Derrick Sherwin

Writing

Derrick Sherwin

Born April 16, 1936 · High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Died October 29, 2018 · aged 82

Derrick George Sherwin (16 April 1936 – 17 October 2018) was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor. After beginning his career in the theatre, Sherwin became an actor in television before moving into writing. He became the story editor on Doctor Who and, as the producer of the series in 1969, he oversaw the transition from black-and-white to colour by producing Patrick Tro…

Known For

Doctor Who: The Space PiratesDoctor Who: The Space Pirates · 1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
★ 5.21969
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the Interstella Space Corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of Space Corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta — and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?
The Vengeance of SheThe Vengeance of She · 1968
The Vengeance of She
★ 5.31968
MovieAdventureFantasy
Beautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She Who Must be Obeyed” – and led to the lost city of Kuma, where she is destined to become queen.
Doctor Who: The War Games in ColourDoctor Who: The War Games in Colour · 2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
★ 6.12024
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...
Doctor Who: Spearhead from SpaceDoctor Who: Spearhead from Space · 1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
★ 8.71970
MovieScience FictionDrama
The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop window dummies are coming to life and killing anything that comes into their path while Facsimiles are replacing top Military, Political and Civil leaders. The Nestene has come to invade the Earth. The convalescent Doctor teams up with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Dr. Elizabeth Shaw of UNIT to thwart the Nestine's plans even as the invasion begins.
Doctor Who: The War GamesDoctor Who: The War Games · 1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
★ 9.71969
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...
Doctor Who: The Mind RobberDoctor Who: The Mind Robber · 1968
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
★ 8.01968
MovieScience FictionDrama
To escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis, the Second Doctor uses an emergency unit. It moves the TARDIS out of normal time and space. The travellers find themselves in an endless void where they are menaced by white robots. Having regained the safety of the TARDIS, they believe they have escaped — until the ship explodes. They find themselves in a land of fiction, where they are hunted by life-size clockwork soldiers and encounter characters like Rapunzel, the Karkus, and Swift's Lemuel Gulliver.
Doctor Who: Fury from the DeepDoctor Who: Fury from the Deep · 1968
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
★ 8.71968
MovieAdventureDrama
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria to the present-day North Sea coast. Something nasty is lurking in the gas pipelines of the North Sea, and before long the nearby refinery is under attack. The Doctor discovers that a form of living seaweed is at work, and that a number of the base personnel have been possessed. Can he and his friends work in time to prevent an entire take-over of Earth?
Doctor Who: The Web of FearDoctor Who: The Web of Fear · 1968
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
★ 7.91968
MovieDramaAction
The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space. It arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web and by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti. The time travellers learn this crisis was precipitated when Professor Travers, whom they first met in the Himalayas some thirty years earlier, accidentally caused one of the Yeti to be reactivated, opening the way for the Intelligence to invade again.

Filmography

Sort
Doctor Who: The Space PiratesDoctor Who: The Space Pirates · 1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
★ 5.21969
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the Interstella Space Corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of Space Corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta — and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?

Script Editor