Thread: RIP Johnny Byrne (1935-2008)
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4th Apr 2008, 12:59 PM #1Pip Madeley Guest
RIP Johnny Byrne (1935-2008)
Sad news - Johnny Byrne died yesterday. He wrote three Doctor Who stories during the 80s (The Keeper of Traken, Arc of Infinity & Warriors of the Deep) and worked on other shows including Space: 1999 and All Creatures Great And Small.
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4th Apr 2008, 1:01 PM #2
Poor old Johnny Byrne. RIP.
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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4th Apr 2008, 1:09 PM #3
Oh dear - that's a shame! I enjoyed his stories (Warriors notwithstanding) and also his contributions to the DVD releases.
RIP Johnny.
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4th Apr 2008, 1:15 PM #4
Oh my. That's very sad news, especially as he;d seemed so well and full of life on the DVD releases and the recent Cult of All Creatures.
RIP Johnny.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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4th Apr 2008, 1:22 PM #5
I didn't like any of his stories in Doctor Who, but he was at the very least a prolific and well-respected author, and will always be a significant part of the Whoniverse, having created favourite icons like Nyssa, The Myrka and the Ergon.
Rest in peace.
Si.
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4th Apr 2008, 1:38 PM #6One Day, I shall come back, Yes, I shall come back,
Until them, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, Just go forward in all your beliefs,
and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine!
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4th Apr 2008, 3:52 PM #7
I like his stories even if I'm not keen on their on-screen realisations, (yes Warriors, I'm looking at you!).
Always a shame to hear of these things.
R.I.P Johnny.
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4th Apr 2008, 5:23 PM #8Captain Tancredi Guest
I'm very fond of the autograph he put in my copy of the 'Warriors' novelisation. Quoting from memory, it's something like "To Ian, to sign a copy of a book about 'Warriors', a story which promised greatly but disappointed for a number of reasons. Best wishes, Johnny Byrne".
While I don't think his scripts are exactly in the top rank (and some appear to have needed a fair bit of rewriting by all accounts), they're certainly well-constructed, especially when you consider that every time he was asked to include elements from the series' mythology in his stories (not to mention an "oh, can you stick Amsterdam in there too, Johnny? Ta.". As it happens I've been watching 'Warriors' this week, and while the weaknesses in the execution are there for all to see, on paper it's a solid base-under-siege story and a good one for Peter Davison too- the Doctor is vulnerable, fallible and continually having to weigh individual human and Silurian lives against the extinction of the human race.
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4th Apr 2008, 5:40 PM #9
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The Keeper Of Traken is one of my favourites, so this is very sad to hear.
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4th Apr 2008, 5:58 PM #10
We might have to cook Kipper of Traken tomorrow in honour.
Si.
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5th Apr 2008, 9:37 AM #11
yet another one of the Doctor Who community sadly dies ..
R I P
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