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'''David Agnew''' was a [[pseudonym]] employed by [[Graham Williams]] and others. | '''David Agnew''' was a [[pseudonym]] employed by [[Graham Williams]] and others. | ||
==Background== | == Background == | ||
The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[Producer|producers]] and [[Script Editor|script editors]] commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called "[[The Elusive David Agnew]]". The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym Dicks used on ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), and as a final joke, the director credit on the featurette is given to [[Wikipedia:Alan Smithee|Alan Smithee]], the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors. | The BBC in the late 1970s took a dim view of [[Producer|producers]] and [[Script Editor|script editors]] commissioning themselves, so when the occasion did arise, then-''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer Williams disguised his actual authorship. [[2 entertain]] did a tongue-in-cheek feature on ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' DVD called "[[The Elusive David Agnew]]". The featurette included [[Terrance Dicks]] stating that Agnew was a good friend of [[Robin Bland]] (the pseudonym Dicks used on ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), and as a final joke, the director credit on the featurette is given to [[Wikipedia:Alan Smithee|Alan Smithee]], the infamous pseudonym used for decades by Hollywood film and TV directors. | ||
Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | Contrary to the mystery perpetuated in the comedy featurette ''The Elusive David Agnew'', the identity of "Agnew" to ''Doctor Who'' is known. | ||
*[[Anthony Read]], (the [[Script Editor|script editor]], at that time) collaborated with Graham Williams on the scripts for ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', written at the last minute to replace a script by David Weir which would have proven too expensive to film. | * [[Anthony Read]], (the [[Script Editor|script editor]], at that time) collaborated with Graham Williams on the scripts for ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', written at the last minute to replace a script by David Weir which would have proven too expensive to film. | ||
*[[Douglas Adams]] (the then-current script editor) and Graham Williams on ''[[City of Death]]'' as a late replacement for [[David Fisher]]'s ''A Gamble With Time''. | * [[Douglas Adams]] (the then-current script editor) and Graham Williams on ''[[City of Death]]'' as a late replacement for [[David Fisher]]'s ''A Gamble With Time''. | ||
==Other information== | == Other information == | ||
*The short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' was also credited to the pseudonym David Agnew. | * The short story ''[[Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys]]'' in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'' was also credited to the pseudonym David Agnew. | ||
*''[[The Elusive David Agnew]]'' looked at the origns of the name. | * ''[[The Elusive David Agnew]]'' looked at the origns of the name. | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Agnew, David]] | [[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Agnew, David]] | ||
