---
name: "Bob Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-baker"
fi1m_id: "bob-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0048276"
tmdb_id: 7315
wikidata_id: "Q11961706"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 July 1939"
died: "5 November 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:27:51.396510+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Baker

## Identity

Bob Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048276
- **TMDB ID:** 7315
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11961706
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Baker_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11961706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7315

Writer. Born 26 July 1939 in Bristol, England. Died 5 November 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 July 1939, Bristol, England
- **Died:** 5 November 2021
- **Active:** 1962–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Boucher](https://film.one/person/chris-boucher.md), [Douglas Camfield](https://film.one/person/douglas-camfield.md), [Matthew Robinson](https://film.one/person/matthew-robinson.md), [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin-1228262.md), [Robert Banks Stewart](https://film.one/person/robert-banks-stewart.md), [Robert Holmes](https://film.one/person/robert-holmes.md), [Tristan de Vere Cole](https://film.one/person/tristan-de-vere-cole.md), [Anthony Read](https://film.one/person/anthony-read.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Baker_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11961706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7315

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)

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## Biography

Bob Baker was a British television and film writer. Born in Bristol in 1939, he began his career writing for television in the 1970s, often in partnership with Dave Martin. Together they contributed numerous scripts to *Doctor Who* during the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras, and co-created the robotic dog K9.

From the 1990s he collaborated with animator Nick Park on the Wallace & Gromit series. Baker co-wrote the short films *The Wrong Trousers* (1993), *A Close Shave* (1995) and *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), as well as the feature film *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005). He also wrote for series including *Shoestring*, *Bergerac* and *Into the Labyrinth*, and published an autobiography, *K9 Stole My Trousers*, in 2013. Baker died in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, telegraph.co.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tales of the Tardis* (2023), series, Writer
- *Axon Stations!* (2012), Actor
- *Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention* (2010), series, Writer, Producer
- *Into the Unknown* (2010), Actor
- *Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention* (2010), Actor
- *K-9* (2009), series, Creator
- *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), Author
- *A Matter of Time* (2007), Actor
- *Defining Shadows* (2007), Actor
- *The Omega Factor* (2007), Actor
- *Built for War: The Sontaran Story* (2006), Actor
- *Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who* (2006), Actor
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *K9 Unleashed* (2000), Actor
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation* (1996), Scenario Writer
- *A Close Shave* (1996), Writer
- *The Wrong Trousers* (1993), Writer
- *The Jazz Detective* (1992), Writer
- *Succubus* (1987), Writer
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Writer
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Writer
- *Into the Labyrinth* (1981), series, Writer, Creator
- *Smuggler* (1981), series, Writer
- *Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden* (1979), Writer
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, Writer
- *Murder at the Wedding* (1979), series, Writer, Creator
- *Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor* (1979), Writer
- *Scorpion Tales* (1978), series, Writer
- *Doctor Who: Underworld* (1978), Writer
- *Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy* (1977), Writer
- *Target* (1977), series, Writer
- *Cottage to Let* (1977), series, Writer
- *Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear* (1976), Writer
- *Machinegunner* (1976), as Scruff · Writer
- *Sky* (1975), series, Writer, Creator
- *Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment* (1975), Writer
- *Item* (1974), Writer
- *Doctor Who: The Three Doctors* (1973), Writer
- *Doctor Who: The Mutants* (1972), Writer
- *Pretenders* (1972), series, Writer
- *Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos* (1971), Writer
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Writer

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