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Brian Hayles


Born
in Portsmouth, The United Kingdom
March 07, 1931

Died
October 30, 1978

Genre
Science Fiction, Thriller


Brian Hayles (7 March 1931 - 30 October 1978) was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. His body of work as a writer for television and film, most notably for the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, lasted from 1963 to 1989.

Hayles wrote six stories for Doctor Who and is best known for his creation of the Celestial Toymaker in the 1966 story of the same name, the Ice Warriors, 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. His other stories were The Smugglers and The Seeds of Death.

In addition to script writing for the radio series The Archers, Hayles penned a novel based on the soap called Spring at Brookfield (Tandem, 1975) set i ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 1,470 ratings · 194 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors
Doctor Who and the Ice Warr...
3.64 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1976 — 21 editions
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Doctor Who and the Curse of...
3.62 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions
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Doctor Who: Lords of the Re...
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Doctor Who: The Queen of Ti...
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Doctor Who: The Dark Planet...
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Doctor Who: The Smugglers
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3.34 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions
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Moon Stallion
4.23 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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Doctor Who: The Monster of ...
3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Pe...
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Doctor Who: The Celestial T...
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