Marc Platt (writer)

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Marc Platt (born 1953) is a British novelist and playwright. He is best known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Career

After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC. After multiple attempts to work on the series, he wrote the 1989 Doctor Who serial Ghost Light based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel Lungbarrow. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called "Cartmel Masterplan", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family.

After the original series' cancellation, Platt wrote multiple tie-in novels for Virgin Publishing, and later would become a regular writer for Big Finish Productions. Among his most famous productions was the audio Doctor Who drama Spare Parts, which told the origin of the Cybermen. The story was later the inspiration for the 2006 Doctor Who television story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", written by Tom MacRae, for which Platt received a thanks in the end credits and a fee.

Credits

Television

Ghost Light

Big Finish

Doctor Who

Loups-Garoux
Spare Parts
Valhalla
The Skull of Sobek
Time Reef
Paper Cuts
An Earthly Child
The Cradle of the Snake
Relative Dimensions
The Silver Turk
The Butcher of Brisbane
Night of the Stormcrow
Eldrad Must Die!
The Doctor's Tale
Planet of the Rani
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition: The Galileo Trap
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition: The Gift
The Behemoth

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Philip Hinchcliffe Presents

The Ghosts of Gralstead (with Philip Hinchcliffe)
The Devil's Armada (with Philip Hinchcliffe)
The Genesis Chamber (with Philip Hinchcliffe)

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories Point of Entry (with Barbara Clegg)
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories: Thin Ice
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories: The Children of Seth (with Christopher Bailey)