When I started working for Doctor Who Magazine, which is more years ago than I care to remember, I carved out something of a niche for myself by interviewing the series’ writers. I felt that some of them hadn’t received the attention they deserved, so I travelled all over the country to spend time with Ian Stuart Black (whose stories include The War Machines), William Emms (Galaxy 4), Peter Ling (The Mind Robber) and many others. Their memories offered a fascinating insight into an era of television production that was fast disappearing. And the scripts that many of them showed me seemed like magical relics from that golden age. I could feel the history between my fingertips as I turned their fragile, yellowing pages.