The story was chosen to open the umbrella-themed Key To Time season. The Ribos Operation, boasted a wonderful cameo from the late, great Iain Cuthbertson as an archetypal Holmesian conman – the merchant Garron. The Sun Makers was a witty take on the tax system prompted it seems by Holmes’ personal frustrations with the taxman. The two most notable perhaps wereboth penned by the outgoing script guru Robert Holmes.
Peter Bryant died in 2006, aged 83.Īnthony Read took over as script editor and he and Williams crafted a series of imaginative and humourous tales. This story was long missing from the archive, eventually resurfacing in 1992 (rather conveniently) just before the show’s thirtieth anniversary.
Peter Bryant together with his script editor Derrick Sherwin were a formidable production team, whose first major show upon leaving Doctor Who was 1969’s Special Project Air (the first BBC drama serial to be broadcast in colour) and the popular Francis Matthews vehicle Paul Temple.īryant contributed to the DVD release of Tomb Of The Cybermen. Amongst the suggested casting was onetime Hancock stooge Arthur Mullard! An overtly kinky and comic story about female domination, one can immediately see its shortcomings as teatime family drama. As described elsewhere on Den Of Geek its storyline is remarkably similar to the memorable Two Ronnies film serial The Worm That Turned.
The Krotons, (the legendary writer and script editor, Robert Holmes’ first contact with Doctor Who) replaced an intriguing story by comedy writer Dick Sharples called The Prison In Space. The Invasion is a glorious romp that almost disguises the fact it’s padded to twice its ideal length. Several stories fell through and the whole shape and style of season six was (at best) uneven. He introduced the characters of Zoe and was one of the architects of the UNIT stories, the Brigadier.īryant’s last few months on the show were marked by disappointment.
After a probationary producer role on Tomb Of The Cybermen, Bryant replaced Innes Lloyd full time from The Web of Fear onwards.īryant oversaw the majority of the “monster years”, producing classics such as (the now sadly lost) Fury From The Deep. Peter Bryant was the man behind the later Troughton years. Peter Bryant 1967-69 ( Tomb Of The Cybermen, The Web Of Fear -The Space Pirates) He occasionally contributes to the Doctor Who DVD range, most recently on The War Games released last summer.ĭon’t Mention: Introducing three 7-parters for the Seventh season.Ĩ. Dicks’ friend and mentor Malcolm Hulke expressed serious reservations about the new format, famously declaring it left the writer with two main narrative options: Alien Invasion or Mad Scientist.ĭerrick Sherwin moved onto new projects within the BBC most notably the Paul Temple series. Terrance Dicks, who had just been seconded to the script editor’s chair, felt he lacked the clout to argue against this far-reaching vision for the series. Sherwin, also an actor, appeared in the story as a security guard who riles the new Pertwee Doctor in his determination to see the Brigadier. Aside from the programme title, the brief appearance of the TARDIS and (for those who remember him) the Brigadier, there is very little to connect this new colour film version (due to a strike at the BBC, the show was recorded entirely on 16mm film) with the monochrome show that ended six months previously. Spearhead From Space was one of the biggest reboots the series had ever undergone.