Glyn Jones

Who is Glyn Jones?

Glyn Idris Jones, is a South African actor, writer and director.

During late 1964, David Whitaker, the story editor on the BBC series Doctor Who contacted Glyn Jones, whom he had met at a dinner party, with a view to Jones penning an adventure for the programme. By the time Whitaker was replaced by Dennis Spooner, Jones had been commissioned to write The Space Museum. Jones was later dismayed by Spooner's editing of his scripts, which excised much of the humorous content. Spooner felt that such material was inappropriate in what he envisioned as a high-concept science-fiction story. This would be Jones' only contribution to Doctor Who as a writer: a second submission in 1970 being rejected by then-script editor Terrance Dicks.

However, Jones would go on to play Krans in 1975's The Sontaran Experiment. This was a rare example of a Doctor Who writer also acting on the programme. He would later write the novelization of his scripts in 1987.

Now aged 82, Jones is the earliest surviving credited writer of the series and one of only two living writers from the Hartnell era of the programme, the other being Donald Tosh.

Jones' other writing credits are A King's Story Oscar nominated, The Magnificent Six and ½, seven scripts and script editor for the children's TV series Here Come the Double Deckers, and The Gold Robbers. Also a number of stage plays produced in England and America, Thriller of the Year and Beautiful Forever published by Samuel French Ltd, London, and Red in the Morning by Samuel French in New York City. Rosemary, Oh Brother!, Champagne Charlie, Peter Pan - A Musical Fantasy & The 88, "Third Drawer From The Top all published by DCG Media Group.