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| death date = [[17 October (people)|17 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 = [[ | | job title = [[Script editor]], [[Producer]] | ||
| story = | | story = | ||
| time = 1968-1970 | | time = 1968-1970 | ||
| non dwu = | | non dwu = | ||
| 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]], died [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/06/derrick-sherwin-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) 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]] | '''Derrick G. Sherwin''' (born [[16 April (people)|16 April]] [[1936 (people)|1936]] in {{w|High Wycombe}}, [[England]], died [[17 October (people)|17 October]] [[2018 (people)|2018]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/06/derrick-sherwin-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) 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 after his departure as script editor, he wrote ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and briefly returned as script editor for ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]''. He was the [[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]]'') However, Sherwin is the shortest-serving producer of the classic era of ''Doctor Who'', having produced only two serials consecutively. | ||
Sherwin, as well as being script editor and producer, was also an actor, with several roles on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He made a cameo appearance in ''The Invasion'' where he stepped in as a non-speaking and uncredited UNIT attendant. ([[DWM 533]]) | Sherwin, as well as being script editor and producer, was also an actor, with several roles on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He made a cameo appearance in ''The Invasion'' where he stepped in as a non-speaking and uncredited UNIT attendant. ([[DWM 533]]) He also had an uncredited role 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]]'') | ||
He is regarded as the creator of the [[sonic screwdriver]], having changed it from the ordinary screwdriver that [[Victor Pemberton]] wrote in for [[Fury from the Deep (TV story)| | He is regarded{{By whom}} as the creator of the [[sonic screwdriver]], having changed it from the ordinary screwdriver that [[Victor Pemberton]] wrote in for ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''. | ||
His wife, [[Jane Sherwin]], whom he had met as an actor, | His wife, [[Jane Sherwin]], whom he had met as an actor, played Lady Jennifer Buckingham in his first story as producer, ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
