Alan William Lear (born October, 1953) is a Scottish writer of science fiction and horror, whose credits include the 1984 BBC Radio 4 play Why Not Take All of Me? Lear wrote four plays for the Audio Visuals series of amateur-produced Doctor Who stories in the 1980s entitled Enclave Irrelative (which featured Michael Wisher as "Maul"), Minuet in Hell (which featured Michael Wisher as Lord Sandwich), Cloud Of Fear and Planet Of Lies (from an original scenario by Jim Mortimore). The latter saw the destruction of Gallifrey and the Time Lords by the Daleks many years before the 2005 revival of Doctor Who did the same. He was also the writer behind Audio Visuals' first foray into video production with the little seen drama Scarecrow City, starring Nicholas Briggs as Arthur Mowbray and Liz Knight as Penny dealing with unusual behaviour in the city of Pastonmouth. In 2001, Minuet in Hell was extensively rewritten for (by Lear with Gary Russell)and remade by Big Finish Productions for their range of audio dramas with Paul McGann featuring as the Eighth Doctor. A further story by Lear for Big Finish, Riders Of The Vortex, was abandoned due to creative difficulties with producer Gary Russell.
External links
- Big Finish Productions Official website
- Justyce.org - Audio Visuals tribute site
