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Ian Stuart Black


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
March 21, 1915

Died
October 13, 1987

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy


Ian Stuart Black was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Both his 1959 novel In the Wake of a Stranger and his 1962 novel about the Cyprus emergency The High Bright Sun were made into films, Black writing the screenplays in each case.

He also wrote scripts for several British television programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s, including The Invisible Man and Sir Francis Drake (for which he was also story editor), as well as Danger Man (on which he served as associate producer) and Star Maidens.

In addition, he wrote three stories for Doctor Who in 1965 and 1966. These stories were The Savages and The War Machines (with Kit Pedler and Pat Dunlop) for William Hartnell's Doctor; and The Macra Terror for Patrick Troughton. He novelised all th ...more

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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
3.41 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions
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Doctor Who: The Savages
3.34 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions
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Doctor Who: The War Machines
3.54 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
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Doctor Who: The Savages
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Doctor Who: Macra Terror
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Dr Who: The War Machines (2CD)
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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The High Bright Sun
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1963 — 4 editions
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The Man on the Bridge
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions
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Cry Wolf
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We Must Kill Toni: Play
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