Gerry Davis

Gerry Davis
Birth date:	23 February 1930
Death date:	31 August 1991
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Writer, Script editor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	1966-67, 1975
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Doomwatch
IMDb profile

Gerry Davis (23 February 1930-31 August 1991) was script editor of Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. According to Anneke Wills, he originated the idea of the Doctor changing their body. He is the co-creator of the Cybermen with Kit Pedler.

According to the documentary Cybermen: The Early Years, he also co-wrote The Moonbase with Pedler, but was uncredited due to BBC policy at the time.

Writer credits

Television

Doctor Who

• The Tenth Planet (with Kit Pedler)
• The Highlanders (with Elwyn Jones)
• The Moonbase (uncredited; with Kit Pedler)
• The Tomb of the Cybermen (with Kit Pedler)
• Revenge of the Cybermen

Novels

Target novelisations

• Doctor Who and the Cybermen
• Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
• Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen
• The Highlanders
• The Celestial Toymaker (with Alison Bingeman)

Audios

The Lost Stories

• Return of the Cybermen (adapted by John Dorney)

External links

• Gerry Davis at the Internet Movie Database