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      • 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.
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  1. 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.

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  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0392025Robert Holmes - IMDb

    Robert Holmes. Writer: Doctor Who. In 1944, at the age of eighteen, Holmes joined the army, fighting with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders regiment in Burma. He rapidly earned a commission, and as such became the youngest commissioned officer in the entire British army during the Second World War.

    • Robert Holmes
    • May 24, 1986
    • April 2, 1926
  4. Apr 5, 2018 · Robert Holmes is widely regarded as the best writer/script editor of Doctor Who, either ever or at least from its first 26 series. His writing was cynical, violent, blackly comic, and frequently makes more sense if read as an attack on or parody of Doctor Who itself.

  5. (1926-1986) UK scriptwriter, editor and author, best known for his contributions in these capacities to the Doctor Who universe, including "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (1977 6 parts), which despite its alleged Yellow Peril racism is generally recognized to be one of the best Doctor Who tales; in adapted form it was published as Doctor Who: The ...

  6. Jan 9, 2020 · Robert Holmes was an English television scriptwriter, who for over twenty-five years contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK and is considered one of the best writers to have worked on Doctor Who.

  7. Robert Holmes, an ex-policeman who earned his spurs writing scripts for 1960s soap dramas like Emergency Ward 10 and long forgotten series like Knight Errant Ltd, Ghost Squad and Harpers West One, finally found his way into Doctor Who in the late 1960s when he contributed two unremarkable scripts for second Doctor Patrick Troughton’s final ...

  8. Robert Holmes was a scriptwriter for numerous television programmes including Dr Finlay's Casebook, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, Juliet Bravo and Bergerac. He was involved with Doctor Who for over fifteen years and wrote numerous scripts including Jon...

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