Davis, Gerry
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1930-1991) UK author, primarily for television, who collaborated with Kit Pedler in the creation of the menacing Cybermen for the Doctor Who storyline The Tenth Planet; these inimical Cyborgs became one of the series' most popular recurring foes. Davis was involved with fifteen Doctor Who episodes between 1966 and 1975, all of them concerning the Cybermen. Though his five Doctor Who Ties (the last in collaboration with Alison Bingeman) were not written with Pedler, the two did collaborate on two sf tales derived from the Doomwatch television series about imminent Ecological risks to humanity, which Davis had originated and both collaborated on: Mutant 59: The Plastic-Eater (1971) and Doomwatch: The World in Danger (fixup 1975 chap). They also wrote together two singleton sf novels, Brainrack (1974) and The Dynostar Menace (1975), both of which share with their famous series a sense that the Near Future will be a time of Disaster. [JC]
see also: Genetic Engineering; Pollution.
Gerry Davis
born London: 23 February 1930
died Venice, California: 31 August 1991
works
series
Doomwatch
- Mutant 59: The Plastic-Eater (London: Souvenir Press, 1971) with Kit Pedler [tie to Doomwatch: Doomwatch: hb/]
- Doomwatch: The World in Danger (London: Longmans, 1975) with Kit Pedler [fixup from televised episodes: chap: tie to Doomwatch: Doomwatch: pb/]
Doctor Who
- Doctor Who and the Cybermen (London: Target, 1974) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Chris Achilleos]
- Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (London: W H Allen, 1976) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: hb/Chris Achilleos]
- Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (London: Target, 1978) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: hb/Jeff Cummins]
- Doctor Who – The Highlanders (London: W H Allen, 1984) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: hb/Nick Spender]
- Doctor Who – The Celestial Toymaker (London: W H Allen, 1986) with Alison Bingeman [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: hb/Graeme Potts]
- Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Tomb of the Cybermen (London: Titan Books, 1989) with Kit Pedler [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Tony Clark]
individual titles
- Brainrack (London: Souvenir Press, 1974) with Kit Pedler [hb/S R Boldero]
- The Dynostar Menace (London: Souvenir Press, 1975) with Kit Pedler [hb/Mike Codd]
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