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| image = Anthony Read.jpg | |image = Anthony Read.jpg | ||
| name = Anthony Read | |name = Anthony Read | ||
| job title = [[Script editor]], [[ | |birth date = [[21 April (people)|21 April]] [[1935 (people)|1935]] | ||
| story = | |death date = [[21 November (people)|21 November]] [[2015 (people)|2015]] | ||
| time [[1977 (production)|1977]]-[[1977 (production)|1979]] | |job title = [[Script editor]], [[writer]] | ||
| non dwu = ''The Troubleshooters'' ( | |story = | ||
| imdb = 0713797 | |time = [[1977 (production)|1977]]-[[1977 (production)|1979]] | ||
}}'''Anthony Read''' ([[21 April (people)|21 April]] [[1935 (people)|1935]]-[[21 November (people)|21 November]] [[2015 (people)|2015]] | |non dwu = ''The Troubleshooters'' (script editor/producer) | ||
|imdb = 0713797 | |||
}}'''Anthony Read''' ([[21 April (people)|21 April]] [[1935 (people)|1935]] - [[21 November (people)|21 November]] [[2015 (people)|2015]]<ref>[[DWM 496]]</ref>) was [[script editor]] on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' during part of the tenure of [[Graham Williams]] as [[producer]] in 1978. He wrote the story ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' by himself and also collaborated with Williams on the script of ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', under the shared pseudonym of [[David Agnew]], after the original script, ''[[Killers of the Dark]]'', proved unworkable. | |||
Together with [[Don Houghton]], he co-wrote the fifth ''Sapphire & Steel'' television story, known informally as ''Dr McDee Must Die''. In 1979, he contributed the scripts for the episodes ''Powers of Darkness'' and ''Out of Body, Out of Mind'' to the paranormal thriller series ''The Omega Factor''. | Together with [[Don Houghton]], he co-wrote the fifth ''Sapphire & Steel'' television story, known informally as ''Dr McDee Must Die''. In 1979, he contributed the scripts for the episodes ''Powers of Darkness'' and ''Out of Body, Out of Mind'' to the paranormal thriller series ''The Omega Factor''. | ||
In 2003 Read paid tribute to the late Williams by becoming involved in an unofficial audio adaptation of Williams' unproduced serial ''The Nightmare Fair''. Intended as a fund-raiser, the CD raised money for a charity called Sense which Read chose; Read also wrote a liner note paying tribute to Williams. | In 2003, Read paid tribute to the late Williams by becoming involved in an unofficial audio adaptation of Williams' unproduced serial ''The Nightmare Fair''. Intended as a fund-raiser, the CD raised money for a charity called Sense which Read chose; Read also wrote a liner note paying tribute to Williams. | ||
In January 2014, Read was diagnosed with {{w|mesothelioma}}, a type of [[cancer]], and he died nearly two years later on [[21 November (people)|21 November]] [[2015 (people)|2015]]. | |||
In 2016, [[DWM 496|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issue 496]] ran a 5-page feature on him, in tribute to the late writer. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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