Derrick Sherwin, former Doctor Who producer, story editor and writer, passed away on 17 October following a long illness. He was 82.
In 1968, Derrick worked as story editor on Doctor Who from The Web of Fear to The Mind Robber.
As a writer, he scripted Episode 1 of The Mind Robber and all eight episodes of the Cybermen adventure The Invasion (1968) – the story that introduced UNIT. As producer of Patrick Troughton’s final story as the Doctor, The War Games (1969), and Jon Pertwee’s debut story, Spearhead from Space (1970), Sherwin oversaw the transition of the series from black and white to colour.
Doctor Who Magazine will run a full tribute to Derrick next issue.