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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. | 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. | ||
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" as pertaining to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | ||
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*[[Douglas Adams]] (the then-current Script Editor) and Graham Williams on ''[[City of Death]]'' as a late replacement for [[David Fisher]]'s ''A Gamble With Time''. | *[[Douglas Adams]] (the then-current Script Editor) and Graham Williams on ''[[City of Death]]'' as a late replacement for [[David Fisher]]'s ''A Gamble With Time''. | ||
The same team of Douglas Adams and Graham Williams went on to write ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', which was never completed due to an industrial action. Decades later, when ''Shada'' was remounted [[Shada (webcast)|as a webcast production]] by [[Big Finish]] and the BBC's website, the sole on-screen credit for the story was given to Adams. | |||
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As a joke, the short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' also had the pseudonym David Agnew. | As a joke, the short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' also had the pseudonym David Agnew. | ||
