Donald Cotton
, 1928 - 1999
Donald Cotton (1928–1999) was an English writer for TV and radio, as well as for the stage. He specialised in classically-themed works, including a July 1951 musical Pandorus (focused on Troilus and Cressida) at London’s Guildhall; and Echo and Narcissus (1959), The Golden Fleece (1962), and The Tragedy of Phaethon (1965) for BBC Radio. He wrote the humorous The Myth Makers storyline for Series 3 of Doctor Who (1965), as well as the Western-themed The Gunfighters (1965). Neither story was particularly well-received. Another Classically-themed script (The Herdsmen of Aquarius was rejected for the 1966 series). Cotton worked on the BBC series Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–1967), and co-wrote the comedy album Medieval & Latter Days/An Englishman Abroad (1968). He novelised the Classically-themed Doctor Who adventures The Myth Makers (1985) and The Romans (1987).
Bio prepared by Richard Scully, University of New England, rscully@une.edu.au
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