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unusual facts about script editor



Planet of the Spiders

Due to the death of actor Roger Delgado, script editor Terrance Dicks abandoned the project in favour of a new story, which eventually evolved into Planet of the Spiders.


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Anthony Read

He soon graduated to writer/script editor of several other adventure-mystery series, like the anthological Detective, The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling and Peter Cushing's 1965 Sherlock Holmes vehicle.

Antony Root

He was subsequently promoted to Script Editor, working on Doctor Who, The Chinese Detective and Strangers and Brothers.

Christopher H. Bidmead

In 1979, Robert Banks Stewart recommended him for the post of script editor on Doctor Who.

Colin Brake

Brake began working on EastEnders in 1985 as a writer and script editor, being partly responsible for the introduction of the soap's first Asian characters Saeed and Naima Jeffery.

Don Battye

He was a writer, script editor, and producer on several Australian television series for Crawford Productions including soap opera The Box in 1976 & 1977, The Sullivans and police procedural drama series Division 4, Bluey (1976) and Homicide.

Eric Pringle

Script editor Eric Saward finally responded to Pringle, and in 1982, Pringle was asked to put together a scene breakdown for War Game.

George Roubicek

Andrew Cartmel, a science-fiction writer who served as a Doctor Who script editor in 1986-1989, strongly criticized Hopper's dialogue in his book, Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who.

Louise Crane-Bowes

She has also worked as a writer and script editor on such shows as Murder Call, Water Rats, and McLeod's Daughters.

Neil Arksey

As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Neil has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads (TV series), River City, Family Affairs and Mile High.

Rancho Cordova, California

Billy Marshall Stoneking - Well-known Australian/American poet, filmmaker, writer, script editor and film teacher/mentor.

Ross Napier

Ross Napier was an Australian radio and TV writer best known for his work on the radio drama, The Castlereagh Line (which he later adapted into novels) and the TV series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, for which he wrote a large number of episodes and served as a script editor.