#david whitaker

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Who is most important to the history of Doctor Who?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

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David Whitaker – original script editor

The man who created the Doctor Who EU, who wrote the first Doctor Who tie in comic, the first Doctor Who tie in Short story, the first Doctor Who Novelisation, he created the Emperor Dalek, he wrote many many Dalek TV stories, her created the original Dalek Backstory, he created the Black Dalek, Terry Nation may have created the Daleks but David Whitaker raised them. And with out him the Doctor Who EU would not exist. (anonymous)

Terry Nation – creator of the Daleks

Invented the Daleks. I don't think you can get much more influential than that. (anonymous)

Anthony Coburn – wrote An Unearthly Child

Wrote An Unearthly Child. Also important in a bad way because his child/estate/whatever it is is why An Unearthly Child isn't available for streaming along with the rest of Classic Who on some platforms. There are rights issues because they won't let BBC use it. (anonymous)

John Lucarotti – wrote many historicals in the 60s

The single greatest historical writer of the classic series. In an era where historicals were either comedies or one dimensional takes, he wrote nuanced stories exploring unfairly demonized settings. Looking purely at his scripts (because the filmed-products suffered from wiping and racist casting), he brought us the Doctor developing a personal connection with an elderly Aztec woman, Kublai Khan as a reform-minded administrator and genuine human being, the Mongols as tolerant and progressive, and the Aztecs as master builders. In “The Massacre,” he pioneered the Doctor-lite genre, leaving Steven to fend for himself in an unfamiliar past while mounting an unflinching look at the paranoia, corruption, and ambiguity of religious upheaval and social strife. Lucarotti wrote complex, mature historical dramas at the dawn of Doctor Who. (anonymous)

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The Daleks (or The Darleks as everyone I knew called them). A 2020 collection from Panini of the 1960's comic strip that appeared in TV Century 21. The strip was written by Angus Allen, Terry Nation, Alan Fennell and David Whitaker and drawn by Richard Jennings, Eric Eden and Ron Turner. The cover art is by Mike Collins.

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Robert Hack's Glass Dalek, leader of the Skaro City from David Whitaker's Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks!

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THE YEAR 1965

For over a Year now Doctor Who has had a consistent canon, but today that changes. Three men have come together with one goal, these men are:

GERRY ANDERSON: the Puppet Master, the brains behind the plot

TERRY NATION: the geneticists, the only man with the connections to put this plan into actions

DAVID WHITAKER: the Emperor, the one who puts the plan in to action.

The goal these three men share is the same for all of them know that soon or letter things must change. These men are:

THE CANON KILLERS!!!!

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Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera

Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera - with guest host #DoctorWho composer Sam Watts! - Paul Cornell & LM Myles interviewed! - Doctor Who renewed? New spinoff coming?

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs974.mp3 Download MP3 While Warren tours Europe, after having chatted with Doctor Who scribes Paul Cornell and LM Myles at Worldcon (which you can hear on this podcast), Doctor Who composer (and Edmonton native) Sam Watts steps in as co-host! Hear of Tales of the TARDIS, Sarah Jane Adventures, and other audio delights as news of a new Jodie Whittaker Blu-ray…

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Coming Soon: Doctor Who: Print The Legend

Pre-orders have opened for Doctor Who: Print The Legend, due for release in newsagents and comic shops on 6th June 2024. This lavish, 116-page bookazine is the essential guide to Doctor Who novelisations

Pre-orders have opened for Doctor Who: Print The Legend, due for release in newsagents and comic shops on 6th June 2024. This lavish, 116-page bookazine is the essential guide to Doctor Who novelisations – hardback, paperback and audio adaptations of television stories.  Highlights include profiles of leading authors, a section on collecting rarities, a look at the recording of the audiobooks…

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The latest installment of Liberation of the Daleks in Doctor Who Magazine features a cameo of the Astrans. This is the first time Doctor Who has ever referenced the TV 21 crossover universe!

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Regarding "Another early character outline for the Doctor" - aren't there also notes somewhere from David Whitaker's early outlines for "Power of the Daleks" that say the Doctor's people had, at some stage, been in a war with the Daleks? The Time War: 1966

Oh really?? I actually don't know! I'll be honest I'm not the best at researching and digging for facts, but I did do a cursory look at the TARDIS wiki and found this very intriguing tidbit that not only concerns your point, but also brings up another interesting idea!

"... also hinted that it might have been the Daleks who destroyed his homeworld."

Not only was there a war but the Daleks freaking destroyed Gallifrey!! It really is Time War: 1966!!

"... the Doctor had been renewed several times in the past; he was to open a drawer in the console which contained relices from his previous incarnations..."

Damn they canonized the Morbius Doctors a decade before the story even aired! ... Well, okay maybe since it didn't happen it's not "officially canon" but it does make me laugh a little at all the people who got up in arms about the Timeless Child thing "disrespecting William Hartnell as the first Doctor" when literally first episode after Hartnell's departure they were gonna say he wasn't the first Doctor.

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Dr Who: The Enemy of the World

I rewatched this on 12 January 2023, which falls within the 55th anniversary of this serial’s first outing on British TV. I wonder what other moments of synchronicity will occur during this year of me watching Dr Who in order.

The joy of the Doctor in the surf is brilliant, as is Jamie and Victoria’s reluctance. It’s amusing to see Victoria model her outfit on Jamie’s adapted Highlander outfit. After two claustrophobic and icy adventures, the sense of relief at being in a warmer climate and open space is palpable. But, this is Dr Who, and after a few moments of respite, our heroes are in mortal danger. Not from monsters this time, but from a bunch of blokes in a hovercraft shooting at them.

David Whitaker, who wrote this serial, introduces the danger and sets up the scenario with his usual skill. The British audiences of Christmas 1967 learn quickly that our heroes are about 50 years in the future (2018) and on the other side of the planet (the Australasian Zone). There’s global environmental and political trouble — and the Doctor looks just like Salamander, a man who is either a world saviour or a wannabe global dictator…

The story is a terrific political thriller in which all of our heroes take active part, and Patrick Troughton gets to stretch his abilities as an actor. Refreshingly, the humans we meet are a diverse bunch, most with agency. Both Fariah and Astrid show what women can do, but it would have been excellent to see Fariah become instrumental in building a better Earth. (I’m not including spoilers here.)

In the fourth episode there’s a neat plot twist to keep interest in the tale from flagging. The concept of a group of humans duped into believing they are survivors of a global disaster is one that returns when this serial’s director, Barry Letts, is Dr Who’s producer in a few years time… or weeks, given how I’m rocketing through the series.

Watching this five years after it’s set, I was struck by the use of climate disaster as a political tool, as well as featuring a populist politician who’d mix well with the likes of Berlusconi, Trump, Putin, Bolsonaro, and Orbán. Cleverly, though, because our heroes have arrived in the thick of things without knowing what’s going on, the Doctor doesn’t take what he’s told at face value. The initial plot is all about determining whether or not Salamander is the authoritarian strongman one group are warning against. It means we get to see the grifting, dishonesty, and ruthlessness up close and personal, as well as the charismatic charm that makes certain authoritarians attractive.

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Serge Gainsbourg like to be provocative as we have noticed in here, yet what might be probably his greatest affront? France Gall might be, if you ask me, his most controversial collaboration in some circles thanks to him subverting her image without her being alerted. Of course, the whole story is more complicated than this, especially since she did return to work with him, after she learnt of his ethos. The tune on the link, for instance, points to a strangely odd rebellion they both intended, i.e. the piece is an anti-LSD PSA in the form of a ye-ye song that decides to respond to your laughter by laughing back in the same manner. Unsurprisingly, this wasn't as their previous successes, but I think they should have developed some strands they had here, since they were intriguing.

[companion-showdown]

Who is most important too the history of Doctor Who?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

propaganda under the cut

David Whitaker – original script editor

The man who created the Doctor Who EU, who wrote the first Doctor Who tie in comic, the first Doctor Who tie in Short story, the first Doctor Who Novelisation, he created the Emperor Dalek, he wrote many many Dalek TV stories, her created the original Dalek Backstory, he created the Black Dalek, Terry Nation may have created the Daleks but David Whitaker raised them. And with out him the Doctor Who EU would not exist. (anonymous)

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Triple-Q: Losing Me Your Way

Kill La Kill arrived a bit late to jump on the "Every anime needed a Linkin Park AMV" train but that didn't stop Triple-Q from creating one of the best mash-ups in the business with this mixture of "Pushing Me Away" and "Don't Lose Your Way". It's so good, even the rap part is tolerable! And trying to find out who killed your dad seems like an average issue worth mentioning out of nowhere.

Song Score: 15/10

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I've seen it suggested that the 1970 Doctor Who serial "The Ambassadors of Death" derives its title from Wilson G. Knight's essay on Hamlet "The Embassy of Death", and, while I doubt if the serial's name has any literary pedigree (it was originally titled "The Carriers of Death" and the production team at one point apparently considered calling it simply "The Ambassadors"), I think it's worth noting that the phrase "ambassadors of death" appears in the anonymous Elizabethan play Edward III, published in 1596:

"These iron-hearted navies,

"When last I was reporter to your grace,

"Both full of angry spleen, of hope and fear,

"Hasting to meet each other in the face,

"At last conjoined, and by their admiral,

"Our admiral encountered many shot.

"By this, the other, that beheld these twain

"Give earnest penny of a further wrack,

"Like fiery dragons took their haughty flight,

"And, likewise meeting, from their smoky wombs

"Sent many grim ambassadors of death."-Scene 5

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This new TARDIS is beautiful, like truly stunning... But they really need to utilise it properly, the problem with Jodie's tardis was that they did nothing with, they didn't interact with it, they didn't shoot it interestingly, they just stood there. In contrast to throughout Capaldi's run where the tardis set became character in itself with the bookshelves, the blackboard, the lighting, how they shot it.

Please let them do interesting things with this one.