Bob Baker

Robert John Baker (26 July 1939 – 3 November 2021) was a British television and film writer. He was best known for working on the original run of Doctor Who, and for being a co-writer of the Wallace & Gromit films The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and A Matter of Loaf and Death (in which the character Baker Bob is named after him).

Career Baker and Dave Martin began writing for Harlech Television (HTV), the local ITV franchise. One of their earliest works was Thick As Thieves starring Leonard Rossiter.

Baker wrote for Doctor Who between 1971 and 1979. For all but the last of his contributions to this series (Nightmare of Eden), Baker collaborated with Martin on scripts including:

The Claws of Axos (1971) The Mutants (1972) The Three Doctors (1972–1973) The Hand of Fear (1976) Underworld (1978) The Armageddon Factor (1979)

Baker and Martin were nicknamed the Bristol Boys by the Doctor Who production teams.

Baker and Martin devised for Doctor Who the robotic dog K9 (created for The Invisible Enemy), the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for The Three Doctors, Doctor Who's 10th anniversary story) and the Axons. K-9 was originally intended to appear in one story only, but the BBC decided to make it a recurring character.

Personal life Baker was married to Marie and had eight children and seven grandchildren. He resided in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He died on 3 November 2021, at the age of 82.

Writing credits Television Production Notes BroadcasterDoctor Who38 episodes (1971–1979): "The Claws of Axos" (1971) "The Mutants" (1972) "The Three Doctors" (1972–1973) "The Sontaran Experiment" (1975) "The Hand of Fear" (1976) "The Invisible Enemy" (1977) "Underworld" (1978) "The Armageddon Factor" (1979)

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