The Third Doctor tries to stop the whole of human civilisation being wiped out, in a new edition of a Doctor Who classic
Malcolm Hulke was a prolific and respected television writer from
the 1950s until the 1970s. His writing credits included the early
science fiction Pathfinders series, as well as The Avengers. Hulke
was first approached to write for Doctor Who when the series first
started, but his idea for The Hidden Planet was not pursued. In
1967 he wrote The Faceless Ones (with David Ellis) for the Second
Doctor.
By 1969, Hulke's friend and occasional writing partner Terrance
Dicks was Script Editor for Doctor Who and needed a ten part story
to replace other scripts and write out Patrick Troughton's Doctor.
Together, they wrote The War Games, which for the first time
explained the Doctor's origins and introduced his people, the Time
Lords. Hulke continued to write for Doctor Who, providing a story
for each of the Third Doctor's series. Malcolm Hulke died in 1979,
soon after completing his novelisation of The War Games.
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