Talk:C. E. Webber

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What exactly did he write?[edit]

His draft script for the first ever episode, An Unearthly Child, formed the basis of the broadcast version eventually re-written by Anthony Coburn.

Everything I've read suggests differently: Webber actually wrote various guides for the series and a first story called "The Giants" which at most got as far as scripts for the first couple of epiosdes. When "The Giants" was scrapped, Anthony Coburn adapted elements into his story which was now due to be broadcast first, rather than rewriting Webber's scripts. Anyone know a better way to handle this?

Also if anyone's got Doctor Who From A to Z to hand the first chapter looks at Webber's role and may have more biographical details. Timrollpickering 22:27, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was the single first episode Webber wrote which is being referred to — I phrased it that way because of Webber's co-writing credit for the transmitted episode on BBC documentation, which suggets that Coburn used Webber's script as a starting point at least. Obviously it's not meant to suggest that the rest of The Giants had any relation to the rest of Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with Some Cavemen.Angmering 23:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll rephrase it a little - using the actual episode title implies that he actually wrote the first draft of what was transmitted rather than Coburn basing his episode on it. Timrollpickering 11:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point, I hadn't thought of it that way. Angmering 18:04, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Webber also wrote “Nothing at the end of the Lane” in May of 1963, but was soon replaced by “The Giants” in June. MordantFan (talk) 06:12, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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