Graeme Curry: 1965 – 2019
The writer Graeme Curry has died at the age of 54. Graeme Curry wrote the 1988 Doctor Who story The Happiness Patrol, starring Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. The story featured Sheila Hancock as Helen A, a character now acknowledged to be based on the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The story is unique in Doctor Who stories for being mentioned in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter Sermon when Dr Rowan Williams referenced the story…