Eric Saward
Writing
Eric Saward (born 9 December 1944) is a British radio scriptwriter who worked as a screenwriter and script editor on the BBC's science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1982 to 1986. He wrote the stories The Visitation, Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks. Saward's career as a scriptwriter began with drama for radio while he was working as a teacher. Later he was able to cross into full-time writing. He was approached by then Doctor Who script editor Christopher H. Bidmead to submit some ideas to the series on the strength of a recommendation from the senior drama script editor at BBC Radio. He received a commission to write the story The Visitation. This in turn led to his appointment as script editor on the recommendation of Antony Root, who had briefly replaced Bidmead.
Known for
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tvTales of the Tardis
2023
Writer, Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
Writer, Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Timelash
1985
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Two Doctors
1985
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
1985
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
1985
Script Editor, Writer
movieDoctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Writer, Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Frontios
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Awakening
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
1984
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The King's Demons
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Enlightenment
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Terminus
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Snakedance
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Time-Flight
1982
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Kinda
1982
Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Castrovalva
1982
Script Editor
movieK-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981
Script Editor
tvDoctor Who
1963
Writer, Script Editor
