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-'''Derrick G. Sherwin''' (b. [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] in {{w|High Wycombe}}, [[England]], d. [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/06/derrick-sherwin-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) was [[script editor]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' to ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]. ''Immediately'' ''after his departure as script editor, he wrote ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. He was the [[producer]] from ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' to ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', overseeing the transition from [[Patrick Troughton]]'s [[Second Doctor]] to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Third Doctor]], the production's conversion from monochrome to colour, and the retooling of the series to one of Earth-bound, present-day adventures ([[DOC]]: ''[[The UNIT Family]]''). However, Sherwin is the shortest-serving producer of the classic era of Doctor Who, having produced only two serials consecutively.
+'''Derrick G. Sherwin''' (born [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] in {{w|High Wycombe}}, [[England]], died [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/06/derrick-sherwin-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) was [[script editor]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' to ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]. ''Immediately'' ''after his departure as script editor, he wrote ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. He was the [[producer]] from ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' to ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', overseeing the transition from [[Patrick Troughton]]'s [[Second Doctor]] to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Third Doctor]], the production's conversion from monochrome to colour, and the retooling of the series to one of Earth-bound, present-day adventures ([[DOC]]: ''[[The UNIT Family]]''). However, Sherwin is the shortest-serving producer of the classic era of Doctor Who, having produced only two serials consecutively.
 Sherwin, as well as being script editor and producer, was also an actor, with several roles on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He made a cameo appearance in ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' as a [[UNIT commissionaire (Spearhead from Space)|UNIT commissionaire]]. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Down to Earth (documentary)|Down to Earth]]'') The last acting role of his career was in ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', a serial written by him, where he stepped in as a non-speaking and uncredited UNIT attendant. ([[DWM 533]])