Eric Saward
Writing
Born December 9, 1944
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.
Filmography
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Self
Tales of the Tardis
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Earthshocked
Driven to Distractation
Come in Number Five
Peter Grimwade: Directing with Attitude...
Self
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
Chain Reaction
Trials and Tribulations
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Davros Connections
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
The Dalek Tapes
Self
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Timelash
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
A Fix with Sontarans
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Frontios
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Doctor Who: Terminus
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Doctor Who: Kinda
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Doctor Who