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Marc Platt (born 1953) is a British novelist and playwright. He is best known for his work with the

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Career

After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for

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. After multiple attempts to work on the series, he wrote the 1989 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Ghost Light'' based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel ''

Lungbarrow ''Lungbarrow'' is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Published in Virgin Books' ''New Adventures'' range, it was the last of that range to feature the ...

''. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called "

Cartmel Masterplan The Cartmel Masterplan is a fan name for the planned ''Doctor Who'' backstory developed primarily by script editor Andrew Cartmel and writers Ben Aaronovitch and Marc Platt, by which they intended to restore some of the mystery of the Doctor's b ...

", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family. After the original series' cancellation, Platt wrote multiple tie-in novels for Virgin Publishing, and later would become a regular writer for

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...

. Among his most famous productions was the audio ''Doctor Who'' drama '' Spare Parts'', which told the origin of the Cybermen. The story was later the inspiration for the 2006 ''Doctor Who'' television story "

Rise of the Cybermen "Rise of the Cybermen" is the fifth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 May 2006. The episode introduces a terrestrial reinvention of the Cyb ...

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The Age of Steel "The Age of Steel" is the sixth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 20 May 2006 and is the second part of a two-part story. The first part, " Ris ...

", written by Tom MacRae, for which Platt received a thanks in the end credits and a fee.

Credits

Television

*'' Ghost Light''

Big Finish

Doctor Who

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'' *'' Spare Parts'' *''

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'' *'' The Skull of Sobek'' *'' Time Reef'' *'' Paper Cuts'' *''

An Earthly Child ''An Earthly Child'' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish, audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It is free to those whose subscription includes ''Pla ...

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The Cradle of the Snake ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish ...

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Relative Dimensions ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 te ...

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The Silver Turk ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finis ...

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The Butcher of Brisbane ''The Butcher of Brisbane'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It's the second sequel to the 1977 story '' The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' following after '' The ...

'' *'' Night of the Stormcrow'' *'' Eldrad Must Die!'' *'' The Doctor's Tale'' *'' Planet of the Rani'' *''Doctor Who: Doom Coalition'': '' The Galileo Trap'' *''Doctor Who: Doom Coalition'': '' The Gift'' *''The Behemoth''

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures

*'' The Skin of the Sleek'' *'' The Thief Who Stole Time''

Philip Hinchcliffe Presents

*'' The Ghosts of Gralstead'' (with

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) *'' The Devil's Armada'' (with Philip Hinchcliffe) *'' The Genesis Chamber'' (with Philip Hinchcliffe)

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories

*''Doctor Who'': The Lost Stories ''Point of Entry'' (with

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) *''Doctor Who: The Lost Stories'': '' Thin Ice'' *''Doctor Who: The Lost Stories'': '' The Children of Seth'' (with Christopher Bailey)

Companion Chronicles

*''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': '' Frostfire'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': ''

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'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': ''The Doll of Death'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': ''

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'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': ''

Quinnis ''The Companion Chronicles'' is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish, detailing adventures usually featuring the Doctor, as told by various former companions of his, with only one further voice actor taking part in the narration. It b ...

'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': '' The Flames of Cadiz'' *''Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles'': '' The Beginning''

''Doctor Who Unbound''

*'' Auld Mortality'' *'' A Storm of Angels''

Jago & Litefoot

*''Jago and Litefoot'': '' The Case of the Gluttonous Guru''

Blake's 7

*''Blake's 7'': Traitor *''Blake's 7: The Early Years'': Flag & Flame *''Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles'': The Sea of Iron *''Blake's 7: The Classic Audio Adventures'': Drones

Dan Dare

*''Dan Dare'': '' Marooned on Mercury''

Timeslip

*''The War That Never Was''

Big Finish Classics

*''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' *''The Time Machine''

Noise Monster audio play

*''Space 1889'': '' The Siege of Alclyon''

Novels

*''Doctor Who'': ''Ghost Light'' novelisation *''Doctor Who'': ''

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'' novelisation *''Doctor Who'': '' Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible'' *''Doctor Who'': ''

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'' novelisation *''Doctor Who'': ''

Comics

*''Doctor Who'' (in ''

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'' No. 192, 1992)

References

External links

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''Lungbarrow'' E-book on the BBC website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, Marc 1953 births British science fiction writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Writers of Doctor Who novels 20th-century British novelists