Ian Stuart Black

Career Overview

Ian Stuart Black has 19 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Signature works include Doctor Who: The Macra Terror, Doctor Who: The War Machines, Spin a Dark Web. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

19

Birth Date

1915-03-21

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

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  Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
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  Doctor Who: The War Machines
• 

  Spin a Dark Web
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  The Limping Man
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  Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
• 

  Home to Danger

Frequent Collaborators

• Anneke Wills (3 collaborations)
• Michael Craze (3 collaborations)
• Patrick Troughton (2 collaborations)
• Frazer Hines (2 collaborations)
• Peter Jeffrey (2 collaborations)
• Graham Armitage (2 collaborations)
• Ian Fairbairn (2 collaborations)
• Jane Enshawe (2 collaborations)
• Sandra Bryant (2 collaborations)
• Terence Lodge (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (19 credits)

  • Doctor Who: The Savages

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • Star Maidens

    - The Creatures of the Mind (1976) ... writer writing

    - What Have They Done to the Rain? (1976) ... writer writing

    - The Perfect Couple (1976) ... writer writing

    - Test for Love (1976) ... writer writing

    - The Trial (1976) ... writer writing
    1976
  • Tully

    writer

    writing
    1975
  • Queen of Scots

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Doctor Who: The War Machines

    writer

    writing
    1966
  • Doctor Who: The Savages

    writer

    writing
    1966
  • The High Bright Sun

    novel

    writing
    1964
  • Doctor Who

    - The Macra Terror (4) (1967) ... writer writing

    - The Macra Terror (3) (1967) ... writer writing

    - The Macra Terror (2) (1967) ... writer writing

    - The Macra Terror (1) (1967) ... writer writing

    - The War Machines (4) (1966) ... writer writing
    1963
  • She'll Have to Go

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • The Saint

    - The Death Penalty (1964) ... writer writing
    1962
  • In the Wake of a Stranger

    novel

    writing
    1959
  • The Long Knife

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Coaching Holiday

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Spin a Dark Web

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Limping Man

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Home to Danger

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Shadow of the Past

    writer

    writing
    1950