British author, notably of science fiction teleplays, a former journalist and merchant seaman. Davis had a grounding in opera and had worked as a cinema translator in Italy. His first professional output as a writer was for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1965, he was employed as story editor by the BBC and the following year began a ...
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Fact
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He came up with the idea of regeneration on 'Doctor Who' so they could replace the departing William Hartnell and explain the change in actors. Since then, it has been one of the biggest factors of the franchise.
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Co-created the Cybermen on 'Doctor Who'.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
2016
story editor
Softly Softly: Task Force
1971-1972
TV Series script editor - 16 episodes
Doomwatch
1970
TV Series script editor - 7 episodes
The First Lady
1968
TV Series script editor - 14 episodes
Doctor Who
1966-1967
TV Series story editor - 62 episodes
199 Park Lane
1965
TV Series story editor - 2 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who
TV Series characters: "Cybermen" - 11 episodes, 2006 - 2015 characters: Cybermen - 1 episode, 2008
Doctor Who Online Adventures
2013
TV Series short creator: Cybermen - 1 episode
Ashens
2006
TV Series characters: "Cybermen" - 1 episode
Doctor Who: Real Time
2002
TV Mini-Series character: Cybermen - 6 episodes
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
TV Movie TV series - as Gerry Davies
The Hitchhiker
1989
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
1987
TV Series
The Final Countdown
1980
screenplay
Vega$
1979
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
The Bionic Woman
1976
TV Series
Doctor Who
TV Series written by - 8 episodes, 1966 - 1975 by - 6 episodes, 1966 - 1967 teleplay - 1 episode, 1966
Anything Can Happen
1973
Documentary short script writer
Doomwatch
1972
series "Doomwatch"
Doomwatch
TV Series series devised by - 21 episodes, 1970 - 1971 script editor - 11 episodes, 1970 - 1971 writer - 2 episodes, 1970
The First Lady
1968
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
United!
1966
TV Series story - 12 episodes
199 Park Lane
1965
TV Series
Coronation Street
1960
TV Series
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bachelor Father
1971
TV Series
Ronnie Masterson
Out of the Unknown
1971
TV Series
Maurice
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who: Real Time
2002
TV Mini-Series Cybermen used by kind permission - 6 episodes
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