Another
word for writer is author. A writer is someone who pen book or articles for a
living.
Writers
have often appeared as major characters in cult-TV series and episodes.
One
of history’ greatest writer, for instance -- William Shakespeare – has sometimes
been a guest on genre programs. In “The
Bard,” an episode of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (1959-1964), for
example, he is summoned using black magic by another writer, Julius Moomer (Jack
Weston), in hopes that he can help the would-be author create a successful
screenplay.
The
Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) also encounters Shakespeare in the Doctor
Who (2005 - ) episode, “The Shakespeare Code,” and finds that the
writer is open to inspiration, but also under the influence of Carrionites.
Journalists
are writers too, and cult-TV history has seen the appearance of prominent
journalists such as Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) in Kolchak: The Night
Stalker (1974) and Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) in The Incredible Hulk (1978-1982). In both cases, these writers are personified
by their dogged pursuit of the truth.
The
Superman mythos – from the 1950s to 2011 – similarly features writers,
journalists such as Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Chloe Sullivan.
In
the Star
Trek universe, the EMH (Robert Picardo) fancies himself a writer in Star Trek:
Voyager (1995-2001), and Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton) of Deep
Space Nine (1993 – 1999) also grows up to become a writer, a destiny
viewers see fulfilled in the episode “The Visitor.”
Rod
Serling’s Night Gallery
(1969-1973) often features writers, sometimes as Gods (“Midnight Never Ends”)
and sometimes as stubborn investigators of the unknown (“Fright Night.”)
In
one of the best episodes of The X-Files (1993-2002), “Milagro”
(by Chris Carter), a writer named Phil Padgett (John Hawke), seeks to write a
great novel and is inspired by Scully. However, his own dark creation – a psychic
surgeon – also is brought to life.
Other
writers in cult-TV history include mystery writers Jessica Fletcher (Murder,
She Wrote) and Richard Castle (Castle), and blogger and novelist Hank
Moody (Californication).
The
Following
(2013 – 2015) concerns two writer, former law enforcement official Ryan Hardy
(Kevin Bacon) and author/cult-leader Joe Carroll (James Purefoy).
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