Robert Holmes(1926-1986)

Often referred to as one of the best, if not the best, writers on Doctor Who (1963), his period as script editor on the series, with Philip Hinchcliffe as producer, is also considered by many to be the high point of the entire series. In a poll for Doctor Who (1963) Magazine in 1998, three of the stories voted into the top five were written by Holmes, with the other two being from his period as script editor. In fan site Outpost Gallifrey's 40th Anniversary Poll, five of the serials from his time as script editor were voted by fans into the top ten. Four of the stories voted into the top ten were written by Holmes, including one he wrote under the pseudonym of Stephen Harris. The top three were all written by Holmes.

I am not a fan of Sherlock Holmes but I am a fan of that fictitious Victorian period, with fog, gas lamps, Hansom cabs and music halls. We look back on it and say that's what it was like, although of course it wasn't - people were slaving in dark, satanic mills and starving in London gutters.