Robert Holmes
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Robert Holmes was a prolific British television scriptwriter best known for his influential and imaginative work on the science fiction series Doctor Who.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Holmes canonical | 19 |
| Doctor Who classic series writers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3377929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Holmes Context triple: [Terror of the Autons, writer, Robert Holmes]
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A.
Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter was a groundbreaking British television dramatist and screenwriter renowned for his innovative, psychologically rich works that often blended fantasy and reality.
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B.
John Mortimer
John Mortimer was a British barrister, playwright, and author best known for creating the character Horace Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series.
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C.
Terry Nation
Terry Nation was a British television writer best known for creating the Daleks and for his influential work on the science fiction series Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
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D.
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss is a British actor, writer, and producer best known as a co-creator of the TV series "Sherlock" and for his work on "Doctor Who" and "The League of Gentlemen."
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E.
Barry Letts
Barry Letts was a British television producer, director, writer, and actor best known for his influential work on the classic science fiction series Doctor Who in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Holmes Target entity description: Robert Holmes was a prolific British television scriptwriter best known for his influential and imaginative work on the science fiction series Doctor Who.
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A.
Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter was a groundbreaking British television dramatist and screenwriter renowned for his innovative, psychologically rich works that often blended fantasy and reality.
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B.
John Mortimer
John Mortimer was a British barrister, playwright, and author best known for creating the character Horace Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series.
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C.
Terry Nation
Terry Nation was a British television writer best known for creating the Daleks and for his influential work on the science fiction series Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
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D.
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss is a British actor, writer, and producer best known as a co-creator of the TV series "Sherlock" and for his work on "Doctor Who" and "The League of Gentlemen."
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E.
Barry Letts
Barry Letts was a British television producer, director, writer, and actor best known for his influential work on the classic science fiction series Doctor Who in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who writer
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | BBC ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
screenwriting
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television ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| influenced | later Doctor Who writers ⓘ |
| knownFor | influential work on Doctor Who during the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
complex characterisation
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dark humour ⓘ imaginative plotting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carnival of Monsters
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Doctor Who ⓘ Pyramids of Mars ⓘ Spearhead from Space ⓘ Terror of the Autons ⓘ The Ark in Space ⓘ The Caves of Androzani ⓘ The Deadly Assassin ⓘ The Power of Kroll ⓘ The Ribos Operation ⓘ The Sun Makers ⓘ The Talons of Weng-Chiang ⓘ The Time Warrior ⓘ The Two Doctors ⓘ episodes of the television series Blake's 7 ⓘ episodes of the television series Doomwatch ⓘ episodes of the television series Juliet Bravo ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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police officer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television scriptwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld | script editor of Doctor Who ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Robert Holmes Description of subject: Robert Holmes was a prolific British television scriptwriter best known for his influential and imaginative work on the science fiction series Doctor Who.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Spearhead from Space
this entity surface form:
Doctor Who classic series writers