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| job title = [[Writer]] | | job title = [[Writer]] | ||
| birth date = [[26 April (people)|26 April]] [[1928 (people)|1928]] | | birth date = [[26 April (people)|26 April]] [[1928 (people)|1928]] | ||
| death date = [[28 December (people)|28 December]] [[1999 (people)|1999]] | | death date = [[28 December (people)|28 December]] [[1999 (people)|1999]] | ||
| story = ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'', ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' | | story = ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'', ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' | ||
| time = 1965-1966; 1985-1987 | | time = 1965-1966; 1985-1987 | ||
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| imdb = 0183087 | | imdb = 0183087 | ||
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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>) [[writer|wrote]] the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'' and ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. He | '''Donald Henry Cotton'''<ref name=":0">[[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 later novelised these two stories for [[Target Books]], as well as [[Dennis Spooner]]'s ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|The Romans]]''. | ||
He worked on a third ''Doctor Who'' storyline in 1966, titled ''[[List of unproduced stories|The Herdsmen of Venus]]''. This was rejected by [[producer]] [[Innes Lloyd]] and [[script editor]] [[Gerry Davis]] as it did not fit with their vision for the show.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/lost/lostgh.html A Brief History of Time (Travel)]</ref> | He worked on a third ''Doctor Who'' storyline in 1966, titled ''[[List of unproduced stories|The Herdsmen of Venus]]''. This was rejected by [[producer]] [[Innes Lloyd]] and [[script editor]] [[Gerry Davis]] as it did not fit with their vision for the show.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/lost/lostgh.html A Brief History of Time (Travel)]</ref> | ||
He has been noted for the comedic bent of his work and the near-unique first person and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistolary_novel epistolary] styles he adopted for his Target efforts.<ref>[https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv60/donaldcotton.html NZDWFC]</ref> | |||
Much of Cotton's work outside of ''Doctor Who'' was for BBC 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 name=":0" /><ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/dtinterview.html Magic Bullet]</ref> Many of his radio plays concerned [[Greek mythology]]. | |||
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Revision as of 09:19, 12 March 2022
Donald Henry Cotton[1] (26 April 1928[2]-28 December 1999[3]) wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters. He later novelised these two stories for Target Books, as well as Dennis Spooner's The Romans.
He worked on a third Doctor Who storyline in 1966, titled The Herdsmen of Venus. This was rejected by producer Innes Lloyd and script editor Gerry Davis as it did not fit with their vision for the show.[4]
He has been noted for the comedic bent of his work and the near-unique first person and epistolary styles he adopted for his Target efforts.[5]
Much of Cotton's work outside of Doctor Who was for BBC 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.[1][6] Many of his radio plays concerned Greek mythology.
