A quotation from Chris Boucher
THE DOCTOR: Now drop your weapons, or I’ll kill him with this deadly jelly baby.Chris Boucher (1943-2022) British TV screenwriter, script editor, novelist
Doctor Who (1963), 14×04 “The Face of Evil,” Part 1 (1977-01-01)
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THE DOCTOR: Now drop your weapons, or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby. LUGO: Kill him, then. THE DOCTOR: What? LUGO: Kill him, then. THE DOCTOR: I don't take orders from anyone. [Eats jelly baby] Take me to your leader. (Source (Video); dialog confirmed)
A quotation from Chris Boucher
LEELA: I know, I know, there’s no such thing as magic.Chris Boucher (1943-2022) British TV screenwriter, script editor, novelist
Doctor Who (1963), 14×05 “The Robots of Death,” Part 1 (1977-01-29)
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"I always liked Chris Boucher saying that when he wrote Avon, Avon has two motivations for everything. He has the selfish motivation, and the more noble motivation, and then it's up to you to decide what's really motivating him."
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Good writing sticks to telling the characters' story, in all it's messiness, and leaves the audience to interpret what it all means. Is Blake or Avon a hero or a villain? That's up to the viewer to decide.
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Straight Outta the Federation discusses the action, drama and suspense of Chris Boucher's Star One, where an unexpected alien invasion is on the interstellar horizon, a changing of the guard may be inevitable and an earned cliffhanger that will keep of us talking till the next episode. Write to us at or Reach us on Twitter @sofederation
As we approach the 36th anniversary, how much do you know about #StarCops ? 👨🚀🌙
How did #ChrisBoucher 's vision of 2027 pan out? Read more here:
https://starcops.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Cops
Star Cops is a British science fiction television and audio drama, first broadcast on BBC 2 in 1987. It was devised and co-written by Chris Boucher, who went about writing it as a cop drama set in space. Boucher had previously written for other science fiction shows such as Doctor Who and Blake's 7. He had also written for other police dramas such as Juliet Bravo and Bergerac. Boucher had intended this series to be set "forty years in the future", giving it a setting of 2027. The drama foresees
Thursday 6th July marks 36 years since the start of cult classic #StarCops. The series is still going strong on #BigFinish with legacy cast and new faces. #ChrisBoucher 's vision lives on in audio, seeing the Star Cops venture to Mars!
Why not read more about its nail-biting first episode on the Star Cops Wiki?
https://starcops.fandom.com/wiki/An_Instinct_for_Murder_(TV_story)
An Instinct for Murder was the first episode of the first series Star Cops, written by Chris Boucher and directed by Christopher Baker. It was broadcast on BBC 2 on 6 July 1987. It introduced David Calder in the lead role of Nathan Spring. This episode acted as the pilot for the series, and saw Nathan Spring being dragged, against his will, into a case with spacesuit sabotage on space station Charles de Gaulle. Chief Inspector Nathan Spring prefers things Earthside, thank you very much. But when
Chris Boucher died last week. He was the script editor for all four seasons of *Blake's 7*, and wrote 9 episodes, 7 of which would appear in my Top Ten episodes of *Blake's 7*. *I have loved his wr...