Derrick Sherwin is a British television producer, writer, and actor. He is best known as the story editor (1968-69) and later producer (1969-70) of Doctor Who. As of October 2009, he is one of only two producers of the classic series who are still alive. His contributions to the series included introducing UNIT, the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, moving it from black and white to colour, and casting Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. He remains a writer and television producer. He is half Welsh.

Whose Who?

Derrick Sherwin is the only surviving producer of Doctor Who from before the Tom Baker era. Today he writes exclusively for WalesHome about his career, his contribution to Doctor Who and his views on the series now