Bob Baker (born in Bristol, England in 1939) is a British television and film writer.
His most famous contributions have been as the author of four scripts for the Wallace and Gromit films
The Wrong Trousers,
A Close Shave and
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and
A Matter of Loaf and Death (in which a character is named after him).
Bob Baker is also known for numerous scripts for the
Doctor Who television series between 1971 and 1979 including:
- The Claws of Axos (1971)
- The Mutants (1972)
- The Three Doctors (1973)
- The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
- The Hand of Fear (1976)
- The Invisible Enemy (1977)
- Underworld (1978)
- The Armageddon Factor (1979)
- Nightmare of Eden (1979)
For all but the last of these, Baker collaborated with Dave Martin. Together they were nicknamed "The Bristol Boys" by the
Doctor Who production teams with whom they worked.
Baker and Martin's most notable contributions to the
Doctor Who mythos were probably the robot computer K-9 (created for
The Invisible Enemy) and the renegade Time Lord Omega (created for
The Three Doctors,
Doctor Who's tenth anniversary story). Several of Baker's stories had elements of hard science not often found in
Doctor Who, although they have also been criticized for scientific inaccuracy. Together with Martin, they also created fantasy television serials for children including the 1975
Sky.
Baker's other contributions to British television include scripts for episodes of
Shoestring and
Bergerac. On 16 March 2006, it was reported in the free newspaper
Metro that he was working on a new animated series featuring K-9,
K-9.
Baker currently resides in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Laurie Booth working with Baker have recently created a website ([1]).
As of 2010, Baker is now the only surviving scriptwriter from the Third Doctor era.