Eric Saward
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Eric Saward was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986.
His career as a script writer began with drama for radio while he was working as a teacher. Later he was able to cross into full-time writing. He was approached by the current Doctor Who script editor Christopher H. Bidmead to submit some ideas to the series on the strength of a recommendation from the senior drama script editor at BBC Radio. He received a commission to write the story The Visitation. This in turn led to his appointment as script editor on the recommendation of Antony Root, who had briefly replaced Bidmead.
He did not have a harmonious relationship with Doctor Who's producer John Nathan-Turner which gave rise to tensions behind the scenes. This came to a head during the production of The Trial of a Time Lord in the middle of 1986 and Eric resigned as Script Editor before the completion of production.
External links
- Eric Saward (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768047/) at the Internet Movie Database
Categories: Doctor Who writers | British science fiction writers | Doctor Who story editors | 1944 births
