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name: "Pip Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-baker"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 January 1929"
died: "14 April 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:45:52.545170+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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# Pip Baker

Writer. Born 3 January 1929. Died 14 April 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 January 1929
- **Died:** 14 April 2020
- **Also known as:** Philip Baker, Philip "Pip" Baker

## Biography

Pip Baker (born Ernest Alexander Baker) was an English television and film writer, best known for his work as half of the husband-and-wife team Pip and Jane Baker. He contributed scripts to the BBC science-fiction series *Doctor Who* (1963) in the 1980s, including *The Mark of the Rani* (1985), parts of *The Trial of a Time Lord* (1986, also known as *Terror of the Vervoids* and *The Ultimate Foe*), and *Time and the Rani* (1987). The pair also wrote novelisations of these stories and the audio drama *The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind* (2000).

Earlier in their career, the Bakers wrote episodes of series including *The Pursuers* (1961–62) and *Space: 1999* (1975), as well as films such as *Night of the Big Heat* (1967) and *Captain Nemo and the Underwater City* (1969). In the 1990s they created and wrote the CBBC children's series *Watt on Earth* (1991–92). Baker died on 14 April 2020.

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

## 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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