Today we celebrate the birthday of Gerry Davis, born today in 1930. Davis was a British television writer best known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre, particularly Doctor Who and Doomwatch. #GerryDavis
Uncredited. The Dynostar Spacelab. From Kit Pedlar & Gerry Davis, The Dynostar Menace, Souvenir Press, 1975. #Dynostar #spacelab #KitPedlar #GerryDavis #SouvenirPress
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1970, s1 Ep 8 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “The Red Sky” directed by #JonathanAlwyn & written by #GerryDavis + #KitPedler
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #PaulEddington #AubreyRichards #JenniferDaniel
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1970, s1 Ep 5 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “Project Sahara” directed by #JonathanAlwyn & written by #GerryDavis
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #NigelStock #RobertJames #HildegardNeil #PhilipBrack
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1979 s1 Ep 1 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “The Plastic Eaters” directed by #PaulCiapessoni & written by #KitPedler + #GerryDavis
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #JohnBarron #JenniferWilson #KevinStoney
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1971, s2 Ep 8 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “The Web of Fear” directed by #EricHills & written by #GerryDavis
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #JohnNolan #JobyBlanshard #JeanTrend #JobyBlanshard #VivienSherrard #GlynOwen #StephanieBidmead #JohnSavident
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The 1972 #Horror film🎥 “Doomwatch” (aka “Island of the Ghouls”) directed by #PeterSasdy from a screenplay by #CliveExton
Based on the #BBC TV📺 series (1970-2) created by #GerryDavis & #KitPedler
🌟 #IanBannen #JudyGeeson #JohnPaul #SimonOates
May 18, 1978 - Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen, as novelized by Cybermen creator Gerry Davis, was released by Target Books.
#DoctorWho #TomboftheCybermen #novelization #GerryDavis #TargetBooks #Cybermen
Today we celebrate the birthday of Gerry Davis, born today in 1930. Davis was a British television writer, best known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre, particularly Doctor Who and Doomwatch. #GerryDavis
Remembering writer and script editor Gerry Davis (co-creator of the Cybermen) on what would have been his 95th birthday.
#Whoniverse #DoctorWho #GerryDavis #Writer #ScriptEditor #Remembering #Cybermen
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1970, s1 Ep 8 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “The Red Sky” directed by #JonathanAlwyn & written by #GerryDavis + #KitPedler
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #PaulEddington #AubreyRichards #JenniferDaniel
#Cybermen co-creator #GerryDavis pitched an origin story in the 80s, but it was rejected. Now, it will be adapted into a Big Finish audio drama titled 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯 which will be part of the 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘩𝘰: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 range.
(via @bigfinish.bsky.social)
#Whoniverse #DoctorWho
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1970, s1 Ep 5 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “Project Sahara” directed by #JonathanAlwyn & written by #GerryDavis
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #NigelStock #RobertJames #HildegardNeil #PhilipBrack
9:05pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
From 1979 s1 Ep 1 of #SciFi series📺 #Doomwatch - “The Plastic Eaters” directed by #PaulCiapessoni & written by #KitPedler + #GerryDavis
🌟 #JohnPaul #SimonOates #RobertPowell #JobyBlanshard #WendyHall #JohnBarron #JenniferWilson #KevinStoney