Robert Perry (born South Wales) is a television writer. He was script-editor on the
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, as well as writing for the television series
Family AffairsFamily Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on five. It was the second programme to air on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
and
Is Harry on the Boat?. He has also worked on
EmmerdaleEmmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a popular and critically acclaimed British soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972...
. He is also known for a writing partnership with
Mike TuckerMike Tucker is a special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department, and now works as a freelance Effects Supervisor. He is also the author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series Doctor Who...
on a variety of
spin-offsDoctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
relating to the television series
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
, specifically for the character of the
Seventh DoctorThe Seventh Doctor is a fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who...
.
Perry's first writing work was the short story
Question Mark Pyjamas in the second volume of the
Virgin DecalogThe Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who: they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories...
anthology series: this was the first story that Perry wrote with his long-term writing partner Mike Tucker.
Robert Perry (born South Wales) is a television writer. He was script-editor on the
BBCBBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.-History of BBC Television:...
soap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio. The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble,...
EastEndersEastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
, as well as writing for the television series
Family AffairsFamily Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on five. It was the second programme to air on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
and
Is Harry on the Boat?. He has also worked on
EmmerdaleEmmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a popular and critically acclaimed British soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972...
. He is also known for a writing partnership with
Mike TuckerMike Tucker is a special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department, and now works as a freelance Effects Supervisor. He is also the author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series Doctor Who...
on a variety of
spin-offsDoctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
relating to the television series
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
, specifically for the character of the
Seventh DoctorThe Seventh Doctor is a fictional character, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who...
.
Writing work
Perry's first writing work was the short story
Question Mark Pyjamas in the second volume of the
Virgin DecalogThe Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who: they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories...
anthology series: this was the first story that Perry wrote with his long-term writing partner Mike Tucker. This was followed by several stories for the
BBC Short TripsThe BBC Short Trips books were a series of short story anthologies published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who, following a pattern established by Virgin Publishing's Decalog collections. Three volumes were published between March 1998 and March 2000, before the BBC decided to...
anthology, again all co-written with Tucker.
In October 1997, the first book in Tucker and Perry's self-styled Season 27 run was publish as part of
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'
Past Doctor AdventuresThe Past Doctor Adventures were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the Eighth Doctor Adventures...
series. The book,
Illegal AlienIllegal Alien is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace, as well as the Cybermen....
, was rumoured to be based on a script which was in consideration for production had a twenty-seventh season of
Doctor Who gone ahead. Tucker and Perry continued to write their Season 27 stories, with the novels
MatrixMatrix is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It also includes appearances by the Wandering Jew and Jack the Ripper...
(1998),
Storm HarvestStorm Harvest is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace....
(1999), and
Loving the AlienLoving the Alien is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.- Trivia :...
(2003).
In 2003, Tucker and Perry also wrote the
novellaA novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. While there is disagreement as to what length defines a novella, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count...
Companion PieceCompanion Piece is an original novella written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Catherine. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a...
for
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's range of
Doctor Who novellasThe Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing Ltd...
, introducing a new companion, Catherine Broome.
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