Terry Nation
| Terry Nation | |
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Nation with a Dalek (left)
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| Born | Terence Joseph Nation 8 August 1930 Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Died | 9 March 1997 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Genre | Science fiction, comedy, horror |
| Notable works | Creating the Daleks for Doctor Who, as well as the TV series Survivors and Blake's 7 |
| Spouse | Kate Nation |
| Children | 2, Rebecca and Joel |
Terence Joseph "Terry" Nation (8 August 1930 – 9 March 1997) was a Welsh television writer and novelist.
Nation first made his name as a comedy writer before becoming a prolific writer for drama, working on many of the most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s. He made a significant contribution to the long-running BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who from its outset, creating the villainous Daleks which established its early popularity and later devising the recurring character of Davros. Nation was also the creator of two series for the BBC, Survivors and Blake's 7, which became much-loved cult television classics.
Born in Llandaff, Cardiff, Nation initially worked in comedy, entering the industry in 1955 after a (possibly apocryphal) incident in which Spike Milligan bought a sketch that he had written because he thought that Nation appeared hungry. During the 1950s, Nation worked with John Junkin and Johnny Speight for writers' agency Associated London Scripts, where he collaborated on hundreds of radio plays for comedians such as Terry Scott, Eric Sykes, Harry Worth and Frankie Howerd.
His career break came in 1962, when he was commissioned to write material for Tony Hancock – first for Hancock's unsuccessful series broadcast on Associated Television in 1963, and then his stage show. Although Nation accompanied Hancock as his chief screenwriter on tour in 1963, Hancock would regularly neglect Nation's scripts in favour of recycling his old material. Following an argument over this, Hancock fired Nation.
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