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Robert Holmes (II) (1928–1986)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Actor

Robert Colin Holmes was the youngest ever commissioned officer in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, serving in Burma. After demob he joined the police and passed out top of his year at Hendon Police College. He eventually moved to court work, and left the force to become a court reporter and journalist... See full bio »

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Robert Colin Holmes
in Hertfordshire, England, UK

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(age 57)
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2005-2013 Doctor Who (TV series)
– The Name of the Doctor (2013) (character "Sontarans")
– A Good Man Goes to War (2011) (characters: "Sontarans")
– The Pandorica Opens (2010) (characters: "Sontarans" and "Autons" - uncredited)
– The End of Time: Part Two (2010) (characters: The Sontarans - uncredited)
– The Poison Sky (2008) (character: "The Sontarans")
See all 7 episodes »
 
2008 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV series)
– Enemy of the Bane: Part 2 (2008) (character: "The Sontarans")
– Enemy of the Bane: Part 1 (2008) (character: "The Sontarans" - uncredited)
– The Last Sontaran: Part 1 (2008) (character: "The Sontarans")
– The Last Sontaran: Part 2 (2008) (character: "The Sontarans")
 
2004 Doctor Who: Beneath the Sun (video documentary short)
 
1999 Auton 3 (video) (character: "The Autons")
 
1998 Auton 2: Sentinel (video) (character: "The Autons")
 
1997 Auton (video) (character: "The Autons")
 
1983-1987 Bergerac (TV series)
– Winner Takes All (1987) (by)
– A Cry in the Night (1984) (by)
– Prime Target (1983) (by)
 
1968-1986 Doctor Who (TV series)
– The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 13 (1986) (writer)
– The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 4 (1986) (written by)
– The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 3 (1986) (written by)
– The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 2 (1986) (written by)
– The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 1 (1986) (writer)
See all 73 episodes »
 
1985 Timeslip (TV series)
 
1982 Juliet Bravo (TV series)
– A Breach of the Peace (1982) (written by)
 
1981-1982 Into the Labyrinth (TV series)
– Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde (1982) (writer)
– Shadrach (1981) (writer)
 
1979-1981 Blakes 7 (TV series)
– Orbit (1981) (writer)
– Traitor (1981) (writer)
– Gambit (1979) (writer)
– Killer (1979) (written by)
 
1981 The Nightmare Man (TV movie)
 
1980 Jukes of Piccadilly (TV series)
– Dulverton Green: Part 2 (1980) (writer)
– Dulverton Green: Part 1 (1980) (writer)
– The Case of the Arabian Kidnap: Part 2 (1980) (writer)
– The Case of the Arabian Kidnap: Part 1 (1980) (writer)
 
1974 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
– The Unwanted (1974) (writer)
 
1973 Spy Trap (TV series)
– A Perfect Victim (1973) (writer)
 
1973 Warship (TV series)
– The Drop (1973) (writer)
 
1973 The Regiment (TV series)
– North West Frontier (1973) (writer)
– Depot (1973) (writer)
 
1972 Dead of Night (TV series)
– Return Flight (1972) (writer)
 
1972 Spyder's Web (TV series)
– Nobody's Strawberry Fool (1972) (writer)
 
1971 Trial (TV series)
 
1971 Doomwatch (TV series)
– The Inquest (1971) (writer)
 
1969-1970 Fraud Squad (TV series)
– The Price of a Copper (1970) (writer)
– Last Exit to Leichstenstein (1969)
– Turbot on Ice (1969) (writer)
 
1969 The Inside Man (TV series)
 
1968 The Saint (TV series)
– The Scales of Justice (1968) (screenplay)
 
1968 Frontier (TV series)
– Mutiny (1968)
 
1967-1968 Mr. Rose (TV series)
– The Frozen Swede (1968) (writer)
– The Unquiet Ghost (1967) (writer)
– The Jolly Swagman (1967) (writer)
 
1965-1968 Public Eye (TV series)
– It's Learning About the Lies That Hurts (1968) (writer)
– It Must Be the Architecture - Can't Be the Climate (1968) (writer)
– Twenty Pounds of Heart and Muscle (1966) (writer)
– It Had to Be a Mouse (1966) (writer)
– You Think It'll Be Marvellous - But It's Always a Rabbit (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1968 Market in Honey Lane (TV series)
– The Matchmakers (1968) (based on an idea by)
 
1965-1967 No Hiding Place (TV series)
– Who Is This Mortimer? (1967) (writer)
– Golden Boy (1966) (writer)
– The Night Walker (1966) (writer)
– Run, Johnny, Run (1965) (writer)
– A Cry for Help (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1966 Intrigue (TV series)
 
1966 Invasion (story)
 
1965 Undermind (TV series)
– End Signal (1965) (writer)
– Waves of Sound (1965) (writer)
 
1964-1965 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
– Charity, Dr. Finlay (1965) (writer)
– The Doctor Cried (1964) (writer)
– The Old Indomitable (1964) (writer)
– The Hallelujah Stakes (1964) (writer)
 
1964 Redcap (TV series)
 
1962-1963 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
– Episode #1.664 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.663 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.652 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.651 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.646 (1963) (writer)
See all 33 episodes »
 
1962 Ghost Squad (TV series)
– The Green Shoes (1962) (writer)
 
1962 Harpers West One (TV series)
– Episode #2.14 (1962) (writer)
 
1961 Deadline Midnight (TV series)
– Man in a Frame (1961) (writer)
 
1960 Knight Errant Limited (TV series)
– The King of Kandoga (1960) (writer)
 
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2001 Do You Have a License to Save This Planet (video short) (creator: Auton/Sontaran)
 
1980 Shoestring (TV series) (script editor - 6 episodes)
– Utmost Good Faith (1980) (script editor)
– The Farmer Had a Wife (1980) (script editor)
– The Mayfly Dance (1980) (script editor)
– Mocking Bird (1980) (script editor)
– The Teddy Bears' Nightmare (1980) (script editor)
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1980 Armchair Thriller (TV series) (story editor - 8 episodes, 1980) (script editor - 1 episode, 1980)
– Fear of God: Part 4: Bang! (1980) (story editor)
– Fear of God: Part 3: The Music Room (1980) (story editor)
– Fear of God: Part 2: The Noise (1980) (story editor)
– Fear of God: Part 1: A Question of Gravity (1980) (story editor)
– Dying Day: Part 4: Mr. Skiplng's Day of Reckoning (1980) (story editor)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1974-1977 Doctor Who (TV series) (script editor - 89 episodes)
– The Sun Makers: Part Four (1977) (script editor - uncredited)
– The Sun Makers: Part Three (1977) (script editor - uncredited)
– The Sun Makers: Part Two (1977) (script editor - uncredited)
– The Sun Makers: Part One (1977) (script editor - uncredited)
– Image of the Fendahl: Part Four (1977) (script editor)
See all 89 episodes »
 
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1976 Doctor Who (TV series)
Mind Battle Face
– The Brain of Morbius: Part Four (1976) … Mind Battle Face (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1982 The Boys in Blue (thanks)
 
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1977 The Lively Arts (TV series)
Himself
– Whose Dr. Who (1977) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 Getting a Head (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Out of Time (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Are Friends Electric (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Built for War (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who (video)
Himself
 
2005 Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (video short)
Himself
 
2003 Behind the Sofa (video documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Wrote a novel based upon the "Doctor Who" episode The Two Doctors.

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Alternate Names:

Robin Bland | Stephen Harris
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Personal Quote:

Of course it's no longer a children's programme. Parents would be terribly irresponsible to leave a six-year-old to watch it alone. It's geared to the intelligent fourteen-year-old, and I wouldn't let any child under ten see it. If a little one really enjoys peeping at it from behind the sofa, until Dad says "It's all right now - it's all over," that's fine... See more »

Trivia:

Often referred to as one of the best, if not the best, writers on Doctor Who, his period as script editor on the series, with Philip Hinchcliffe as producer, is also considered by many to be the high point of the entire series. In a poll for Doctor Who Magazine in 1998, three of the stories voted into the top five were written by Holmes... See more »

Nickname:

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