Anthony Read
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Anthony Read (born 21 April 1935) was script editor on the Doctor Who programme on the BBC during part of the tenure of Graham Williams as producer in 1978. He was instrumental in championing Douglas Adams as a Dr Who writer and eventual successor in the post of script-editor. He also wrote the story The Horns of Nimon as well as contributing to the script of The Invasion of Time, which he helped write when the original script fell through. Together with Don Houghton, he co-wrote the fifth Sapphire & Steel television story, known informally as Dr McDee Must Die. In 1979, he contributed the scripts for the episodes Powers of Darkness and Out of Body, Out of Mind to the paranormal thriller series The Omega Factor. In 1984 Read adapted the John Wyndham novel of Chocky for Children's ITV, the success of which led to two original sequels Chocky's Children and Chocky's Challenge. In an interview for the DVD release of Chocky, Read revealed that the Wyndham estate considered his adaptation of Chocky to be the best adaptation ever produced from Wyndham's novels.
