• Interviewee

  Peter Grimwade

• Portrayed

  Director, Writer in Doctor Who, 1970-1984

Peter Grimwade started his career at the BBC as a production assistant during the early 1970s and worked on three of Jon Pertwee’s Doctor Who stories. He went on to direct Doctor Who in the early 1980’s with Logopolis and Earthshock winning major fan awards.

He then moved on successfully to script-writing with Mawdryn Undead and Planet of Fire which he successfully turned into novels for Virgin Publishing.

Peter died in 1990, cutting short his life and a promising career. This Myth Makers release is dedicated to him.