Philip Martin

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Philip Martin

Born July 3, 1938 · Liverpool, England

Died December 13, 2020 · aged 82

Philip Martin (3 July 1938 – 13 December 2020) was an English television screenwriter. He created the BBC television drama series Gangsters in the 1970s and later wrote two television serials for Doctor Who during Colin Baker's tenure as the Sixth Doctor in the 1980s. His early work included regular series such as Z-Cars in the late 1960s/early 1970s, but his most famous work is the postmodern te…

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner · 1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
7.21962
MovieDrama
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
Doctor Who: MindwarpDoctor Who: Mindwarp · 1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
7.71986
MovieScience FictionDrama
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him.
GangstersGangsters · 1975
Gangsters
9.01975
MovieCrimeDrama
Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war. Movie screened as part of Play of Today.
The Remainder ManThe Remainder Man · 1982
The Remainder Man
1982
MovieDramaTV Movie
Jack is obsessed with nuclear armageddon and takes his wife, Ellen, and their children into a fallout shelter in their garden to wait out the atomic bomb.
The Cult of Star CopsThe Cult of Star Cops · 2006
The Cult of Star Cops
9.02006
MovieDocumentary
A look at the late-80s BBC series Star Cops, which followed the adventures of the International Space Police Force in the year 2027.
Doctor Who: Vengeance on VarosDoctor Who: Vengeance on Varos · 1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
7.41985
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV.
The UnbornThe Unborn · 1980
The Unborn
8.01980
Movie
A physicist has apocalyptic visions of his unborn baby.
Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor · 2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
5.52019
MovieScience Fiction
An original drama from the world of BBCtv's Doctor Who, featuring Sil, the ruthless alien entrepreneur from planet Thoros Beta, played by Nabil Shaban. Sil is worried, very worried, which doesn't keep his reptilian skin in the best condition! Confined in a cold detention cell on the moon, awaiting a deportation hearing for trial on drugs offences on Earth, he faces a death sentence if the application is successful and he is found guilty. And his employers at the Universal Monetary Fund aren t pleased either. Not at all. As time runs out and friends desert him, Sil must use all of his devious, vile, underhanded, ruthless, and amoral business acumen to survive. Can he possibly slime his way out of this one?

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Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor · 2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
5.52019
MovieScience Fiction
An original drama from the world of BBCtv's Doctor Who, featuring Sil, the ruthless alien entrepreneur from planet Thoros Beta, played by Nabil Shaban. Sil is worried, very worried, which doesn't keep his reptilian skin in the best condition! Confined in a cold detention cell on the moon, awaiting a deportation hearing for trial on drugs offences on Earth, he faces a death sentence if the application is successful and he is found guilty. And his employers at the Universal Monetary Fund aren t pleased either. Not at all. As time runs out and friends desert him, Sil must use all of his devious, vile, underhanded, ruthless, and amoral business acumen to survive. Can he possibly slime his way out of this one?

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