His mind occupied with thoughts of his coming regeneration, the Doctor accidentally returns to Gallifrey and the House of Lungbarrow, where for over 673 years his 44 cousins have been trapped, but mysteriously only six of them are still left. When all stories of any media under any banner are listed chronologically, this is the last which features the Seventh Doctor as the 'current' Doctor, although Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor had already made his televised appearance by the time the novel was published. Published in Virgin Books' New Adventures range, it was the last of that range to feature the Seventh Doctor. Lungbarrow is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Platt wrote the second episode in the first series of Dan Dare in 2018.Doctor Who (broadcast and chronological order) He left after Series 3, but continued on as a consulting Producer. Platt became the Script Editor for the spin off series Panopticon and wrote several episodes.

He then went on to write two stories during the Tony Redston era and co-wrote one story in Season 44. Platt returned to write for the show where he penned Season 40's Spare Parts. He then went on to write several more stories one of which included the Season 30 story An Earthly Child which featured the Doctor reuniting with Susan. He then returned to write the Season 27 story Ice Time which saw the departure of Ace and Lungbarrow in Season 28.

In 1988 Platt finnaly got his chance to write for the show and penned the Season 26 story Ghost Light. It was during the Tom Baker era that Platt began trying to submit scripts to the production office, his first script was rejected but he was encouraged to try again and once again tried during the Colin Baker era. Platt continued to watch the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras of the show by bringing a portable TV into work. He loved William Hartnell's portrayal of the First Doctor, but thought of Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor as “his” Doctor. Platt was in “love” with Doctor Who from 23 November 1963 and had a “total” obsession with the show. Most notably Ice Time which saw the departure of Ace.īiography Prior to Doctor Who Prior To this he wrote several stories for Doctor Who. Marc Platt (born 1953) was the Script Editor on Panopticon from Series 1 in 2008 to Series 3 in 2010.

Doctor Who by Marc Platt