Chris Boucher
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Sep 20, 2026
Joe FordHOST
wouldn't you wear tinfoil on your feet I mean yeah exactly
Tom NeenanGUEST
yeah I think everything else about this story is so robust and so muscular and so good I think Chris Boucher is the best arguably the best writer classic who had dialogue why i think character and dialogue wise no one comes close even even like um i love terence dicks i love uh i love douglas adams robert holmes
Joe FordHOST
maybe right i mean when he went over to blake seven it was a gift to them wasn't it
Tom NeenanGUEST
Yeah, he only did three.
Simon MooreHOST
And it is the last Verity episode, and I think there is a real contrast [laughs] to that episode and then what we get here in, in terms of care.
Peter GriffithsHOST
The question that we should be focusing in on here, Simon, is where was Donald Tosh in all of this? He's the script editor, and he's the script editor of all of those stories that you identify.
Peter GriffithsHOST
He, it only lasts for a very short time.
Peter GriffithsHOST
So what was he doing? Why, okay, so we know that Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner got together and had a meeting, probably lasted five minutes judging by the end result-
Toby HadokeGUEST
And because he makes it look so easy, I think it's, it's easy to respect him l- less because we are more drawn to poetic dialogue and funny jokes and all of, all of that.
Peter GriffithsHOST
That's right, and I respect him greatly for this.
Peter GriffithsHOST
We have the, the superb example of Blake's 7 where Terry provides nuts and bolts stories that work and characters that leap off the page, and then the script editor, who in that case is a good script editor, Chris Boucher, comes in and adds little bits of color and excitement and detail-
Toby HadokeGUEST
Mm.
Simon MooreHOST
And it is the last Verity episode, and I think there is a real contrast [laughs] to that episode and then what we get here in, in terms of care.
Peter GriffithsHOST
The question that we should be focusing in on here, Simon, is where was Donald Tosh in all of this? He's the script editor, and he's the script editor of all of those stories that you identify.
Peter GriffithsHOST
He, it only lasts for a very short time.
Peter GriffithsHOST
So what was he doing? Why ...
Toby HadokeGUEST
And because he makes it look so easy, I think it's, it's easy to respect him l- less because we are more drawn to poetic dialogue and funny jokes and all of, all of that.
Peter GriffithsHOST
That's right, and I respect him greatly for this.
Peter GriffithsHOST
We have the, the superb example of Blake's 7 where Terry provides nuts and bolts stories that work and characters that leap off the page, and then the script editor, who in that case is a good script editor, Chris Boucher, comes in and adds little bits of color and excitement and detail-
Toby HadokeGUEST
Mm.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
It is.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
It is, because everyone knows that, you know, Chris Boucher wrote three Doctor Who stories.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
Everyone knows the, the real, the absolute brilliant one, which is The Face of Evil.
Fraser GregoryGUEST
Everyone else really likes Robot's of Death.
SteveHOST
Callie and Avon Avon prepares to attempt the hold-off of the Andromedans single-handedly until Cerberland's ship arrives.
SteveHOST
So that is Star 1, which was transmitted Tuesday 3rd April 1979, written by Chris Boucher, directed by David Maloney, and cast, not quite a thousand, but quite a few cast.
SteveHOST
Lorena was played by Jenny Twigg, Stop was played by David Webb, Parton by Gareth Armstrong, Durkan by John Brown, Mark Hall by Paul Tootle, Leith by Michael Mayard.
SteveHOST
Searchers were Derek Broom and David Kahn.
9 MINS LATER
LynnPANELIST
So because he's been the producer for these two series, he he knows.
LynnPANELIST
Right.
LynnPANELIST
He's been working with Chris Boucher, a script editor.
LynnPANELIST
He knows the characters that must.
LynnPANELIST
She holds her own.
LynnPANELIST
Um, yes, that exchange with Servalan, I mean, that's got to be Chris Boucher.
LynnPANELIST
I can't see Terry Nation writing that in a million years, but it's beautiful.
LynnPANELIST
It's so bitchy.
SteveHOST
So, yeah.
NickPANELIST
I was going to say, you'd think that's where Chris Boucher, as script editor, would step in and say, look, Alan, this happened in the last episode,
SteveHOST
so you can't have that.
SteveHOST
He did step in.
MarkHOST
It's just from when people are chatting on the deck of the Liberator or when they're wandering around somewhere, just not talking about anything necessarily plot relevant, but just the dynamics and the chat and the interplay of the characters.
MarkHOST
And those are the highlights of Blake 7, really, aren't they? That dialogue, which is presumably Chris Boucher.
MarkHOST
And...
MarkHOST
I found that a lot with this as well.
James SelwoodHOST
Mm.
Nathan BottomleyHOST
So it's not the sort of, you know, late Series A of Blake's 7 where it's all being written on the back of a napkin and stuff and given to Chris Boucher to flesh out.
Nathan BottomleyHOST
I don't think that is happening here, whereas you do get, like, Dennis Spooner having to do work on The Chase.
Nathan BottomleyHOST
Is that right?