Six Doctor Who adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor - plus extra bonus material.
Peter R. Newman was a playwright whose most famous work
was Yesterday’s Enemies, a Second World War story set in the
Burmese jungle. It was was inspired by his experiences in the RAF
and intelligence corps in the war, and was screened by BBC TV in
October 1958 and subsequently remade by Hammer Films. Newman only
wrote one serial for Doctor Who, The Sensorites, which was also his
last television credit. Suffering from writer’s block, he became a
porter at the Tate Gallery, where he worked until his death in
1975.
Dennis Spooner was script editor of Doctor Who during the
William Hartnell era, and wrote several stories for the show,
including The Reign of Terror and The Romans. He also wrote for the
Gerry Anderson series' Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray and
Thunderbirds, and co-created five espionage series' including Man
in a Suitcase, Department S and The Adventurer. Spooner also
created the cult detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
He died in September 1986.
Glyn Jones was an actor, playwright and author who was born
in Durban, South Africa. He moved to England after leaving
university, took a job with the Sunday Times and started writing
plays. In 1964, he was commissioned by Doctor Who story editor
David Whitaker to develop a four-part serial. This would become The
Space Museum, Jones’ only story for Doctor Who (though he later
appeared in the 1975 Doctor Who serial The Sontaran Experiment).
Among his other TV credits are the children’s series The
Magnificent Six and ½ and Here Come the Double Deckers! He also
wrote over twenty plays, six novels featuring private eye Thornton
King and an autobiography, No Official Umbrella. He died in Crete
in April 2014.
Paul Erickson wrote only one script for Doctor Who – The
Ark. He was then married to Lesley Scott, and asked that she
be given a writing credit for the script, despite not having
written any of it. Erickson wrote scripts for many other TV
programmes, including The Saint and Paul Temple, and several films
including Find the Lady and Kill Her Gently. He also wrote the
Target novelisation of The Ark. He died in 1991.
Donald Cotton contributed two scripts to Doctor Who: The
Myth Makers and The Gunfighters. After helping to develop the BBC
series Adam Adamant Lives!, he decided to concentrate on theatre,
and was a successful playwright and actor throughout the Sixties
and Seventies. He retired from acting in 1981, but continued his
writing career into the Eighties. He novelised his Doctor Who
scripts for Target books, as well as Dennis Spooner’s The Romans.
Donald Cotton died in January 2000.
Ian Stuart Black was an author and screenwriter, best known
for his creation of the TV series Danger Man, starring Patrick
McGoohan. Black wrote three serials for Doctor Who – The Savages,
The War Machines (from an idea by Kit Pedler) and The Macra Terror
– and novelised the stories for Target Books. He also wrote several
non-genre novels, one of which, The High Bright Sun, was made into
a film starring Dirk Bogarde. Ian Stuart Black died in 1997.
Overall the highlights here are the work of the original cast
members in bridging the action with narration, which adds a depth
to the television scripts that was often lacking... if you’re
looking for an alternative take on familiar adventures, or simply
want the flexibility that audios offer, then this box-set is your
answer.
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