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name: "Jane Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-baker"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 December 1924"
died: "8 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:45:53.608491+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."
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# Jane Baker

Writer. Born 30 December 1924 in United Kingdom. Died 8 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 December 1924, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 8 September 2014

## Biography

Jane Baker was an English television and film writer who worked extensively in collaboration with her husband Pip Baker. Together they contributed scripts to the BBC science-fiction series *Doctor Who* (1963) in the 1980s, including *The Mark of the Rani* (1985), *Terror of the Vervoids* (1986), *The Ultimate Foe* (1986) and *Time and the Rani* (1987). They also wrote novelisations of these stories and created the character of the Rani.

The Bakers scripted the episode "A Matter of Balance" (1976) for *Space: 1999* (1975). Their other television work included the CBBC series *Watt on Earth* (1991–1992), which they created and wrote, as well as episodes of series such as *Z Cars* and *The Expert*. Earlier credits encompassed films including *Night of the Big Heat* (1967) and *Captain Nemo and the Underwater City* (1970).

Jane Baker was born on 30 December 1924 and died on 8 September 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sf-encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *Space: 1999* (1975), Writer

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