Chris Boucher, Doctor Who writer, 1943-2022
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It is with deep sadness that BlogtorWho reports the death
of Doctor Who writer, Chris Boucher.

A key contributor to the Fourth Doctor's era, Chris Boucher
wrote some of the most highly regarded stories in Doctor
Who's history. His first script 'The Face of Evil'
introduced new companion Leela. This warrior of the
Sevateem, played by Louise Jameson, was a new take on the
individual joining the Doctor for their travels. Boucher
also penned Leela's second story, the absolute classic
'The Robots of Death'. The writer would also contribute
'Image of the Fendahl' to Season 15, another popular story.
Sadly, he was the last surviving Doctor Who writer from
the 1970's. Boucher would also write four Fourth Doctor
Doctor Who novels 'Last Man Running', 'Corpse Marker',
'Psi-ence Fiction' and 'Match of the Day'.

A skilled and reliable writer and Script Editor, Chris
Boucher worked on a variety of BBC television shows.
Perhaps the most popular amongst Doctor Who fans would be
Blake's 7, created by Terry Nation. Boucher script edited
the programme and wrote a number of episodes including the
dramatic finale episode 'Blake'. Another British sci-fi
drama Star Cops was created by Chris Boucher, writing five
of the nice broadcast episodes. Other television programmes
Boucher worked on included Bergerac, The Bill, Shoestring 
and Juliet Bravo.

BlogtorWho extends our thoughts to Chris Boucher's family
and friends at this difficult time.

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On 11/12/2022 23:32, Your Name wrote:
>    Chris Boucher, Doctor Who writer, 1943-2022
>    -------------------------------------------
His work on DW and B7 was top-notch. I can't think of any nu-Who writers
or script editors of that calibre.
Shame some of the regulars in this group are more interested in arguing
amongst themselves, as usual.
Cheers,
--
Rob
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational
in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary
to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7

I really enjoyed Blake's 7, and of course his Doctor Who stories. I still have a couple of his novels with the Fourth Doctor and Leela in one of my boxes somewhere. I should go back and read them.

Was he the last of the surviving writers from the 1970's?

On 2022-12-21 07:08:02 +0000, tsbr...@gmail.com said:
> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 9:06:39 PM UTC-8, The Coca Cola Kid wrote:
>>
>> I really enjoyed Blake's 7, and of course his Doctor Who stories. I
>> still have a couple of his novels with the Fourth Doctor and Leela in
>> one of my boxes somewhere. I should go back and read them.
>
> I also enjoyed Blake's 7, until the series ended with everyone dead in
> a ship explosion!

There was no ship explosion. "Everyone" died in a shoot out

The Ending of Blake's 7
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFs-7uqpKQE>

.... although it is rumoured that Avon didn't die and for years the
actor Paul Darrow tried to revive the show based around his character.
There has also been a couple of attempts to reboot the show, which
thankfully got dropped.

"Your Name" wrote in message news:tnvps6$7va$1@gioia.aioe.org...

>There was no ship explosion. "Everyone" died in a shoot out
>
> The Ending of Blake's 7
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFs-7uqpKQE>
>
>... although it is rumoured that Avon didn't die and for years the actor
>Paul Darrow tried to revive the show based around his character. There has
>also been a couple of attempts to reboot the show, which thankfully got
>dropped.

Originally, there was supposed to be a fifth season. Whoever wanted to come
back for it would have survived the shootout.

The Doctor wrote on 22/12/22 2:17 am:
> In article <ce7efb8f-c714-4aab-a85f-0725057e8161n@googlegroups.com>,
> tsbr...@gmail.com <tsbrueni@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 9:06:39 PM UTC-8, The Coca Cola
>> Kid wrote:
>>> I really enjoyed Blake's 7, and of course his Doctor Who
>>> stories. I still have a couple of his novels with the Fourth
>>> Doctor and Leela in one of my boxes somewhere. I should go back
>>> and read them.
>>
>> I also enjoyed Blake's 7, until the series ended with everyone
>> dead in a ship explosion!
>>
> Wait! Which seasons did you watch?
>
UMMM! Well, as Tim typed that everyone had died, asswipe, I'm guessing
..... up until The Last Season!!
--
Daniel