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.
- You may be looking for his in-universe counterpart.
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
Television[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Claws of Axos (with Dave Martin)
- The Mutants (with Dave Martin)
- The Three Doctors (with Dave Martin)
- The Sontaran Experiment (with Dave Martin)
- The Hand of Fear (with Dave Martin)
- The Invisible Enemy (with Dave Martin)
- Underworld (with Dave Martin)
- The Armageddon Factor (with Dave Martin)
- Nightmare of Eden
K9[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mind Snap (with Paul Tams)
- Angel of the North
Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Essential Book of K9[[edit] | [edit source]]
Megabytes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cutaway Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Contributions to the mythos[[edit] | [edit source]]
Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Bob Baker script include:
Documentary appearances[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bob Baker at the Internet Movie Database