Johnny Byrne (27 November 1935-3 April 2008) wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Keeper of Traken, Arc of Infinity and Warriors of the Deep and the unmade The Guardians of Prophecy which was produced on audio by Big Finish as one of The Lost Stories. He wrote two scripts for Doctor Who movies: The Time Lord in 1988, a re-write of a screenplay by Mark Ezra; and Last of the Time Lords in 1991. Neither movie was produced (REF: The Nth Doctor). Before his involvement with Doctor Who he was well known for his work as a writer for Space: 1999.
Contributions to the Mythos
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Johnny Byrne script:
- Nyssa
- The Ergon
- Myrka
- The return of the Master
Byrne also wrote the only TV script to feature both the Silurians and the Sea Devils (Warriors of the Deep).