David Whitaker (1928 - February 4, 1980) helped create the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and served as the series' first script editor. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... 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. ...

He wrote a number of Doctor Who serials himself, including The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks, considered by many to be classics. 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. The Power of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from November 5 to December 10, 1966. ... The Evil Of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in seven weekly parts from May 20 to July 1, 1967. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

In 1964, Whitaker was commissioned to write two novels based on the series, which along with a third by Bill Strutton became the core of Target Books' long-running and popular series of Doctor Who novels. The second was an adaptation of his own Doctor Who serial set during the Third Crusade; the first was, perhaps inevitably, an adaptation of the series' first Dalek story (The Daleks, written by Terry Nation). Whitaker's first Dalek story ("Dr Who in an exciting Adventure with the Daleks") was originally published by Armada Paperbacks for the kingly price of 2'6. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Bill Strutton was a prolific British scriptwriter who worked on some of the best-remembered 1960s television shows including Ivanhoe, The Saint, The Avengers and Doctor Who. ... Target Books was a British publishing company, founded in the early 1970s as a subsidiary of WH Allen Limited. ... The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. ... Listen to this article: parts 1, 2 & 3 (help) Listen to this article (3 parts) Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-10-21, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Barbara is threatened a malevolent robotic probe The Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 7 weekly parts from December 21, 1963 to February 1, 1964. ... Terry Nation (born August 8, 1930, Cardiff, Wales, UK; died March 9, 1997, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

External links

• David Whitaker at the Internet Movie Database