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Donald Tosh(1935-2019)

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Donald Tosh was born on 16 March 1935 in Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Sherlock Holmes (1964) and Mystery Hall (1967). He died on 3 December 2019.
BornMarch 16, 1935
DiedDecember 3, 2019(84)
BornMarch 16, 1935
DiedDecember 3, 2019(84)
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Known for

Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
Sherlock Holmes
7.5
TV Series
  • Writer
Mystery Hall
TV Series
  • Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1965–1966
  • Compact (1962)
    Compact
    6.8
    TV Series
    • story editor
    • 1964–1965

Writer

  • Marco Simioni and Paul Stenton in Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown (2019)
    Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown
    8.0
    TV Special
    • story editor
    • 2019
  • Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2009)
    Doctor Who: The Lost Stories
    6.7
    Podcast Series
    • Writer
    • 2012
  • Sherlock Holmes (1964)
    Sherlock Holmes
    7.5
    TV Series
    • dramatisation
    • 1968
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Mystery Hall
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1967
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • Writer
    • teleplay (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1965–1966

Script and Continuity Department

  • Ryan International (1970)
    Ryan International
    5.6
    TV Series
    • script editor
    • 1970
  • Sherlock Holmes (1964)
    Sherlock Holmes
    7.5
    TV Series
    • script editor
    • 1968
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • script editor
    • story editor
    • 1965–1966

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 16, 1935
    • Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • December 3, 2019
  • Other works
    Provided a commentary for the Doctor Who DVD "The Time Meddler".

Did you know

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    [on the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who (1963) featuring UNIT] I think that was sort of the beginning of the end, as they say. It suddenly had nowhere to go.

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