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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'''. | 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'''. | ||
===Contributions to the Mythos=== | |||
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Bob Baker script include: | |||
*[[Omega]] | |||
*[[K9]] | |||
*[[Black Guardian]] | |||
Martin died on [[30th March]] [[2007]]. He had been diagnosed with [[lung]] [[cancer]] earlier in the year. | Martin died on [[30th March]] [[2007]]. He had been diagnosed with [[lung]] [[cancer]] earlier in the year. | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 9 January 2009
Dave Martin (born on 1st January 1935 in Birmingham, England) was an accomplished television and film writer.
He contributed numerous scripts for the Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979 including:
- The Claws of Axos (1971)
- The Mutants (1972)
- 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.
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the Doctor Who mythos were probably the robot computer K-9 (created for The Invisible Enemy) and the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for The Three Doctors, Doctor Who's tenth anniversary story).
They also worked together on the 1975 children's science fantasy television serials Sky and Into the Labirynth.
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.
Contributions to the Mythos
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Bob Baker script include:
Martin died on 30th March 2007. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier in the year.
