Anthony Read

Anthony Read (born 21 April 1935) was script editor on Doctor Who during part of the tenure of Graham Williams as producer in 1978. He also wrote the story The Horns of Nimon. Read also collaborated with Williams on the script of The Invasion of Time, under the shared pseudonym of David Agnew, after the original script, involving an invasion of the Time Lord citadel by a race of Cat People, proved unworkable. Together with Don Houghton, he co-wrote the fifth Sapphire & Steel television story, known informally as Dr McDee Must Die. In 1979, he contributed the scripts for the episodes Powers of Darkness and Out of Body, Out of Mind to the paranormal thriller series The Omega Factor.