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[[File:Bob Baker and K9s.jpg|thumb|Bob Baker poses with K9 Mark I and Mark 2.]]
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'''Bob Baker''' ([[26 July (people)|26 July]] [[1939 (people)|1939]]<ref>[[TCH 16]]</ref>–[[3 November (people)|3 November]] [[2021 (people)|2021]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/07/bob-baker-obituary?fbclid=IwAR13VJz6c0f-6hwXdtpxFqy30Nhdiz3nk4feggfY5t3ZVUvb8iNbVrfMvLk The Guardian]</ref>) was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer who often wrote with [[Dave Martin]]. Baker and Martin are best remembered for creating [[K9]], a character he partially owned the rights to. He made use of these rights in authorising the creation of the ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' TV series.
'''Bob Baker''' ([[26 July (people)|26 July]] [[1939 (people)|1939]]<ref>[[TCH 16]]</ref>–[[3 November (people)|3 November]] [[2021 (people)|2021]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/07/bob-baker-obituary?fbclid=IwAR13VJz6c0f-6hwXdtpxFqy30Nhdiz3nk4feggfY5t3ZVUvb8iNbVrfMvLk The Guardian]</ref>) was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer who often wrote with [[Dave Martin]]. Baker and Martin are best remembered for creating [[K9]], a character he partially owned the rights to. He made use of these rights in authorising the creation of the ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' TV series.

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Bob Baker poses with K9 Mark I and Mark 2.

Bob Baker (26 July 1939[1]3 November 2021[2]) was a Doctor Who writer who often wrote with Dave Martin. Baker and Martin are best remembered for creating K9, a character he partially owned the rights to. He made use of these rights in authorising the creation of the K9 TV series.

Bob Baker wrote The Essential Book of K9 along with Paul M Tams.

Until his passing in 2021, he was the last surviving writer to write for the Pertwee era of Doctor Who.

Career

Beyond the world of Doctor Who, Baker's greatest success is as a writer for Aardman Animations' Wallace and Gromit series. He co-wrote the short films The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and A Matter of Loaf and Death with animator Nick Park, and was one of four credited writers on the feature film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit; he received a BAFTA for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and another for A Matter of Loaf and Death.

A Close Shave features a robotic dog as its antagonist.

DWU credits

Television

Doctor Who

K9

Short stories

The Essential Book of K9

Megabytes

Comics

Cutaway Comics

Contributions to the mythos

Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Bob Baker script include:

Documentary appearances

External links

Footnotes