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Donald Boyd Wilson was a Scottish television writer and producer who worked for the BBC, born in Dunblane, Scotland, on 11 September 1910 and died on 5 March 2002. His work included co-creating the science fiction series Doctor Who in 1963, and he later said that he had named the series. He also adapted and produced The Forsyte Saga. Within this atlas Donald Wilson is credited as the creator of D.

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Donald Boyd Wilson (11 September 1910-5 March 2002) was a Scottish television writer and producer who worked for the BBC. His work included co-creating the science fiction series Doctor Who in 1963, also later saying that he had named the series, and adapting and producing The Forsyte Saga in 1967.
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The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, follows the adventures of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being from a humanoid species known as Time Lords.
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