Lesley Scott

Lesley Scott is the first woman to receive a writing credit in the history of the British science-fiction program, "Doctor Who". She received a full co-writing credit for the 1966 serial, "The Ark", despite having contributed nothing to the script [Hickman, Clayton, ed., "Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition" #12 (In Their Own Words, Volume One: 1963-1969), November 2005, Panini, p. 56.] . The credit came at the request of writer Paul Erickson's agent, on Erickson's behalf. He wanted, for reasons still obscure, to share the writing credit with his then-wife. However, she did not receive any part of the copyright for the serial [ [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/x.html Behind the scenes of "The Ark"] ] .

She remained the only woman credited as a writer on "Doctor Who" until Barbara Clegg in 1983. She is not a professional television writer, and has no other writing credits in that medium to her name [ [http://imdb.com/name/nm0779482/ Lesley Scott's imdb.com page] ] . However, she is credited as a contributor to the "Dr. Who Annual"s published by World Distributors/World International [Pixley, Andrew, "Archive Extra: "The Ark"," "Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition", #7, 12 May 2004 ("The Complete First Doctor"), Panini Comics, p.73.] .

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