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'''Donald Henry Cotton'''<ref>[[TCH 6]]</ref> ([[26 April (people)|26 April]] [[1928 (people)|1928]]<ref>[[DWM 291]]</ref>-[[28 December (people)|28 December]] [[1999 (people)|1999]]<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-55951-591 Deceased Estates Notice]</ref | '''Donald Henry Cotton'''<ref>[[TCH 6]]</ref> ([[26 April (people)|26 April]] [[1928 (people)|1928]]<ref>[[DWM 291]]</ref>-[[28 December (people)|28 December]] [[1999 (people)|1999]]<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-55951-591 Deceased Estates Notice]</ref>) [[writer|wrote]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'' and ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. He also wrote the [[Target Books]] novelisations of these two stories, as well as ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|The Romans]]''. | ||
Outside of ''Doctor Who'', Cotton had an extensive career writing for radio, and by several accounts it was his prestige that attracted big-name Shakespearean actors such as [[Max Adrian]] and [[Barrie Ingham]] to ''The Myth Makers''.<ref>[[TCH 6]]</ref><ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/dtinterview.html Magic Bullet]</ref> | Outside of ''Doctor Who'', Cotton had an extensive career writing for radio, and by several accounts it was his prestige that attracted big-name Shakespearean actors such as [[Max Adrian]] and [[Barrie Ingham]] to ''The Myth Makers''.<ref>[[TCH 6]]</ref><ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/dtinterview.html Magic Bullet]</ref> | ||
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Donald Henry Cotton[2] (26 April 1928[3]-28 December 1999[4]) wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters. He also wrote the Target Books novelisations of these two stories, as well as The Romans.
Outside of Doctor Who, Cotton had an extensive career writing for radio, and by several accounts it was his prestige that attracted big-name Shakespearean actors such as Max Adrian and Barrie Ingham to The Myth Makers.[5][6]
