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Jane Baker(1924-2014)

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Husband and wife writing team Pip and Jane Baker have enjoyed an extensive career as novelists, playwrights and film and television writers since the early sixties. The first film they worked on was "The Alibi" (1961) and from there they wrote episodes of a British-based American series called "The Pursuers" (1961-62). Other films they worked on included "The Break" (1962), "The Painted Smile", (1962) "Night of the Big Heat," (1967) and "Captain Nemo and the Underwater City" (1970). On television they have written for "The Expert" (1976), "Z Cars, Detective" (1968) and "Space: 1999 (1976) as well as three stories for DOCTOR WHO. They later worked on "Watt On Earth (1991-1992) and a German production called "Ruby."
BornDecember 30, 1924
DiedSeptember 8, 2014(89)
BornDecember 30, 1924
DiedSeptember 8, 2014(89)
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Known for

Christopher Lee in Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Night of the Big Heat
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1967
Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
  • Writer
Jess Conrad, Liz Fraser, and Tony Wickert in Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)
Murder Can Be Deadly
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1962
The Break (1962)
The Break
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1962

Credits

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  • Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2005)
    Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks
    Podcast Series
    • written by
    • 2013–2022
  • Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (Special Edition) (2019)
    Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (Special Edition)
    7.6
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2019
  • The Last 28 (1999)
    The Last 28
    Video
    • written by
    • 1999
  • Ruby
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 1991–1993
  • Watt on Earth (1991)
    Watt on Earth
    7.6
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1991–1992
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • by
    • written by
    • 1985–1987
  • Z Cars (1962)
    Z Cars
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976–1977
  • Barbara Bain and Martin Landau in Space: 1999 (1975)
    Space: 1999
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Marius Goring in The Expert (1968)
    The Expert
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Circus
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Chuck Connors and Robert Ryan in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
    Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
    5.7
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
    7.5
    TV Series
    • dramatisation
    • 1968
  • Christopher Lee in Night of the Big Heat (1967)
    Night of the Big Heat
    5.6
    • additional scenes by
    • dialogue by
    • 1967
  • The Break (1962)
    The Break
    5.9
    • original story
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Dilemma (1962)
    Dilemma
    6.4
    • original story
    • 1962

Additional Crew



  • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
    Doctor Who
    6.2
    TV Series
    • the rani created by
    • 2025
  • Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (1997)
    Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors
    7.1
    Video Game
    • Special contributions to the City of Thoughts
    • 1997

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Pip & Jane Baker
  • Born
    • December 30, 1924
    • England, UK
  • Died
    • September 8, 2014
    • Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Pip Baker? - September 8, 2014 (her death)
  • Other works
    With Pip Baker, co-wrote the novelization adaptations of the Doctor Who episodes Mark of the Rani, Ultimate Foe, Time and the Rani, Terror of the Vervoids.
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    • 1 Interview

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