth season of Doctor Who. He replaced Terrance Dicks, who had vacated the position to briefly be the script editor before stepping down to write The War Games. (REF: The Second Doctor Handbook) After Dicks was rehired as script editor for season 7, Ray remained in place as his assistant for at least the majority of that season. (REF: The Third Doctor Handbook)

He made an on-screen appearance in Doctor Who and the Silurians as a ticket collector who falls victim to the Silurian virus. (DWM 222) Ray also wrote the teleplay for the first episode of The Ambassadors of Death, after the production team were unhappy with David Whitaker's original version of the story. (REF: The Third Doctor Handbook)

Despite being an important member of the Doctor Who production team for two years, Ray was never once given an on-screen credit in the show.

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]