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| aka = Derrick G. Sherwin | | aka = Derrick G. Sherwin | ||
| birth date = [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] | | birth date = [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] | ||
| death date = [[October (people)|October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]] | | death date = [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]] | ||
| role = [[UNIT commissionaire (Spearhead from Space)|UNIT commissionaire]] | | role = [[UNIT commissionaire (Spearhead from Space)|UNIT commissionaire]] | ||
| job title = [[script editor]], [[producer]] | | job title = [[script editor]], [[producer]] | ||
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| imdb = 0792774 | | imdb = 0792774 | ||
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'''Derrick G. Sherwin''' (born [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] in {{w|High Wycombe}}, [[England]]<ref>[http://howold.co/derrick-sherwin How Old]</ref>, died [[October (people)|October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]] | '''Derrick G. Sherwin''' (born [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] in {{w|High Wycombe}}, [[England]]<ref>[http://howold.co/derrick-sherwin How Old]</ref>, died [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]]) was [[script editor]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' to ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''. Immediately following his departure as script editor, he wrote ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. He was then [[producer]] from ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' to ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', overseeing the transition from [[Patrick Troughton]]'s [[Second Doctor]] to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Third Doctor]], the production's conversion from monochrome to colour, and the retooling of the series to one of Earth-bound, present-day adventures. ([[DOC]]: ''[[The UNIT Family]]'') | ||
Sherwin was also an actor, with | Sherwin was also an actor, with several roles on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He made a cameo appearance in ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' as a [[UNIT commissionaire (Spearhead from Space)|UNIT commissionaire]]. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Down to Earth (documentary)|Down to Earth]]'') | ||
His wife, [[Jane Sherwin]], guest starred in his first story as producer, ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | His wife, [[Jane Sherwin]], guest-starred in his first story as producer, ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
