Eric Saward
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 9, 1944 (age 81)
Biography
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
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Tales of the Tardis
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Filmography
Tales of the Tardis
TV · Writer, Script Editor · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Movie · Script Editor, Writer
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Timelash
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Movie · Writer, Script Editor
A Fix with Sontarans
Movie · Writer
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie · Writer, Script Editor
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Frontios
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Terminus
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Movie · Writer
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Movie · Writer
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Kinda
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Movie · Script Editor
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who
TV · Writer, Script Editor · 14 eps