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Victor Francis Pemberton (10 October 1931 – 13 August 2017) was a British writer and television producer. His scriptwriting work included
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radio plays, and television scripts for the BBC and
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''. His television production work included the British version of ''
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'' (second series onwards), and several independent documentaries including the 1989 International
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-winning ''Gwen: A Juliet Remembered'', about stage actress
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Early life

Pemberton grew up in
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, London, and lived for many years in
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. In his earlier years, Pemberton had several small screen acting roles. In addition to novelisations, he wrote many nostalgic novels set in London, prompted by the success of his autobiographical radio drama series ''Our Family''.


''Doctor Who''

Pemberton first worked on the programme in 1967 as assistant script editor and was promoted to the role of script editor during the production of the story ''
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''. Pemberton wrote the 1968 Patrick Troughton story ''
Fury from the Deep ''Fury from the Deep'' is the completely missing sixth serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 16 March to 20 April 1968. In this serial, the D ...
'' (which he subsequently novelised for
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). The story, now missing from the BBC archives, was based on an earlier stand-alone
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he had written called ''The Slide'', starring future Master actor
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. It introduced the Doctor's trademark
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. In 1976, Pemberton wrote the audio drama ''
Doctor Who and the Pescatons ''Doctor Who and the Pescatons'' (commonly shortened to ''The Pescatons'') is an audio play in two episodes based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is written by Victor Pemberton, and stars Tom Bak ...
'' for an experiment in ''Doctor Who'' on vinyl record and an early spin-off from the programme. The production was aimed at children and is heavily based on ideas Pemberton had used for ''Fury from the Deep''. He later novelised ''The Pescatons'', which was the final ''Doctor Who'' book published with the Target logo on the spine. He had previously appeared as an actor in the series, in a non-speaking role as a scientist in the 1967 story ''
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''.


Personal life

In later life he lived in Spain, where he continued to write novels. Pemberton was the life partner of the British actor, producer and writer
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.


Death

Pemberton's death was announced on 13 August 2017. He was 85.


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