Martin Woodhouse
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Woodhouse being interviewed at his house for the 2004 Supercar documentary Full Boost Vertical - The Supercar Story.
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| Born | Martin Charlton Woodhouse 29 August 1932 Romsford, Essex |
| Died | 15 May 2011 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Television scriptwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Science-fiction |
| Notable works | Supercar, The Avengers |
Martin Charlton Woodhouse (29 August 1932 – 15 May 2011) was a British author and scriptwriter. He is most famous as a writer for the TV series The Avengers, but he also authored or co-authored eleven novels. He was a former medical doctor, pilot, engineer and computer designer.
Woodhouse was born in Romford and was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School and Oundle. He read Natural Sciences at Downing College at Cambridge, from 1951 and Medicine at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, completing his postgraduate research at the Medical Research Council's applied psychology unit in Cambridge (where he built "Lettuce", a logical truth computer).
In 1959 Woodhouse was called up for National Service and worked with the Royal Air Force at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, and then at the Farnborough radar research establishment.
After being discharged from military service Woodhouse worked as an author of novels and screen plays, a computer programmer and a stock trader.
Martin Woodhouse wrote in the techno-thriller style before the category had been well defined as a subgenre. The publication in 1966 of his first novel, Tree Frog, preceded that of Michael Crichton's breakthrough novel, The Andromeda Strain by several years. What epitomises Woodhouse's stories is that the hero is a Man of Science, who thwarts his opponents using his wits, knowledge, and the application of his scientific craft; rather than relying on brawn, skill at arms, or dogged detective work. Woodhouse's writing is filled with very dry, humorous prose. Protagonists tend to be very intelligent, sarcastic, and unimpressed with authority figures. Many of his books are filled with details that reflect his background in engineering and medicine.
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