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* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted -- Hulke was an atheist, and Creator/TerranceDicks, his friend and protegé, told the story that Hulke had asked that no songs or prayers be done at his funeral. But he didn't specify what they ''should'' do. This led to his friends sitting awkwardly around his coffin with nothing to do, until one friend stood up, slapped the coffin, said, "Well, cheerio, Mac!" and walked out, defusing the awkwardness.
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* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted -- Hulke was an atheist, and Creator/TerranceDicks, his friend and protegé, told the story that Hulke had asked that no songs or prayers be done at his funeral. But he didn't specify what they ''should'' do. This led to his friends sitting awkwardly around his coffin with nothing to do, until one friend stood up, slapped the coffin, said, "Well, cheerio, Mac!" and walked out, defusing the awkwardness.
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Ah, the Communism thing was already mentioned; my mistake.
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A former member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, he became one of the most influential writers of the Creator/JonPertwee era, writing the first appearance of Time Lords, and ''three'' of ''Doctor Who'''s iconic reptile races -- the Silurians, the Sea Devils and Creator/JonPertwee's favourite aliens, the Draconians.
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Beyond ''Doctor Who'', he also contributed episodes to ''Series/DangerMan'', ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', ''The Protectors'' and ''Crossroads''. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain for some time, though he seems to have let his membership lapse sometime in the early 1960s. He even [[https://fantasiesofpossibility.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/doctor-who-and-the-communist-the-work-and-politics-of-malcolm-hulke/ had an MI-5 file opened on him]].
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Beyond ''Doctor Who'', he also contributed episodes to ''Series/DangerMan'', ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', ''The Protectors'' and ''Crossroads''. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain for some time, though he seems to have let his membership lapse sometime in the early 1960s. Nevertheless, his membership had a lasting effect on his political beliefs and his artistry, as reflected in the content of his ''Doctor Who'' stories; the politics of his stories were so pronounced that Michael Herbert wrote a study on the topic, ''Doctor Who and the Communist: Malcolm Hulke and His Career in Television''. He even [[https://fantasiesofpossibility.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/doctor-who-and-the-communist-the-work-and-politics-of-malcolm-hulke/ had an MI-5 file opened on him]].
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* AuthorAppeal: In addition to his scripts having a leftist political edge (influenced by his background as a former Communist), he was quite fond of reptile monsters. The politics of his stories were so pronounced that Michael Herbert wrote a study on the topic, ''Doctor Who and the Communist: Malcolm Hulke and His Career in Television''.
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* AuthorAppeal: In addition to his scripts having a leftist political edge (influenced by his background as a former Communist), he was quite fond of reptile monsters. The politics of his stories were so pronounced that Michael Herbert wrote a study on the topic, ''Doctor Who and the Communist: Malcolm Hulke and His Career in Television''.
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* AuthorAppeal: In addition to his scripts having a leftist political edge (influenced by his background as a former Communist), he was quite fond of reptile monsters.
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* AuthorAppeal: In addition to his scripts having a leftist political edge (influenced by his background as a former Communist), he was quite fond of reptile monsters. The politics of his stories were so pronounced that Michael Herbert wrote a study on the topic, ''Doctor Who and the Communist: Malcolm Hulke and His Career in Television''.
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He became one of the most influential writers of the Creator/JonPertwee era, writing the first appearance of Time Lords, and ''three'' of ''Doctor Who'''s iconic reptile races - the Silurians, the Sea Devils and Creator/JonPertwee's favourite aliens, the Draconians.
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* AuthorAppeal: In addition to his scripts having a leftist political edge, edge (influenced by his background as a former Communist), he was quite fond of reptile monsters.
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* LizardFolk: Invented the Silurians, the Sea Devils, the Draconians, and wrote the one with the dinosaurs. His first serial, "The Faceless Ones" also features a race called the Chameleons - ironically, despite the name they don't seem to be reptile people.
* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted - Hulke was an atheist, and Terrance Dicks, his friend and protegé, told the story that Hulke had asked that no songs or prayers be done at his funeral. But he didn't specify what they ''should'' do. This led to his friends sitting awkwardly around his coffin with nothing to do, until one friend stood up, slapped the coffin, said, "Well, cheerio, Mac!" and walked out, defusing the awkwardness.
* WriterOnBoard: Rarely detrimental as Hulke was a very humane writer willing to give them depth and dimension, but Hulke's villains are almost always reactionary forces - fascists, bloodthirsty military types and big business bureaucrats.
* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted - Hulke was an atheist, and Terrance Dicks, his friend and protegé, told the story that Hulke had asked that no songs or prayers be done at his funeral. But he didn't specify what they ''should'' do. This led to his friends sitting awkwardly around his coffin with nothing to do, until one friend stood up, slapped the coffin, said, "Well, cheerio, Mac!" and walked out, defusing the awkwardness.
* WriterOnBoard: Rarely detrimental as Hulke was a very humane writer willing to give them depth and dimension, but Hulke's villains are almost always reactionary forces - fascists, bloodthirsty military types and big business bureaucrats.
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* LizardFolk: Invented the Silurians, the Sea Devils, the Draconians, and wrote the one with the dinosaurs. His first serial, "The Faceless Ones" also features a race called the Chameleons - -- ironically, despite the name they don't seem to be reptile people.
* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted- -- Hulke was an atheist, and Terrance Dicks, Creator/TerranceDicks, his friend and protegé, told the story that Hulke had asked that no songs or prayers be done at his funeral. But he didn't specify what they ''should'' do. This led to his friends sitting awkwardly around his coffin with nothing to do, until one friend stood up, slapped the coffin, said, "Well, cheerio, Mac!" and walked out, defusing the awkwardness.
* WriterOnBoard: Rarely detrimental as Hulke was a very humane writer willing to give them depth and dimension, but Hulke's villains are almost always reactionary forces- -- fascists, bloodthirsty military types and big business bureaucrats.
* TheFunInFuneral: Apparently averted
* WriterOnBoard: Rarely detrimental as Hulke was a very humane writer willing to give them depth and dimension, but Hulke's villains are almost always reactionary forces
