Eric Saward (pronounced SAY-ward) was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986. Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...

Eric Saward

An older Eric Saward

His career as a script writer 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 the current 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. In addition to his role as script editor, Saward also wrote the television stories Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks as well as the 1985 radio play Slipback. He also performed uncredited writing duties on The Twin Dilemma and Attack of the Cybermen. Image File history File links Eric_Saward_younger. ... Image File history File links Eric_Saward_younger. ... Image File history File links Eric_Saward_Older. ... Image File history File links Eric_Saward_Older. ... Christopher Hamilton Bidmead (born 1941) is a freelance writer. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... The Visitation is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 15 to February 23, 1982. ... Script Editor is a program included with Mac OS that allows AppleScripts to be written, debugged, and ran. ... Antony Root (often wrongly called Anthony) was a script editor on the Doctor Who television programme in 1981. ... Earthshock is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 8 to March 16, 1982. ... Resurrection of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from February 8 to February 15, 1984. ... Revelation of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from March 23 to March 30, 1985. ... Slipback is a radio audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in six episodes on BBC Radio 4 from 25 July to 8 August 1985, as part of a childrens magazine show called Pirate Radio... The Twin Dilemma is is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 22 to March 30, 1984, the first to star Colin Baker in the title role. ... Attack of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from January 5 - January 12, 1985. ...

He did not have a harmonious relationship with Doctor Who's producer John Nathan-Turner which gave rise to tensions behind the scenes. This came to a head during the production of The Trial of a Time Lord in the middle of 1986 and Eric resigned as Script Editor before the completion of production. Nevertheless, Saward's association with the show continued — in the 1990s he wrote linking narration for Doctor Who audio releases of missing episodes, and more recently he has appeared in interviews on DVDs of his serials and contributed a short story to the Big Finish Short Trips collection. John Nathan-Turner. ... The Trial of a Time Lord is the name used on screen for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season (1986) of the original Doctor Who series. ... Since the 1970s, there have been many official and unofficial Doctor Who and related spin-offs released on audio, as LPs, audio cassettes, audio CDs and MP3 CDs. ... The First Doctor (Andrew Ainsworth) collapses prior to his regeneration (from the surviving clip of The Tenth Planet, Episode 4). ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties. ... The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short stories published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002. ...

External links

• Eric Saward at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography of Eric Saward at On Target