RIP Chris Boucher

[Andy Turnbull]

Toby Hadoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/1601990818469904389

Sad to hear that Chris Boucher, the last surviving writer of 1970s Doctor Who, has died. He had a gift for sharp, witty dialogue and sardonic characters, as evidenced further by his work on Blake's 7. He also did good work on Juliet Bravo, Shoestring & Bergerac. TV legend - RIP.

[Philip Ayres]

:-( Robots of Death, B7 and Star Cops

[The Doctor]

Boooo. That era of TV is now starting to slip out of living memory.

-Ralph

[legios]

Very sad to hear this

Boucher is responsible for so much TV I enjoyed when I was growing up, for one of my favourite "Who" companions...and for probably my most repeated quoted dialogue(*).

He will be much missed.

Karl


*- Kerr Avon's, "I'm not stupid. I'm not expendable [...] and I'm not going", you'd be amazed how often I have been able to make use of that in my two main careers...

[Philip Ayres]

Obituary from Mr Hadoke

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/21/chris-boucher-obituary

[The Doctor]

Saw Boucher at a few cons. He seemed painfully shy so I admired that he still turned out for them.

-Ralph