Born, 1 January 1935
Died, 30 March 2007

Dave Martin, born in Hansworth, Birmingham, had a long career in television writing along with his long term writing partner Bob Baker.

In the early sixties they wrote for the police drama Z Cars. In 1971 they were asked to write their first story for Doctor Who. The Claws of Axos was the first of eight stories over nine seasons credited to them.

But they are best known for a character was created in 1977 for the Tom Baker story The Invisible Enemy. K9 was originally intended for this story only, but the production team made a late decision to have him join The Doctor in the TARDIS where he stayed for the next four years.

K9 later returned in the 1981 story K9 and Company and made a memorable appearance in the 2006 story School Reunion.

Dave Martin was diagnosed with lung cancer early in 2007 and died on April 10th. He is survived by his wife and three children.