Chris Boucher

Chris Boucher (born 1943) is a British television writer, best known for his frequent contributions to two genres, science-fiction and crime dramas. Image File history File links Chris Boucher This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links Chris Boucher This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ...

In science-fiction, he wrote three acclaimed Doctor Who serials in the late 1970s: The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death and Image of the Fendahl. Perhaps his most durable contribution to Doctor Who mythology was the creation of Leela, the savage companion played by Louise Jameson (and whom he has consistently used in his subsequent novels). Boucher was commissioned for the programme by Robert Holmes, who would suggest that Boucher be appointed as script editor of new science fiction serial Blake's 7. He served in this role for the entirety of its four season run from 1978 to 1981, also writing several episodes himself, including the well-remembered final episode. In 1987 he created his own science-fiction series Star Cops, which suffered from poor scheduling and lasted for only nine episodes. Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television on November 23, 1963. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... The Face of Evil is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 1 to January 22, 1977. ... The Robots of Death is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 29 to February 19, 1977. ... Image of the Fendahl is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 29 to November 19, 1977. ... Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is a British actress, most famous for playing Leela, the leather-clad barbarian warrior companion of the mysterious Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This entry is about the television scriptwriter. ... A script editor - a position sometimes known as story editor in the 1950s and 60s - is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. ... Blakes 7 was a BBC science fiction television series created by Terry Nation that ran four seasons from January 2, 1978 to December 21, 1981. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regular Cast David Calder as Nathan Spring Erick Ray Evans as David Theroux (episodes 1 to 8) Trevor Cooper as Colin Devis (episodes 2 to 9) Linda Newton as Pal Kenzy (episodes 1 and 3 to 9) Jonathan Adams as Alexander Krivenko (episodes 4 to 9) Sayo Inaba as Anna...

Between working on Doctor Who and Blake's 7, Boucher was the script editor on the second season of the popular drama Shoestring, which followed the investigations of private detective and radio show host Eddie Shoestring. Following the end of Blake's 7, Boucher wrote for the police drama Juliet Bravo and later moved on to script edit the detective show Bergerac, working on the programme throughout the 1980s. In the early 1990s, he wrote for the acclaimed police drama Between the Lines. Shoestring was a BBC TV show set in Bristol. ... Juliet Bravo was a British television series which ran between 1980 and 1985. ... Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

All of these television programmes were produced in-house by the BBC and broadcast on the BBC One network, with the exception of Star Cops which was shown on BBC Two. For the ITV network, he briefly contributed to Thames Television's police drama The Bill during the mid-1980s. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. // History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... The classic Thames Television logo (1969 - 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. ... The current cast of The Bill The Bill is a long-running British police drama shown on ITV1. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

More recent work has included several Doctor Who novels for BBC Books, and a series of straight-to-CD full-cast audio dramas entitled Kaldor City, which combine elements from his Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death with his Blake's 7 work. BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... The Kaldor City audio plays (see Doctor Who spin-offs ) are violent tales of power, sex and intrigue set in the universe of Chris Bouchers Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death, the Blakes 7 episode Weapon and his Doctor Who novel Corpse Marker. ...

Novels

• Doctor Who: Last Man Running (1998, ISBN 0563405945)
• Doctor Who: Corpse Marker (1999, ISBN 0563555750)
• Doctor Who: Psi-ence Fiction (2001, ISBN 0563538147)
• Doctor Who: Match of the Day (2005, ISBN 056348618X)

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External links

• Chris Boucher at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Cops-based interview at 'The Anorak Zone' website
• Blake's 7-based interview at 'The Anorak Zone' website
• Shoestring-based interview at EddieShoestring.com