Portrait of David Whitaker

Writing

David Whitaker

Career

Active from 1963 to 2023, with a break from 1971 to 2015, busiest in 1968 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Whitaker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Romance
    1.6, average 3.8
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sci-Fi 3
  • Technological Threat 2
  • Vintage Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour (2023)

Script Editor

A Meeting on the Common
A Meeting on the Common (2023)

Novel

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (2021)

Writer

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 75
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer

Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks Reimagined
Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks Reimagined (2012)

Original Story

1970s

1 title
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)

Writer

1960s

20 titles ยท average score 66
Subterfuge
Subterfuge (1968)

Writer

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (1968)

Writer

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space (1968)

Writer

Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
GoodWatch score 63

Additional Writing

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (1966)

Writer

Doctor Who: The Crusade
Doctor Who: The Crusade (1965)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Doctor Who: The Rescue
Doctor Who: The Rescue (1965)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Dr. Who and the Daleks
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
GoodWatch score 49

Additional Writing

War-Gods of the Deep
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
GoodWatch score 38

Additional Dialogue

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (1964)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
GoodWatch score 77

Story Editor