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'''Christopher H.''' (Hamilton) '''Bidmead''' (born [[18 January (people)|18 January]] [[1941 (people)|1941]]) is a [[British]] [[writer]] and journalist who wrote several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV serials, all of which he also novelised. He was also [[script editor]] for [[season 18]]. | '''Christopher H.''' (Hamilton) '''Bidmead''' (born [[18 January (people)|18 January]] [[1941 (people)|1941]]) is a [[British]] [[writer]] and journalist who wrote several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV serials, all of which he also novelised. He was also [[script editor]] for [[season 18]]. | ||
He was attached (agreed, but without a contract) to write several serials that were ultimatelly cancelled. They were ''[[In the Hollows of Time]]'', a two-part (forty-five minute) story for the cancelled season 23<ref>[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]], page 208</ref>, and a four parter, ''Pinacotheca'' (a.k.a. ''The Last Adventure''), which would have been the third part of the [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] arc<ref>[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]], page 211</ref>. | He was attached (agreed, but without a contract) to write several serials that were ultimatelly cancelled. They were ''[[The Hollows of Time (TV story)|In the Hollows of Time]]'', a two-part (forty-five minute) story for the cancelled season 23<ref>[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]], page 208</ref>, and a four parter, ''Pinacotheca'' (a.k.a. ''The Last Adventure''), which would have been the third part of the [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] arc<ref>[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]], page 211</ref>. | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' | |||
* ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' | === Televison stories === | ||
* ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'' | * ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]] ''(and [[Logopolis (novelisation)|novelisation]]) | ||
* ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks]]'' | * ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]] ''(and [[Castrovalva (novelisation)|novelisation]]) | ||
* ''[[The Hollows of Time (audio story)|The Hollows of Time]] | * ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]] ''(and [[Frontios (novelisation)|novelisation]]) | ||
=== Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories === | |||
* ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks]] ''(credited as "Based on a story by Christopher H. Bidmead") | |||
* ''[[The Hollows of Time (audio story)|The Hollows of Time]]'' | |||
== Contributions to the mythos == | == Contributions to the mythos == | ||
Revision as of 21:44, 23 December 2014
Christopher H. (Hamilton) Bidmead (born 18 January 1941) is a British writer and journalist who wrote several Doctor Who TV serials, all of which he also novelised. He was also script editor for season 18.
He was attached (agreed, but without a contract) to write several serials that were ultimatelly cancelled. They were In the Hollows of Time, a two-part (forty-five minute) story for the cancelled season 23[1], and a four parter, Pinacotheca (a.k.a. The Last Adventure), which would have been the third part of the The Trial of a Time Lord arc[2].
Bibliography
Televison stories
- Logopolis (and novelisation)
- Castrovalva (and novelisation)
- Frontios (and novelisation)
Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories
- Renaissance of the Daleks (credited as "Based on a story by Christopher H. Bidmead")
- The Hollows of Time
Contributions to the mythos
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Christopher H. Bidmead script include:
- Fifth Doctor
- Tegan Jovanka
- The TARDIS' Cloister Room, Cloister Bell and Zero Room.
- The concept of a regeneration going wrong to the point of possibly failing (a plot development repeated with later incarnations).
- The concept of an "in-between" Doctor, in this case the Watcher (later, arguably, the Valeyard fit into this category, too).
Footnotes
- ↑ Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor, page 208
- ↑ Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor, page 211
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