MARTIN DAY

Scriptwriter and Author

I have been a freelance writer for over twenty years, and am a regular contributor to BBC1's Doctors. I was lead writer on CBBC's Crisis Control and have also worked on Channel Five's Family Affairs. I'm the author of ten novels and audiobooks, and eight non-fiction books, mostly concerning television in general and Doctor Who in particular. I've also written plays, comic strips, short stories and journalism.

I am represented by JFL Agency Ltd (scripts) and The Marsh Agency (books). Click on Contact Me for more details.

I am a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, BAFTA and the Wessex Media Group.


Latest News

21 November
My Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook, Children of Steel, which is now in shops and available from all online retailers, and Scott Gray's Judgement Day, are "among the best of the range". So says the review in the latest Doctor Who Magazine, which is out now.

In other news, my latest Doctors has now been filmed - I can't wait to tell you who's in it!

22 September
It's been mentioned in Doctor Who Magazine, so I guess it's safe to announce... I've written a Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook, Children of Steel. The reader is Daniel Anthony, who it was my pleasure to meet after the recent screening of 'Sky' at the BFI, and it's out in November.

21 September
I've finished my latest episode of Doctors (provisionally entitled 'Naqam'). Now it's over to the producer and director...!

16 August
I've started work on my tenth episode of Doctors! It's quite an unusual story, I think, but if all goes according to plan it will be on BBC1 in February.

11 March
Less than a week until my next episode of Doctors! 'Pretending to See the Future' is on BBC1 and BBC1 HD at 1.45pm on Thursday 17 March and again on BBC HD at 4pm (and then available on iPlayer for a week). It stars the wonderful Luisa Bradshaw-White (who I still remember as Kira in the seminal This Life) as a woman who believes she has travelled forward in time. It also features Janet Dibley, Joe Sargent, David Partridge, Adrian Lewis Morgan, Lorna Laidlaw, Richard Corgan and Sophie Abelson.

If you're able to watch, please do!

10 February
I've just read the first print reviews of The Jade Pyramid. Doctor Who Magazine called it "delicate and mature" with writing that was "rich in detail and atmosphere", and SFX councluded it was "an enjoyable romp that features yet another characterful and lively reading from Matt Smith". There are more online reviews here, here and here.

8 January
The Jade Pyramid, my Doctor Who audiobook read by Matt Smith, was released on Thursday, and is available from bricks-and-mortar bookshops and online retailers. The first reviews seem positive (click here and here)...