Dave Martin
- Publication: Classic Images
- Date: July 2007
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- Page: 50
- Language: English
DAVE MARTIN, 72 - March 30, 2007
British television writer Dave Martin, who was best known as the co-creator of Doctor Who's robotic canine companion K-9, died in England of lung cancer on March 30, 2007. Martin was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, on January 1, 1935. He worked as an advertising copywriter before teaming with Bob Baker to write for television in the 1970s. They scripted episodes of such series as 'Z Cars", "Public Eye", "Pretenders", "Arthur of the Britons", "Hunter's Walk", and "Sky". They wrote eight chapters of the popular British science fiction series "Doctor Who", including "The Invisible Enemy", which introduced K-9 in 1977. Martin also wrote such television productions as -Thick As Thieves" (1974). "Machinegunner" (1976), -King of the Castle" (1977). "Follow Me" (1977), "Murder at the Wedding" (1979), "Into the Labyrinth" (1982), and "Succubus" (1987). Martin later wrote several police thriller novels including "I'm Coming to Get You" (1996)" and "Arm and a Leg" (1999).
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