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((short description|Irish screenwriter, script editor, and poet))
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|birth_name = John Christopher Byrne
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|genre = [[Science fiction]], [[drama]]
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'''John Christopher Byrne''' (27 November 1935 – 2 April 2008)<ref name="auto1">((Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/25/television.bbc|title=Obituary: Johnny Byrne|date=25 April 2008|website=The Guardian))</ref> was an Irish television [[screenwriter]] and [[script editor]]. He travelled extensively in his youth as a travelling poet. During the 1960s he worked as a [[literary editor]], and wrote short stories that were published in ''[[Science Fantasy (magazine)|Science Fantasy]]'' magazine.

Byrne's other works include the novel ''Groupie'' (1969, co-written with Jenny Fabian), the BBC "[[The Wednesday Play|Wednesday Play]]" ''Season of the Witch'' (1971), and the scripts for the films ''[[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film)|Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall]]'' (1972, co-written with original author [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Norman Cohen]]), and ''Rosie Is My Relative'' (1976). He was script editor of the TV series ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1976, 1978, 1985, 1988&ndash;1990), writing 29 episodes, and also produced scripts for ''[[One by One (TV series)|One by One]]'' (1987). Byrne was the creator of the TV drama series ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (which was loosely based on the ''Constable'' books by Nicholas Rhea), writing 23 episodes for 17 series between 1992 and 2005. He also created and wrote for ''[[Noah's Ark (UK TV series)|Noah's Ark]]'' (1997&ndash;98).<ref name="auto">((Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-byrne-writer-of-feelgood-tv-dramas-826279.html|title=Johnny Byrne: Writer of feelgood TV dramas|date=23 October 2011|website=The Independent))</ref>

==''Space: 1999''==
Byrne was the most prolific scriptwriter for the first series of ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (1973&ndash;75), and was initially assigned the role of [[creative consultant]] for the second season (1976&ndash;77). However, hoping to make a greater impact on the American market, the producers desired a consultant from the United States, and the job was subsequently given to [[Fred Freiberger]].

Byrne's scripts for series one of ''Space: 1999'' were "[[Matter of Life and Death (Space: 1999)|Matter of Life and Death]]" (based on a draft by [[Art Wallace]]), "[[Another Time, Another Place (Space: 1999)|Another Time, Another Place]]", "[[Force of Life]]", "[[Voyager's Return]]" (based on an idea by Joe Gannon), "[[List of Space: 1999 episodes#ep12|End of Eternity]]", "[[The Troubled Spirit]]", "[[Mission of the Darians]]", and "[[The Testament of Arkadia]]". For series two, he wrote "[[The Metamorph]]", "[[List of Space: 1999 episodes#ep47|The Immunity Syndrome]]", and "[[The Dorcons]]".

==''Doctor Who''==
Byrne is also known for his contributions to the British science-fiction TV series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The first of his three scripted and screened stories was ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' (1981), which resurrected the [[Master (Doctor Who)|Master]] and served as the first instalment in a trilogy of stories (continuing with ''[[Logopolis]]'' and ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'') involving the character. For the same story, Byrne created the character of [[Nyssa (Doctor Who)|Nyssa]], who would later become a [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to the [[Fifth Doctor]].

Byrne's second story, ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'' (1983), featured the [[Time Lord]] villain [[Omega (Doctor Who)|Omega]], who had first appeared in ''[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)|The Three Doctors]]'' a decade earlier. His final screened story was ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'' (1984), which saw the return of monsters the [[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurian]]s and the [[Sea Devil (Doctor Who)|Sea Devil]]s.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/johnny-byrne/|title=Johnny Byrne|website=Doctor Who Interview Archive))</ref>

In 1991, Byrne wrote the final draft script for an unmade ''Doctor Who'' movie called ''Doctor Who: Last of the Time Lords''.<ref>[https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv47/motionpicture.html ''Whatever Happened to... Doctor Who - The Motion Picture?''] - article by Paul Scoones
in ''The Time/Space Visualiser'' (New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club newsletter) #47, April 1996 (hosted on Tetrapyriarbus website)</ref>

==Personal life==
Byrne left Ireland for the United Kingdom in 1956. For a time, he worked as a teacher of [[English as a foreign language]] in various cities in Europe.<ref name="auto"/> In 1975 he married Sandy Carrington-Mail, with whom he had three sons.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Death==
Byrne died on 2 April 2008, aged 72.<ref name="auto"/> He last resided, and is buried, in the Norfolk village of [[Heydon, Norfolk|Heydon]].<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26083053/johnny-byrne Find A Grave] Johnny Byrne</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/heydon.htm|title=Heydon|website=literarynorfolk.co.uk))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*((IMDb name|0126210|Johnny Byrne))
*[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/25/television.bbc Obituary: ''The Guardian'']
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-byrne-writer-of-feelgood-tv-dramas-826279.html Obituary: ''The Independent'']

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