RIP Victor Pemberton

And another Doctor Who luminary is lost to us. Victor Pemberton has died at the age of 85.

Victor Pemberton first appeared on screen in The Moonbase as a crewmember infected by the Cybermen's poison. But then he became story editor for The Tomb of the Cybermen. He finally got to write a whole story in Fury from the Deep. He created the Sonic Screwdriver, a device used many times since and passed over to the modern series. In the 1970s, Victor wrote the script for Doctor Who and the Pescatons, a story released on LP with a similar ocean theme.

Sadly I never met the man in person. I remember seeing a 2002 production of Fury in Portsmouth, with Nick Scovell as the Doctor. I' later got to see the recons and enjoyed it. He will be remembered.