article_title name birth_date occupation
david fisher -lrb- writer -rrb-
 david fisher 13 april 1929 writer
david fisher -lrb- writer -rrb-

david fisher is a british professional writer for television .
he was born in 1929 .
he wrote the scripts for four serials of `` doctor who '' .
he first contributed `` the stones of blood '' and `` the androids of tara '' during that show 's sixteenth season , and `` the creature from the pit '' for the seventeenth season .
he was also working on a story called `` a gamble with time , '' also for the seventeenth season , but was unable to finish the scripts due to his divorce proceedings from his first wife .
that story was reworked and completed by then script editor douglas adams and then producer graham williams , and was recorded and broadcast as `` city of death '' under the pseudonym of david agnew .
his final `` doctor who '' story was season eighteen 's `` the leisure hive '' .
he novelised both `` the leisure hive '' and `` creature from the pit '' for the target book range of `` doctor who '' novelisations , and appeared extensively on the interview features accompanying the dvd release of the former story .
he was also interviewed for a documentary accompanying the dvd release of `` city of death . ''
fisher 's other work for television has included writing for the television series `` dixon of dock green '' , `` crown court '' , `` hammer house of horror '' and `` hammer house of mystery and suspense '' .
he has often collaborated with `` who '' script editor anthony read , latterly through the 1980s and 1990s on non-fiction history largely related to world war ii .
