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:''For other uses of "[[David]]", see separate article.'' | :''For other uses of "[[David]]", see separate article.'' | ||
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'''David Agnew''' was a [[pseudonym]] employed by [[Graham Williams]] and others | '''David Agnew''' was a [[pseudonym]] employed by [[Graham Williams]] and others. | ||
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known | ==Background== | ||
The BBC in the late 1970's took a dim view as to [[Producer]]s and [[Script Editor]]s commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' Producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called "[[The Elusive David Agnew]]". The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym Dicks used on ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), and as a final joke the director credit on the featurette is given to [[Wikipedia:Alan Smithee|Alan Smithee]], the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors. | |||
==Users of the pseudonym== | |||
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | |||
*[[Anthony Read]], (the [[Script Editor]], at that time) collaborated with Graham Williams on the scripts for ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', written at the last minute to replace a script by David Weir which would have proved too expensive to film. | *[[Anthony Read]], (the [[Script Editor]], at that time) collaborated with Graham Williams on the scripts for ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', written at the last minute to replace a script by David Weir which would have proved too expensive to film. | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Agnew, David]] | [[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Agnew, David]] | ||
