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Robert Holmes

Robert Holmes

Writer · 1926–1986 · Hertfordshire, England, UK

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Biography

Robert Colin Holmes (2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986) was a British television scriptwriter. For over 25 years, he contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK. He is particularly remembered for his work on science fiction programmes, most notably his extensive contributions to Doctor Who, which included working as its script editor from 1974 to 1977. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Holmes (scriptwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 54

1980s

  1. 1986

    Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

    Writer

  2. Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

    Writer

  3. 1985

    Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

    Writer

  4. 1984

    Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

    Writer

  5. 1981

    Bergerac

    Writer

    69

  6. Into the Labyrinth

    Writer

  7. The Nightmare Man

    Writer

  8. The Nightmare Man

    Adaptation, Writer

  9. Fothergill

    Writer

  10. 1980

    Juliet Bravo

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Shoestring

    Writer

  2. Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll

    Writer

  3. 1978

    The Future

    Writer

  4. Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

    Writer

  5. Blake's 7

    Writer

    78
  6. 1977

    Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

    Writer

  7. Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

    Script Editor

  8. Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy

    Script Editor

  9. Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock

    Script Editor

  10. Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

    Writer, Script Editor

  11. Doctor Who: The Robots of Death

    Script Editor

  12. Doctor Who: The Face of Evil

    Script Editor

  13. 1976

    Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

    Writer, Script Editor

  14. Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

    Script Editor

  15. Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

    Script Editor

  16. Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

    Script Editor

  17. Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    Writer, Script Editor

  18. 1975

    Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

    Script Editor

  19. Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

    Script Editor, Writer

  20. Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

    Script Editor

  21. Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

    Script Editor

  22. Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

    Writer, Script Editor

  23. Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

    Script Editor

  24. Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

    Script Editor

  25. Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

    Writer, Script Editor

  26. Doctor Who: Robot

    Script Editor

  27. 1974

    Playhouse

    Teleplay

  28. Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

    Writer

  29. 1973

    Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters

    Writer

  30. 1972

    Return Flight

    Writer

  31. Dead of Night

    Writer

  32. The Regiment

    Writer

  33. 1971

    Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

    Writer

  34. 1970

    Doomwatch

    Writer

  35. Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Fraud Squad

    Writer

  2. Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

    Writer

  3. Doctor Who: The Krotons

    Writer

  4. 1965

    Invasion

    Story

  5. 1963

    Doctor Who

    Writer, Script Editor

    83
  6. 1962

    The Saint

    Writer

    75

  7. Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Writer

  8. 1961

    Ghost Squad

    Writer

Acted in 3

2000s

  1. 2006

    Built for War: The Sontaran Story

    (archival footage)

1970s

  1. 1977

    Whose Doctor Who

    Movie

  2. 1976

    Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)

Visual effects 1

2000s

  1. 2001

    Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

    Creature Design

Created 1

1980s

  1. 1981

    The Nightmare Man

    Creator