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In anticipation of [[Terrance Dicks]] leaving the show, Holmes was assigned uncredited script editing duties in 1973 during the last few [[Jon Pertwee]] stories. When Dicks resigned as script editor in 1974, Holmes took over the position. He continued to write scripts. After leaving the post, he wrote a few more before taking an extended break from the series. In 1983, as one of the series' most celebrated writers, Holmes was the first person asked to write the twentieth anniversary special, ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. He declined but expressed an interest in writing for the series again. | In anticipation of [[Terrance Dicks]] leaving the show, Holmes was assigned uncredited script editing duties in 1973 during the last few [[Jon Pertwee]] stories. When Dicks resigned as script editor in 1974, Holmes took over the position. He continued to write scripts. After leaving the post, he wrote a few more before taking an extended break from the series. In 1983, as one of the series' most celebrated writers, Holmes was the first person asked to write the twentieth anniversary special, ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. He declined but expressed an interest in writing for the series again. | ||
== Ill-health and death == | |||
Over the next three years Holmes contributed several scripts and was heavily involved in the planning of [[Season 23]]. However, his health had arguably been declining since the turn of the 1980s, and midway into 1986, Holmes fell seriously ill. He tried to pen a rough draft for the last story of [[Colin Baker]]'s post-hiatus season, but it became increasingly difficult for him to work as his condition worsened. Robert Holmes turned progressively weaker and less coherent, eventually succumbing to his infirmity near the end of May. He passed away before he completed the script for ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' and the planned ending of the story was altered. | Over the next three years Holmes contributed several scripts and was heavily involved in the planning of [[Season 23]]. However, his health had arguably been declining since the turn of the 1980s, and midway into 1986, Holmes fell seriously ill. He tried to pen a rough draft for the last story of [[Colin Baker]]'s post-hiatus season, but it became increasingly difficult for him to work as his condition worsened. Robert Holmes turned progressively weaker and less coherent, eventually succumbing to his infirmity near the end of May. He passed away before he completed the script for ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' and the planned ending of the story was altered. | ||
After his death, his estate licensed the Autons and the Sontarans for use in independent video spin-off productions by [[Reeltime Pictures]] and [[BBV Productions]], most notably for the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]''. Since 2005 the revived ''Doctor Who'' | == Legacy == | ||
After his death, his estate licensed the Autons and the Sontarans for use in independent video spin-off productions by [[Reeltime Pictures]] and [[BBV Productions]], most notably for the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]''. Since 2005, the revived era of ''Doctor Who'' had brought back the Autons and the Sontarans in several episodes. One Sontaran, Commander [[Kaagh]], had featured in the second series of the spin-off ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. The first on-screen Sontaran, Commander [[Jingo Linx|Linx]], was mentioned in ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]''. | |||
In 2009, ''Doctor Who Magazine'' conducted a reader's poll that named Holmes' ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' the best ''Doctor Who'' story of all time. | In 2009, ''Doctor Who Magazine'' conducted a reader's poll that named Holmes' ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' the best ''Doctor Who'' story of all time. | ||
