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Malcolm Hulke
Malcolm Ainsworth Hulke (21 November 1924 – 6 July 1979) was a British television writer and author of the industry "bible" Writing for Television in the 70s. He is remembered chi…
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Malcolm Ainsworth Hulke (21 November 1924 – 6 July 1979) was a British television writer and author of the industry "bible" Writing for Television in the 70s. He is remembered chiefly for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who although he contributed to many popular television series of the era. Known as "Mac" throughout his life, Hulke was born out of wedlock in 1924 and never knew his father. He later discussed the social stigma of illegitimacy and his personal experiences of it in a 1964 radio documentary and a 1973 op-ed piece in The Observer. He lived with his mother, Marian, until her death in 1943 in Cumberland. In 1945 he was conscripted into the Royal Navy. Impressed by the Russian prisoners of War whom he met in Norway and by the Red Army's defeat of the Nazis on the Eastern Front, Hulke joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1945 and worked briefly as a typist in the party's headquarters. He left the party in 1951, objecting to the Soviet Union's hostility to Yugoslavia and its line on the Korean War, but soon re-joined, and appears to have remained a member of the party until the early 1960s. His politics remained firmly on the left, and this was reflected in his writings, which often explored anti-authoritarian, environmental, and humanist themes.
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2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Movie Writer
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1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Movie Writer
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1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie Writer
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1972
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Movie Writer
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1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Movie Writer
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1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Movie Writer
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1969
Doctor Who: The War Games
Movie Writer
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1969
Woobinda: Animal Doctor
TV show Writer
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1967
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Movie Writer
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1965
Gideon's Way
TV show Screenplay
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1964
The Protectors
TV show Writer
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Writer
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1961
The Man in the Back Seat
Movie Writer
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1961
Pathfinders to Venus
TV show Creator
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Writer
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1960
Pathfinders to Mars
TV show Creator
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1960
Danger Man
TV show Writer
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1960
Pathfinders in Space
TV show Creator
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1960
Target Luna
TV show Writer
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1959
Life in Danger
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Criminals
Movie Writer
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Writer
