John Vincent Lucarotti[1] (20 May 1926 – 20 November 1994)[1] was a British-Canadian screenwriter and author who worked on The Avengers, The Troubleshooters and Doctor Who in the 1960s.

Born into an Army family in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1926 the son of Helen (née Stark) and Umberto Rimes Lucarotti, John Lucarotti inherited his Italian surname from his grandfather, who was a sculptor.

Lucarotti spent 10 years in the Royal Navy during and after the Second World War before moving to Canada in 1950 to pursue his interest in writing.

He created the television series Operation Patch (later novelised), The Ravelled Thread, and The Panther's Leap.

[6] Lucarotti died of spinal cancer in Paris on 20 November 1994 at age 68.