Actor

Eric Saward

Writing

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Movies: 47Series: 2Crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 1230417

IMDb ID: nm0768047

Known for: Writing

Born: December 9, 1944

Age: 81

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2024

Years active: 62

Average TMDB rating: 7.88

Wikidata: Q5387440

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Biography

Eric Saward (born 9 December 1944) is a British radio scriptwriter who worked as a screenwriter and script editor on the BBC's science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1982 to 1986. He wrote the stories The Visitation, Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks. Saward's career as a scriptwriter 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 then 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.

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