Donald Cotton

Donald Henry CottonTCH 6 (26 April 1928DWM 291-28 December 1999Deceased Estates Notice) wrote the Doctor Who television stories The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters. He later novelised these two stories for Target Books, as well as Dennis Spooner's The Romans.
He worked on a third Doctor Who storyline in 1966, titled The Herdsmen of Venus. This was rejected by producer Innes Lloyd and script editor Gerry Davis as it did not fit with their vision for the show.A Brief History of Time (Travel)
He has been noted for the comedic bent of his work and the near-unique first person and epistolary styles he adopted for his Target efforts.NZDWFC
== Career ==
Much of Cotton's work outside of Doctor Who was for BBC radio, and by several accounts it was his prestige that attracted big-name Shakespearean actors such as Max Adrian and Barrie Ingham to The Myth Makers.Magic Bullet Many of his radio plays concerned Greek mythology.
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* The Myth Makers
* The Gunfighters
=== Novels ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* The Myth Makers
* The Gunfighters
* The Romans
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:Doctor Who television writers
Category:Doctor Who novelisation writers