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Biography
Marc Platt (born 1953) is a British writer. He is known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC. He wrote the 1989 Doctor Who serial Ghost Light based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel Lungbarrow. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called "Cartmel Masterplan", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family.
After the original series' cancellation Platt wrote the script for the audio Doctor Who drama Spare Parts. The script was the inspiration for the 2006 Doctor Who television story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", for which Platt received a thanks in the end credits and a fee.
He lives in London.
Television serials
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Big Finish audio plays
- Doctor Who: Loups-Garoux
- Doctor Who: Spare Parts
- Doctor Who Unbound: Auld Mortality
- Doctor Who Unbound: A Storm of Angels
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Frostfire
- Doctor Who: Valhalla
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Mother Russia
- Doctor Who: The Skull of Sobek
- Doctor Who: Time Reef
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Doll of Death
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Three Companions
- Doctor Who: Paper Cuts
- Doctor Who: An Earthly Child
- Doctor Who: The Lost Stories Point of Entry (with Barbara Clegg)
- Doctor Who: The Cradle of the Snake
- Doctor Who: Relative Dimensions
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Quinnis
- Doctor Who: The Lost Stories Thin Ice
- Doctor Who: The Lost Stories The Children of Seth (with Christopher Bailey)
- Doctor Who: The Silver Turk
- Doctor Who: The Butcher of Brisbane
- Doctor Who: Night of the Stormcrow
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Flames of Cadiz
- Jago and Litefoot: The Case of the Gluttonous Guru
- Doctor Who: Eldrad Must Die!
- Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: The Beginning
- Doctor Who: The Ghosts of Gralstead (with Philip Hinchcliffe)
- Doctor Who: The Devil's Armada (with Philip Hinchcliffe)
- Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Tale
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Rani
- Doctor Who: Doom Coalition The Galileo Trap
- Doctor Who: Doom Coalition The Gift
- Doctor Who: The Genesis Chamber (with Philip Hinchcliffe)
- Doctor Who: The Skin of the Sleek
- Doctor Who: The Thief Who Stole Time
Noise Monster audio play
- Space 1889: The Siege of Alclyon
Novels
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light novelisation
- Doctor Who: Battlefield novelisation
- Doctor Who: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
- Doctor Who: Downtime novelisation
- Doctor Who: Lungbarrow
Comics
- Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine #192, 1992)