Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 09, 1944
Credits
52 titles
Eric Saward
Biography
Eric Saward (born 9 December 1944) is a British radio scriptwriter who worked as a screenwriter and script editor on the BBC's science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1982 to 1986. He wrote the stories The Visitation, Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks. Saward's career as a scriptwriter began with drama for radio while he was working as a teacher. Later he was able to cross into full-time writing. He was approached by then Doctor Who script editor Christopher H. Bidmead to submit some ideas to the series on the strength of a recommendation from the senior drama script editor at BBC Radio. He received a commission to write the story The Visitation. This in turn led to his appointment as script editor on the recommendation of Antony Root, who had briefly replaced Bidmead.
Known For
Filmography
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Self
Tales of the Tardis
Writer
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Earthshocked
Driven to Distractation
Come in Number Five
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
Peter Grimwade: Directing with Attitude...
Self
Chain Reaction
Trials and Tribulations
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Davros Connections
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
The Dalek Tapes
Self
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Writer
Doctor Who: Timelash
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Script Editor
A Fix with Sontarans
Writer
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Writer
Doctor Who: Frontios
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Terminus
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Writer
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Writer
Doctor Who: Kinda
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Script Editor