David Whitaker was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for his work in the early days of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He served as the series' first story editor working on the programme's first fifty one episodes in this capacity. He also wrote a number of Doctor Who serials himself.

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  • David Whitaker was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for his work in the early days of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He served as the series' first story editor working on the programme's first fifty one episodes in this capacity. He also wrote a number of Doctor Who serials himself. His scripts for the series include The Crusade (1965), The Power of the Daleks (1966) and The Evil of the Daleks (1967) highly regarded by admirers of the series after forty years. Other Dalek work included writing the Dalek comic strip in the children's magazine, TV Century 21, and the 1965 stage play The Curse of the Daleks. In 1964, Whitaker became the first person to write a novelised adaptation of a Doctor Who serial (ultimately, more than 150 such books would be published over the next 30 years). His book, Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, was based upon Terry Nation's teleplay for the first Dalek story. Later in 1973 Target Books purchased the rights to the novelisation and issued it under the jacket title Doctor Who and the Daleks. In 1965, Whitaker wrote his second Doctor Who novelisation, this time based upon his own script, The Crusade. Both books were originally published by Frederick Muller, with the Dalek story also having a paperback release by Armada; in 1973 Whitaker's books (along with a third novelisation by Bill Strutton based upon The Web Planet) were republished by Target Books, launching its prolific series of novelisations. At the time of his death, Whitaker was undergoing treatment for cancer. He died leaving his novelisation of his 1968 serial The Enemy of the World only partly finished and his plans to adapt The Evil of the Daleks never coming to pass. The adaptation of The Enemy of the World was completed later by Ian Marter, and The Evil of the Daleks was eventually adapted by John Peel and released in 1993.
  • David Whitaker var en britisk filmmanuskriptforfatter og romanforfatter. Han er mest kjent for sitt arbeid på science fiction-serien Doctor Who, hvor han var manusredigereren på de første 51 episodene. Etter at han sluttet som manusredigerer gikk han over til å skrive historier for Doctor Who. Hans historier inkluderer The Crusade, The Power of the Daleks og The Evil of the Daleks. Han skrev også dalek-tegneserien i barnebladet TV Century 21 og teaterstykket The Curse of the Daleks i 1965. I 1964 ble Whitaker den første personen som skrev en bok basert på en Doctor Who-historie. Boken het Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks og var basert på The Daleks. Boka ble senere døpt om til Doctor Who and the Daleks da den ble utgitt på nytt av Target Books i 1973, mest sannynlig som en henvisning til filmen Dr. Who and the Daleks som også var basert på den samme historien. I 1965 skrev han den andre Doctor Who-boken. Denne var basert på hans egen historie: The Crusade. Begge bøkene ble opprinnelig utgitt av Frederick Muller. Dalek-historien ble også utgitt som paperback av Armada.
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  • David Whitaker, an image from a documentary accompanying the DVD release of the serial The Edge of Destruction.
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  • David Whitaker was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for his work in the early days of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He served as the series' first story editor working on the programme's first fifty one episodes in this capacity. He also wrote a number of Doctor Who serials himself.
  • David Whitaker var en britisk filmmanuskriptforfatter og romanforfatter. Han er mest kjent for sitt arbeid på science fiction-serien Doctor Who, hvor han var manusredigereren på de første 51 episodene. Etter at han sluttet som manusredigerer gikk han over til å skrive historier for Doctor Who. Hans historier inkluderer The Crusade, The Power of the Daleks og The Evil of the Daleks. Han skrev også dalek-tegneserien i barnebladet TV Century 21 og teaterstykket The Curse of the Daleks i 1965.
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