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| image = Robert Banks Stewart.jpg | | image = Robert Banks Stewart.jpg | ||
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| non dwu = Created both ''Shoestring'' and ''Bergerac'' | | non dwu = Created both ''Shoestring'' and ''Bergerac'' | ||
| imdb = 0829779 | | imdb = 0829779 | ||
}}'''Robert Banks Stewart''', ([[16 July (people)|16 July]] [[1931 (people)|1931]]-[[14 January (people)|14 January]] [[2016 (people)|2016]]) wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' and ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]''. He also wrote the initial synopsis of ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'', which was adapted as part of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[The Lost Stories]] range of [[Fourth Doctor]] audio stories. | }}'''Robert Banks Stewart''', ([[16 July (people)|16 July]] [[1931 (people)|1931]]-[[14 January (people)|14 January]] [[2016 (people)|2016]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jan/15/robert-banks-stewart The Guardian]</ref>) [[writer|wrote]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' and ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]''. He also wrote the initial synopsis of ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'', which was adapted as part of [[Big Finish Productions]]' [[The Lost Stories]] range of [[Fourth Doctor]] audio stories. | ||
Stewart also appeared as [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|one of the faces]] seen during the mind-bending contest between [[Morbius]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] in ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]''. ([[DWM 329]]) | Stewart also appeared as [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|one of the faces]] seen during the mind-bending contest between [[Morbius]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] in ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]''. ([[DWM 329]]) | ||
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Revision as of 00:59, 29 January 2019
Robert Banks Stewart, (16 July 1931-14 January 2016[1]) wrote the Doctor Who television stories Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom. He also wrote the initial synopsis of The Foe from the Future, which was adapted as part of Big Finish Productions' The Lost Stories range of Fourth Doctor audio stories.
Stewart also appeared as one of the faces seen during the mind-bending contest between Morbius and the Fourth Doctor in The Brain of Morbius. (DWM 329)
Stewart began writing in 1959, penning thirteen episodes of Interpol Calling. Afterwards, he wrote for Danger Man, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Avengers, Adam Adamant Lives!, Callan, Jason King and The Sweeney. However, he is best known for creating Shoestring (1979-80) and Bergerac (1981-91).