Born on 11 February 1934, Weir attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1950s, and began writing scripts for television in the 1960s and 1970s, including The Plane Makers (1963–64) and The Troubleshooters, (1966–69; known in the US as Mogul), as well as The Lotus Eaters (1972).
[1] Weir also wrote occasional scripts for many other British TV series, such as Danger Man (US: Secret Agent, 1964), A Family at War (1970–72), The Onedin Line (1971–80),[1] Crown Court (1972–84), and Space: 1999 (1975–78).
These two series were produced in Japan using local actors and crew and dubbed into English using British voice over artists.
[3] Weir's was interviewed for the BBC magazine Radio Times from 10 to 17 November 1979, to coincide with the start of the second series of Monkey.
The episodes, collectively titled Killers of the Dark,[4] would have introduced a race of cat people found to be living on Gallifrey, the homeworld of the Time Lords.