Pip and Jane Baker
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"Pip" and Jane Baker are British
television
writers best known for their contributions to the long running science fiction
series Doctor Who
. A husband-and-wife writing team, they wrote four serials for the programme: The Mark of the Rani
, Parts 9–12 and 14 of The Trial of a Time Lord
(aka Terror of the Vervoids
and The Ultimate Foe
) and Time and the Rani
. They have also written a number of novelisations of the series.
They also wrote a Make your own adventure with Doctor Who (Find Your Fate with Doctor Who in the United States) gamebook
entitled Race Against Time.
Prior to Doctor Who, they had written scripts for the 1970s Gerry Anderson
science-fiction series Space: 1999
and the 1969 movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
. In the 1990s they created and wrote the Children's BBC series Watt on Earth
, concerning the eponymous alien Watt, who was stranded on this planet.
United Kingdom
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television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
writers best known for their contributions to the long running science fiction
Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...
series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. A husband-and-wife writing team, they wrote four serials for the programme: The Mark of the Rani
The Mark of the Rani
The Mark of The Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 2 February to 9 February 1985...
, Parts 9–12 and 14 of The Trial of a Time Lord
The Trial of a Time Lord
The Trial of a Time Lord is a fourteen-part British science fiction serial of the long running BBC series Doctor Who. The serial, produced as the twenty-third season of the Doctor Who television series, aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986...
(aka Terror of the Vervoids
Terror of the Vervoids
Terror of the Vervoids is the title commonly used for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 1 November to 22 November 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, emcompassing the...
and The Ultimate Foe
The Ultimate Foe
The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 29 November to 6 December 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole...
) and Time and the Rani
Time and the Rani
Time and the Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 7 September to 28 September 1987. This story was the first to feature Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. It also features the last appearance of the Sixth...
. They have also written a number of novelisations of the series.
They also wrote a Make your own adventure with Doctor Who (Find Your Fate with Doctor Who in the United States) gamebook
Gamebook
A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...
entitled Race Against Time.
Prior to Doctor Who, they had written scripts for the 1970s Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson MBE is a British publisher, producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....
science-fiction series Space: 1999
Space: 1999
Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and...
and the 1969 movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is a 1969 British film, featuring the character Captain Nemo and some of the settings of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It was written by Pip and Jane Baker and stars Robert Ryan as Nemo....
. In the 1990s they created and wrote the Children's BBC series Watt on Earth
Watt on Earth
Watt on Earth is a children's television programme that ran for two 12-episode series, shown as part of Children's BBC. It was written by the Doctor Who writers Pip and Jane Baker.- Premise :...
, concerning the eponymous alien Watt, who was stranded on this planet.