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Author Description Christopher Franklin Boucher was a British television writer, best known for his frequent contributions to two genres, science fiction and crime dramas. Prior to becoming a television writer, Boucher had worked at Calor Gas as a management trainee and he also gained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Essex.<br /><br />In science fiction, he wrote three <i>Doctor Who</i> serials in the late 1970s: <i>The Face of Evil</i>, <i>The Robots of Death</i> and <i>Image of the Fendahl</i>. Perhaps his most durable contribution to Doctor Who mythology was the creation of Leela, the savage companion played by Louise Jameson. Boucher was commissioned for the programme by Robert Holmes, who would suggest that Boucher be appointed as script editor of new science fiction series <i>Blake's 7</i>. He served in this role for the entirety of its four season run from 1978 to 1981, also writing several episodes himself, including the well-remembered final episode. In 1987 he created his own series <i>Star Cops</i>, which combined the science fiction and crime genres, and lasted only nine episodes.<br /><br />In the genre of police dramas, between working on <i>Doctor Who</i> and <i>Blake's 7</i>, Boucher was the script editor on the second season of the drama <i>Shoestring</i>, which followed the investigations of private detective and radio show host Eddie Shoestring. In 1982, following the end of <i>Blake's 7</i>, Boucher script edited and wrote for the third season police drama <i>Juliet Bravo</i>. He later moved on to script edit the detective show <i>Bergerac</i>, working on the programme throughout the 1980s.

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