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Nationality (legal) British. Occupation (s) Television scriptwriter, script editor. Known for. Doctor Who. 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.
Screenwriter. Active from 1955 until his death. He penned scripts for several British TV series, including eighteen episodes of Doctor Who. He was also the script editor for this series between 1974 and 1977.
- Tring, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England
- April 2, 1926
Robert Colin Holmes. born Tring, Hertfordshire: 2 April 1926. died Oxford, Oxfordshire: 24 May 1986. works. series. Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (London: Titan Books, 1989) [tie to the television series; Doctor Who: pb/Duncan Fegredo]
Jan 9, 2020 · Died: Saturday 24th May 1986 (age: 60) 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.
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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.
Robert Colin Holmes (2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986) was a British screenwriter best known for his stint on Doctor Who: he wrote 18 note stories between 1968 and 1986, and served as script editor from 1974-1977. These aren't just any stories though.
April 2, 1926 · Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died. May 24, 1986 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (hepatitis) Birth name. Robert Colin Holmes. Nickname. Bob. Mini Bio. In 1944, at the age of eighteen, Holmes joined the army, fighting with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders regiment in Burma.
