# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derrick-sherwin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:36:49.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derrick-sherwin"
name: "Derrick Sherwin"
slug: "derrick-sherwin"
description: "Derrick George Sherwin was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor. After beginning his career in the theatre, Sherwin became an actor in television before moving into writing. He became the story editor on Doctor Who and, as the producer of the series in 1969, he oversaw the transition from black-and-white to colour by producing Patrick Troughton's final story and Jon Pertwee's first. He also co-produced Paul Temple for the BBC."
tagline: "Television producer (1936–2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Portrait_of_Derrick_Sherwin.webp/330px-Portrait_of_Derrick_Sherwin.webp.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-04-16"
deathDate: "2018-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             2.151898734177215
  historical:           6.613824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792774/"
    handle:    "nm0792774"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ab61022-be0f-455f-b6da-ea22738ac8da"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديريك شيروين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Sherwin"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Sherwin"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Sherwin"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Sherwin"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Sherwin"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1192916"
    title: "Derrick Sherwin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump