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name: "Eric Saward"
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born: "9 December 1944"
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# Eric Saward

Writer. Born 9 December 1944 in United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 December 1944, United Kingdom

## Biography

Eric Saward is a British writer and script editor. He began his career writing drama for BBC Radio while working as a teacher, later becoming a full-time writer.

Saward wrote for and served as script editor on the BBC television series *Doctor Who* from 1982 to 1986. His writing credits on the series include *The Visitation* (1982), *Earthshock* (1982), *Resurrection of the Daleks* (1984) and *Revelation of the Daleks* (1985). He resigned as script editor after disagreements with producer John Nathan-Turner during production of *The Trial of a Time Lord*.

He has written novelisations of several *Doctor Who* stories for Target Books and BBC Books, as well as the radio serial *Slipback* (1985).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tardis.wiki, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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