Classic Doctor Who Writers

Can you name all the writers to have written for Doctor Who during its original run from 1963-1989?

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SEASON 1 (1963-64)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
An Unearthly Child	Anthony Coburn
An Unearthly Child	C. E. Webber
The Daleks	Terry Nation
The Edge of Destruction	David Whitaker
Marco Polo	John Lucarotti
The Keys of Marinus	Terry Nation
The Aztecs	John Lucarotti
The Sensorites	Peter R. Newman
The Reign of Terror	Dennis Spooner

SEASON 3 (1965-66)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Galaxy 4	William Emms
Mission to the Unknown	Terry Nation
The Myth Makers	Donald Cotton
The Daleks' Master Plan	Terry Nation
The Daleks' Master Plan	Dennis Spooner
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	John Lucarotti
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	Donald Tosh
The Ark	Paul Erickson
The Ark	Lesley Scott
The Celestial Toymaker	Brian Hayles
The Celestial Toymaker	Donald Tosh
The Gunfighters	Donald Cotton
The Savages	Ian Stuart Black
The War Machines	Ian Stuart Black

SEASON 5 (1967-68)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Tomb of the Cybermen	Kit Pedler
The Tomb of the Cybermen	Gerry Davis
The Abominable Snowmen	Mervyn Haisman
The Abominable Snowmen	Henry Lincoln
The Ice Warriors	Brian Hayles
The Enemy of the World	David Whitaker
The Web of Fear	Mervyn Haisman
The Web of Fear	Henry Lincoln
Fury from the Deep	Victor Pemberton
The Wheel in Space	David Whitaker
The Wheel in Space	Kit Pedler

SEASON 7 (1970)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Spearhead from Space	Robert Holmes
Doctor Who and the Silurians	Malcolm Hulke
The Ambassadors of Death	David Whitaker
	Trevor Ray
	Malcolm Hulke
	Terrance Dicks
Inferno	Don Houghton

SEASON 9 (1972)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Day of the Daleks	Louis Marks
The Curse of Peladon	Brian Hayles
The Sea Devils	Malcolm Hulke
The Mutants	Bob Baker
The Mutants	Dave Martin
The Time Monster	Robert Sloman
The Time Monster	Barry Letts

SEASON 11 (1973-74)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Time Warrior	Robert Holmes
Invasion of the Dinosaurs	Malcolm Hulke
Death to the Daleks	Terry Nation
The Monster of Peladon	Brian Hayles
Planet of the Spiders	Robert Sloman
Planet of the Spiders	Barry Letts

SEASON 13 (1975-76)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Terror of the Zygons	Robert Banks Stewart
Planet of Evil	Louis Marks
Pyramids of Mars	'Stephen Harris'
	Lewis Greifer
	Robert Holmes
The Android Invasion	Terry Nation
The Brain of Morbius	'Robin Bland'
	Terrance Dicks
	Robert Holmes
The Seeds of Doom	Robert Banks Stewart

SEASON 15 (1977-78)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Horror of Fang Rock	Terrance Dicks
The Invisible Enemy	Bob Baker
The Invisible Enemy	Dave Martin
Image of the Fendahl	Chris Boucher
The Sun Makers	Robert Holmes
Underworld	Bob Baker
Underworld	Dave Martin
The Invasion of Time	'David Agnew'
	Graham Williams
	Anthony Read

SEASON 17 (1979-80)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Destiny of the Daleks	Terry Nation
City of Death	'David Agnew'
	Douglas Adams
	Graham Williams
	David Fisher
The Creature from the Pit	David Fisher
Nightmare of Eden	Bob Baker
The Horns of Nimon	Anthony Read
Shada	Douglas Adams

SEASON 19 (1982)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Castrovalva	Christopher H. Bidmead
Four to Doomsday	Terence Dudley
Kinda	Christopher Bailey
The Visitation	Eric Saward
Black Orchid	Terence Dudley
Earthshock	Eric Saward
Time-Flight	Peter Grimwade

SEASON 21 (1984)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Warriors from the Deep	Johnny Byrne
The Awakening	Eric Pringle
Frontios	Christopher H. Bidmead
Resurrection of the Daleks	Eric Saward
Planet of Fire	Peter Grimwade
The Caves of Androzani	Robert Holmes
The Twin Dilemma	Anthony Steven

SEASON 23 (1986: THE TRIAL OF A TIME LORD)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Mysterious Planet	Robert Holmes
Mindwarp	Philip Martin
Terror of the Vervoids	Pip and Jane Baker
The Ultimate Foe	Robert Holmes
The Ultimate Foe	Pip and Jane Baker

SEASON 25 (1988-89)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Remembrance of the Daleks	Ben Aaronovitch
The Happiness Patrol	Graeme Curry
Silver Nemesis	Kevin Clarke
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Stephen Wyatt

SEASON 2 (1964-65)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Planet of Giants	Louis Marks
The Dalek Invasion of Earth	Terry Nation
The Rescue	David Whitaker
The Romans	Dennis Spooner
The Web Planet	Bill Strutton
The Crusade	David Whitaker
The Space Museum	Glyn Jones
The Chase	Terry Nation
The Time Meddler	Dennis Spooner

SEASON 4 (1966-67)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Smugglers	Brian Hayles
The Tenth Planet	Kit Pedler
The Tenth Planet	Gerry Davis
The Power of the Daleks	David Whitaker
The Highlanders	Elwyn Jones
The Highlanders	Gerry Davis
The Underwater Menace	Geoffrey Orme
The Moonbase	Kit Pedler
The Macra Terror	Ian Stuart Black
The Faceless Ones	David Ellis
The Faceless Ones	Malcolm Hulke
The Evil of the Daleks	David Whitaker

SEASON 6 (1968-69)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Dominators	'Norman Ashby'
	Mervyn Haisman
	Henry Lincoln
The Mind Robber	Derrick Sherwin
The Mind Robber	Peter Ling
The Invasion	Derrick Sherwin
The Invasion	Kit Pedler
The Krotons	Robert Holmes
The Seeds of Death	Brian Hayles
The Seeds of Death	Terrance Dicks
The Space Pirates	Robert Holmes
The War Games	Terrance Dicks
The War Games	Malcolm Hulke

SEASON 8 (1971)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Terror of the Autons	Robert Holmes
The Mind of Evil	Don Houghton
The Claws of Axos	Bob Baker
The Claws of Axos	Dave Martin
Colony in Space	Malcolm Hulke
The Dæmons	'Guy Leopold'
	Robert Sloman
	Barry Letts

SEASON 10 (1972-73)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Three Doctors	Bob Baker
The Three Doctors	Dave Martin
Carnival of Monsters	Robert Holmes
Frontier in Space	Malcolm Hulke
Planet of the Daleks	Terry Nation
The Green Death	Robert Sloman
The Green Death	Barry Letts

SEASON 12 (1974-75)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Robot	Terrance Dicks
The Ark in Space	Robert Holmes
The Sontaran Experiment	Bob Baker
The Sontaran Experiment	Dave Martin
Genesis of the Daleks	Terry Nation
Revenge of the Cybermen	Gerry Davis

SEASON 14 (1976-77)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Masque of Mandragora	Louis Marks
The Hand of Fear	Bob Baker
The Hand of Fear	Dave Martin
The Deadly Assassin	Robert Holmes
The Face of Evil	Chris Boucher
The Robots of Death	Chris Boucher
The Talons of Weng-Chiang	Robert Holmes

SEASON 16 (1978-79)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Ribos Operation	Robert Holmes
The Pirate Planet	Douglas Adams
The Stones of Blood	David Fisher
The Androids of Tara	David Fisher
The Power of Kroll	Robert Holmes
The Armageddon Factor	Bob Baker
The Armageddon Factor	Dave Martin

SEASON 18 (1980-81)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
The Leisure Hive	David Fisher
Meglos	John Flanagan
Meglos	Andrew McCulloch
Full Circle	Andrew Smith
State of Decay	Terrance Dicks
Warriors' Gate	Stephen Gallagher
The Keeper of Traken	Johnny Byrne
Logopolis	Christopher H. Bidmead

SEASON 20 (1983)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Arc of Infinity	Johnny Byrne
Snakedance	Christopher Bailey
Mawdryn Undead	Peter Grimwade
Terminus	Stephen Gallagher
Enlightenment	Barbara Clegg
The King's Demons	Terence Dudley
The Five Doctors	Terrance Dicks

SEASON 22 (1985)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Attack of the Cybermen	Paula Moore
Vengeance on Varos	Philip Martin
The Mark of the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker
The Two Doctors	Robert Holmes
Timelash	Glen McCoy
Revelation of the Daleks	Eric Saward

SEASON 24 (1987)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Time and the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker
Paradise Towers	Stephen Wyatt
Delta and the Bannermen	Malcolm Kohll
Dragonfire	Ian Briggs

SEASON 26 (1989)
Serial Title	Writer(s)
Battlefield	Ben Aaronovitch
Ghost Light	Marc Platt
The Curse of Fenric	Ian Briggs
Survival	Rona Munro

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