Pip and Jane Baker
Pip and Jane Baker | |
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| Born | 30 December 1924 (Jane Baker) 3 January 1929 (Pip Baker) |
| Died | 29 August 2014 (aged 89) (Jane Baker) 14 April 2020 (aged 91) (Pip Baker) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Television writers and screenwriters |
| Years active | 1961[1]–2000 |
| Known for | Doctor Who and Watt on Earth |
Ernest Albert "Pip" Baker (3 January 1929 – 14 April 2020) and Iris E. E. "Jane" Baker (30 December 1924 – 29 August 2014), professionally known as Pip and Jane Baker, were an English husband-and-wife team of television writers known mainly for their contributions to the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.
The Bakers scripted or contributed to
Other work
Their play A Moment of Blindness was adapted into the film The Third Alibi (1961).[5] They worked on several other films in the 1960s including Night of the Big Heat (1967)[6] and Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969). They also wrote four episodes of the TV series The Pursuers starring Louis Hayward.
From the mid-1970s, they worked more in television, including the six-part children's thriller Circus. They scripted the episode "
In the 1990s, they created and wrote the
Deaths
Jane Baker died on 29 August 2014, at the age of 89.[8][9] Pip Baker died on 14 April 2020, at the age of 91.[10]
References
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Third Alibi, The (1961)". screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Mark of the Rani – Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ IMDb
- ^ IMDb
- ^ "The Third Alibi". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Island of the Burning Damned (1967) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "A Matter of Balance" – via www.imdb.com.
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- ^ Death of Jane Baker, contactmusic.com; accessed 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Pip Baker 1928–2020". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
External links
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