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Peter J. Hammond (born c. 1930s; sometimes credited as P. J. Hammond) is a British television writer and novelist.

Career

Hammond's television career began in the 1960s, when he began by working on

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police dramas such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', on the latter of which he served as script editor for a year from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he also wrote for the fantasy series '' Ace of Wands'', and later in the decade contributed to the soap opera ''

Emmerdale Farm ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

''. He also continued to write for crime and police dramas, penning episodes of '' The Sweeney''. He also created the offbeat 1984 sitcom '' Lame Ducks''. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hammond wrote for popular ITV police/detective shows ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Wycliffe'', as well as for ''

Doctor Finlay ''Doctor Finlay'' is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay. It was first broadcast on 5 March 1993 on ITV. It is a follow-up to ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', the successful BBC ...

'', the new production of the 1960s

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series ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook''. He returned to the science fiction genre by writing an episode of the 1998 Sky One series ''

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'', although his episode was ultimately one of those that went untransmitted until 2002. Work in the 2000s included many episodes of the popular murder mystery series '' Midsomer Murders''.

''Sapphire & Steel''

P.J. Hammond is best known for the creation of the

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series ''

Sapphire & Steel ''Sapphire & Steel'' is a British television supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. ...

'', produced by ATV and screened on the ITV network in the UK from 1979 to 1982. Hammond, who had conceived the series after spending an evening in a supposedly haunted house, wrote five of the six serials that made up the programme, as well as a

novelisation A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent ...

of the first serial.

Doctor Who and spin-offs

In 1986, Hammond was approached to write for ''Doctor Who'', during the troubled production of Season 23's ''

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''. His story, titled '' Paradise Five'', was liked by then-script editor

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, but rejected by producer

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while the script was still being worked on. The script was later revived in 2009–2010 by Big Finish Productions for a full cast audio drama, Paradise 5, with the final script written by both Hammond and new material by

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, starring the

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(

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) and his companion

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(

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).Galifrey One – Big Finish Announces Details of Lost Season
/ref> ''Paradise 5'' was one of eight stories made as part of the first "

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" season featuring several commissioned, but never filmed, scripts.Big Finish – Lost Stories Titles Almost Announced
/ref> In October 2005, it was announced by the BBC Press Office that Hammond would be one of the writers of the new science fiction crime series ''

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growin ...

'', a spin-off from the popular

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show '' Doctor Who''. His episode, " Small Worlds", was shown on 12 November 2006, directly opposite one of his ''Midsomer Murders'' scripts, "Dance with the Dead", on

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. He also wrote the episode "

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" for the second series of ''Torchwood'', shown on BBC Three on 12 March 2008.

Novel

In 2018 Hammond released his first novel, Downtimers. PJ Hammond - Downtimers
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Writing credits

References

External links

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''Sapphire & Steel''-based interview at Anorakzone.com fansite

''Torchwood'' press release at bbc.co.uk, with Hammond announced as a writer on the series
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