caption death_date death_place birth_place notableworks name birth_date spouse genre image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
nation with a dalek -lrb- left -rrb- 9 march 1997 los angeles , california , u.s. cardiff , wales , uk creating as well as the tv series '' survivors '' and the '' blake 's 7 '' daleks for '' doctor who '' , terry nation 8 august 1930 kate nation science fiction , comedy , horror terrynation.jpg terry nation
 terence joseph nation television writer emphysema
terry nation

terence joseph `` terry '' nation -lrb- 8 august 19309 march 1997 -rrb- was a welsh television writer and novelist .
nation first made his name as a comedy writer before becoming a prolific writer for drama , working on many of the most popular british series of the 1960s and 1970s .
he made a significant contribution to the long-running bbc science-fiction series `` doctor who '' from its outset , creating the villainous daleks which established its early popularity and later devising the recurring character of davros .
nation was also the creator of two series for the bbc , `` survivors '' and `` blake 's 7 '' , which became much-loved cult television classics .
