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* CanonImmigrant: Whitaker wrote much of the early Dalek material, including the novelizations, the comics and the "Dalek Book" annuals. The first "proper" Canon Immigrant in Doctor Who is the Dalek Emperor, who debuted in the comic.

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* CanonImmigrant: Whitaker wrote much of the early Dalek material, including the novelizations, the comics and the "Dalek Book" annuals. The first "proper" Canon Immigrant CanonImmigrant in Doctor Who all of ''Doctor Who'' is the Dalek Emperor, who debuted in the comic.
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* AuthorAppeal: Alchemy and alchemical logic show up a lot in Whitaker stories.

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* AuthorAppeal: Alchemy and alchemical logic show up a lot in Whitaker stories.stories.
* CanonImmigrant: Whitaker wrote much of the early Dalek material, including the novelizations, the comics and the "Dalek Book" annuals. The first "proper" Canon Immigrant in Doctor Who is the Dalek Emperor, who debuted in the comic.
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** His serial ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]] introduces the [[EvilIsBigger Dalek Emperor]].

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** His serial ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]] Daleks]]'' introduces the [[EvilIsBigger Dalek Emperor]].
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** His novelisation of Creator/TerryNation's ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]'' adds such details as the TARDIS bathrooms; what the city-confined Dal descendants [[BodyHorror actually look like]], and their Glass Dalek leader.
** His serial ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]] introduces the [[EvilIsBigger Dalek Emperor]].
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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as the original story editor of ''Series/DoctorWho'' up until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.


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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as the original story editor of ''Series/DoctorWho'' up until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series.series and wrote the first works of the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as the original story editor of ''Doctor Who'' up until "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.


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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as the original story editor of ''Doctor Who'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' up until "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth", Earth]]", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor up until "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.


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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter. He served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s the original story editor of ''Doctor Who'' up until "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", and also contributed eight scripts of his own to the series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter who served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor from 1963-64, and subsequently wrote many stories for the programme.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter who screenwriter. He served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor from 1963-64, up until "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", and subsequently wrote many stories for also contributed eight scripts of his own to the programme.
series. The influence of Whitaker cannot be understated - until Creator/RobertHolmes came along Whitaker was '''the''' ''Doctor Who'' writer, defining much of the series' early lore and tone.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter who served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor from 1963-64, and subsequently wrote many stories for the programme.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter who served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor from 1963-64, and subsequently wrote many stories for the programme.programme.

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David Whitaker (18 April 1928 – 4 February 1980) was an English screenwriter who served as ''Series/DoctorWho'''s original story editor from 1963-64, and subsequently wrote many stories for the programme.

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