David Fisher

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a career overview of David Fisher (Writing).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, etc.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Word count: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Format: Plain text only.
Synopsis:
David Fisher (13 April 1929 – 10 January 2018) was a British television screenwriter.
Commissioned by Anthony Read (Doctor Who script editor) to write The Stones of Blood (1978) and The Androids of Tara (1978) for The Key to Time storyline (season 16).
Commissioned to write The Creature from the Pit (1979) for season 17 during Douglas Adams' tenure as script editor.
Worked on "A Gamble with Time" (season 17), but could not finish due to divorce proceedings.
"A Gamble with Time" was reworked and completed by Douglas Adams and producer Graham Williams.
Source [1]:
Birthday: April 13, 1929.
Death: January 10, 2018 (88 years old).
Known for: Writing.
Also known as: David Agnew.
Source [2]: Mentions a David Fisher (Actor) known for The Boys (2019), Coroner (2019), and Collingwood Killings: The Museum Keeper (2025). Note: This appears to be a different person based on the context of the prompt focusing on the screenwriter.
Source [3]: Mentions a David Fisher (Actor/Stunts) known for A Knight's Tale, EuroTrip, etc. Note: This is clearly a different person.
Source [4]: Mentions a David Fisher (Actor).
Focus: David Fisher (the screenwriter).
Paragraph 1: Identity and Early Work.
David Fisher (April 13, 1929 – January 10, 2018) was a British television screenwriter. He was also known as David Agnew. During his career, he was commissioned by Doctor Who script editor Anthony Read to write two stories for the season 16 Key to Time storyline: The Stones of Blood (1978) and The Androids of Tara (1978).
Paragraph 2: Later Work and Unfinished Projects.
Fisher was subsequently commissioned to write The Creature from the Pit (1979) for the seventeenth season of Doctor Who, which took place during the tenure of script editor Douglas Adams. He also worked on a story titled A Gamble with Time for the seventeenth season. However, due to the conclusion of his first marriage's divorce proceedings, he was unable to complete the scripts for that project. The story was eventually reworked and completed by producer Graham Williams and Douglas Adams.
Drafting and Word Count Check:
David Fisher (April 13, 1929 – January 10, 2018) was a British television screenwriter who was also known as David Agnew. His work included writing for the Doctor Who season 16 Key to Time storyline. He was commissioned by script editor Anthony Read to write The Stones of Blood in 1978 and The Androids of Tara in 1978.

Fisher was later commissioned to write The Creature from the Pit (1979) for the seventeenth season of Doctor Who during the tenure of script editor