Brian Leonard Hayles (7 March 1931 – 30 October 1978) was an English television and film writer, most notably for the BBC science fiction series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the ...

''.

Doctor Who

Hayles wrote six stories for ''

'' and is best known for his creation of the

Celestial Toymaker The Celestial Toymaker is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. He was played by Michael Gough, and featured in the 1966 story '' The Celestial Toymaker'' by Brian Hayles. Characte ...

in the 1966 story of the same name, the

Ice Warrior The Ice Warriors are a fictional extraterrestrial race of reptilian humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They were originally created by Brian Hayles, first appearing in the 1967 serial ''The ...

s, introduced in the 1967 story of the same name, and the feudal planet Peladon, the setting for '' The Curse of Peladon'' and its sequel ''

The Monster of Peladon ''The Monster of Peladon'' is the fourth serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 March to 27 April 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's pen ...

''. His other stories were '' The Smugglers'' and ''

The Seeds of Death ''The Seeds of Death'' is the fifth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Brian Hayles and an uncredited Terrance Dicks and directed by Michael Ferguson, it originally aired in ...

''.

Novels

In addition to script writing for the radio series ''

The Archers ''The Archers'' is a BBC radio drama on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural set ...

'', Hayles penned a novel based on the soap called ''Spring at Brookfield'' (Tandem, 1975) set in the period between the two

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s. His other books included novelisations of his ''

'' serials '' The Curse of Peladon'' (Target, 1974) and ''

The Ice Warriors ''The Ice Warriors'' is the partly missing third serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 11 November to 16 December 1967. In this serial, the ...

'' (Target, 1976), an adaptation of his scripts for the BBC drama ''

The Moon Stallion ''The Moon Stallion'' is a British children's television serial made by the BBC in 1978 and written by Brian Hayles, who also authored its novelization. The series stars Sarah Sutton as Diana Purwell, a young blind girl who becomes embroiled in ...

'' (Mirror Books, 1978), and two horror plays for children, ''The Curse of the Labyrinth'' (Dobson, 1976) and ''Hour of the Werewolf'' (Dobson, 1976). In 1979, NEL published, posthumously, his original novel ''Goldhawk'', a heist-thriller set around

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Writing

Apart from ''Doctor Who'', Hayles wrote for such television series as ''The Regiment'', ''Barlow at Large'', '' Doomwatch'', ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science fi ...

'', ''

United! ''United!'' is a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series followed the fortunes of a fictional second division football team, Brentwich United. The footbal ...

'', ''Legend of Death'', '' Public Eye'', ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it deb ...

'', ''BBC Playhouse'', ''The Wednesday Thriller'' and ''Suspense''. He also wrote the screenplays for the feature films '' Nothing But the Night'' (1972) and ''

Warlords of Atlantis ''Warlords of Atlantis'' (aka ''Warlords of the Deep'', though see below for further variant titles) is a 1978 British adventure science fiction film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, and Lea Brodie ...

'' (1978). The novelisation of the latter by Paul Victor (Futura, 1978) included a preface by Hayles entitled 'The Thinking Behind Atlantis' in which he explained the origins of the film's central concepts. Hayles contributed to a BBC series called Slim John which was an English Language course taught via the medium of science fiction scenarios. Hayles's final screenplay was for '' Arabian Adventure'' (1979), which he completed shortly before his death on 30 October 1978. The novelisation of the film by

Keith Miles Keith Miles (born 1940) is a Welsh writer of historical fiction and mystery novels. He has also written children's books, radio and television dramas and stage plays. He is best known under the pseudonym Edward Marston, and has also written as M ...

(Mirror Books, 1979) was dedicated to his memory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayles, Brian 1931 births 1978 deaths Writers from Portsmouth The Archers English television writers English male screenwriters British television writers British science fiction writers British male television writers 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers

Doctor Who

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