Background
He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England and attended Handsworth Grammar School.
He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England and attended Handsworth Grammar School.
David contributed numerous scripts for the Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979 including:
The Claws of Axos (1971)
The Mutants (1972)
The Three Doctors (1973)
The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
The Hand of Fear (1976)
The Invisible Enemy (1977)
Underworld (1978)
The Armageddon Factor (1979)
Foreign all of these, Martin collaborated with Bob Baker. Together they were nicknamed "The Bristol Boys" by the Doctor Who production teams with whom they worked. They also worked together on the 1975 children"s science fantasy television serial Sky and Into the Labyrinth.
In 1986, he wrote the Doctor Who Make Your Own Adventure book Search for the Doctor.
At the beginning of 2007 Martin, a smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died of the disease in March.