Peter Bryant (27 October 1923 – 19 May 2006)
was an English television producer, script editor and former actor. He acted in ''
The Grove Family'' as a regular cast member and later became the producer of ''
Doctor Who'' from 1967 to 1969 during
Patrick Troughton's tenure as the
Second Doctor
The Second Doctor is an incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, the protagonist of the British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Patrick Troughton. Out of his 1 ...
. He also produced the series ''
Paul Temple'' before becoming a
literary agent.
Career
Bryant was originally an actor and appeared in the 1950s soap opera ''
The Grove Family''. Later, he became a
BBC Radio announcer while writing radio scripts as a sideline. This led to him becoming a script editor in the Radio Drama Department and eventually the head of the Drama Script Unit. In 1967 he transferred from radio to television, where head of serials
Shaun Sutton put him to work with script editor
Gerry Davis on ''Doctor Who'' as a "Story Associate" then story editor.
Having acted as associate producer on ''
The Faceless Ones'' and ''
The Evil of the Daleks'', Bryant was tested out as full producer for ''
The Tomb of the Cybermen'', replacing
Innes Lloyd,
and later became full-time producer for the later
Patrick Troughton stories from ''
The Web of Fear'' to ''
The Space Pirates''. Bryant was also the
script editor on the last 4 episodes of ''The Evil of the Daleks'' and the whole of ''
The Abominable Snowmen
''The Abominable Snowmen'' is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967.
In this se ...
'', ''
The Ice Warriors'' and ''
The Enemy of the World''. One of Bryant's last contributions to ''Doctor Who'' was the casting in June 1969 of
Jon Pertwee as the
Third Doctor. After the casting of Jon Pertwee as the new Doctor, Bryant left ''Doctor Who'' to become the new producer of ''
Paul Temple'', following the departure of
Alan Bromly. Bryant soon brought over
Derrick Sherwin to join him on ''Paul Temple''. Bryant and Sherwin had previously worked together on ''Doctor Who''.
Bryant later became a
literary agent to writers and a
casting agent to actors. One of his clients was
Eric Pringle, who wrote the ''Doctor Who'' story ''
The Awakening''.
Personal life
Bryant was married to actress Shirley Cooklin, who appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'', but they eventually divorced.
Partial filmography
*''
Man of the Moment'' (1955) – Jack Grove (uncredited)
*''
It's a Great Day'' (1955) – Jack Grove
References
Further reading
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External links
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1923 births
2006 deaths
BBC television producers
Deaths from cancer in England
Male actors from London
Television producers from London