Derrick Sherwin
Derrick George Sherwin (16 April 1936 – 17 October 2018)[1] was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor.On The Space Pirates, Sherwin briefly resumed his old role as script editor,[6] while Dicks was busy writing Troughton's last story, the epic 10-part season finale The War Games with Malcolm Hulke.[7] Sherwin was involved in the casting of Jon Pertwee in the lead role on the programme,[4] and succeeded Peter Bryant as producer in 1969 for The War Games and Pertwee's debut, Spearhead from Space, making a small on-screen appearance as a car park attendant in the latter serial as he was still a member of the British Actors' Equity Association at the time.[9] He later contributed to several documentaries for the Doctor Who DVD range, as well as providing commentaries for the two stories he produced and surviving episodes of The Web of Fear and The Wheel in Space for the Lost in Time collection.[10] Sherwin left Doctor Who to once again work alongside Peter Bryant, who persuaded him to join the production of Paul Temple (1969-1971).