Ian Stuart Black
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| Born | 21 March 1915 London, England |
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| Died | October 13, 1997 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Ian Stuart Black (21 March 1915, London-13 October 1997) was a novelist, playwright, motion picture and television screenwriter who wrote three stories for Doctor Who in 1965 and 1966. These stories were The Savages and The War Machines (with Kit Pedler and Pat Dunlop) for William Hartnell's Doctor; and The Macra Terror for Patrick Troughton. He novelised all three stories for Target Books.
Black also wrote screenplays for his 1959 novel In the Wake of a Stranger and his 1962 novel of the Cyprus emergency The High Bright Sun.
He wrote for many other British television programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s, including The Invisible Man and Sir Francis Drake that he was the story editor for as well as Danger Man and Star Maidens
He was the father of actress Isobel Black.
He died on 13 October 1997.
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