Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Robert Holmes
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
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Movies: 40Series: 15Crew credits: 53
TMDB ID: 1213435
IMDb ID: nm0392025
Known for: Writing
Born: April 2, 1926
Died: May 24, 1986
Age: 60
Place of birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2006
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
Wikidata: Q7345586
Also known as
William Hood
Other jobs
Writer (34)Script Editor (15)Creature Design (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Teleplay (1)
Biography
Robert Colin Holmes (2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986) was a British television scriptwriter. For over 25 years, he contributed to some of the most popular programmes screened in the UK. He is particularly remembered for his work on science fiction programmes, most notably his extensive contributions to Doctor Who, which included working as its script editor from 1974 to 1977.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert Holmes.
7.0
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
as (archival footage)
2006 Movie
5.5
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
Creature Design
2001 Movie
5.8
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Writer
1986 Movie
6.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Writer
1986 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Writer
1985 Movie
9.8
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Writer
1984 Movie
6.5
The Nightmare Man
Writer
1981 Movie
Fothergill
Writer
1981 Movie
4.7
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Writer
1979 Movie
The Future
Writer
1978 Movie
6.8
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Writer
1978 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers
Writer
1977 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
Script Editor
1977 Movie
7.2
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
Script Editor
1977 Movie
7.6
Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock
Script Editor
1977 Movie
2.0
Whose Doctor Who
1977 Movie
8.3
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Writer
1977 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
Script Editor
1977 Movie
8.0
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
Script Editor
1977 Movie
8.5
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
Writer
1976 Movie
7.6
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Script Editor
1976 Movie
6.7
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
Script Editor
1976 Movie
8.8
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Script Editor
1976 Movie
8.1
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
as Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Holmes.
6.7
Bergerac
Writer • 3 eps
1981 Series
6.5
The Nightmare Man
Screenplay • 4 eps
1981 Series
5.8
Juliet Bravo
Writer • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.8
Shoestring
Writer • 2 eps
1979 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
Writer • 4 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Playhouse
Teleplay • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.6
Dead of Night
Writer • 1 eps
1972 Series
1.0
The Regiment
Writer • 2 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
Writer • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.0
Fraud Squad
Writer • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
Writer • 72 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
Writer • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Writer • 4 eps
1962 Series
5.0
Ghost Squad
Writer • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
Writer • 1 eps
1955 Series