Rudyard Kipling

 (born 30 December 1865) (AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight) was a British author during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was Sarah Jane Smith's favourite author. She asked the Fourth Doctor to take her to meet him. He did, but in 1880, while Kipling was still a teenager. (PROSE: Evolution)

Behind the scenes
Kipling was played by David Haig in the play and later telefilm My Boy Jack.