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|birth date = [[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]] | |birth date = [[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]] | ||
|death date = [[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]] | |death date = [[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]] | ||
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'''James Anthony Coburn''' ([[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]-[[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]]) wrote the script for ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (the first four-episode ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial) and the unproduced ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'' (which would have been the second serial of ''Doctor Who'' instead of ''[[The Daleks]]'', and was subsequently adapted by [[Nigel Robinson]] and released as [[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|an audio story]]). In 1992, Titan Books published his scripts for the above mentioned unproduced episode. | '''James Anthony Coburn''' ([[10 December (people)|10 December]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]-[[28 April (people)|28 April]] [[1977 (people)|1977]]<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote the script for ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (the first four-episode ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial) and the unproduced ''[[The Masters of Luxor (TV story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'' (which would have been the second serial of ''Doctor Who'' instead of ''[[The Daleks]]'', and was subsequently adapted by [[Nigel Robinson]] and released as [[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|an audio story]]). In 1992, Titan Books published his scripts for the above mentioned unproduced episode. | ||
He also wrote for ''Dr Finlay’s Casebook'' (1963) and ''Maigret'' (1963), and adapted ''The Children of the New Forest'' (1964) and ''Heiress of Garth''(1965) for television. He produced the final season of the Mediterranean drama ''Vendetta'' (1968), the historical drama ''The Borderers'' (1969-70) and the first two seasons of the naval drama ''Warship'' (1973-74). He died of a heart attack while producing the second season of the period drama ''Poldark'' in 1977<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn Doctor Who Guide]</ref>. | |||
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