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News - 2011
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)...
News - 2010
15 November
The cover of my Doctor Who audiobook The Jade
Pyramid has been spotted in the wild. Click here to have a little look.
25 October
My latest Doctors script has been locked off.
'Pretending to See the Future' will be on BBC1 and BBC1
HD in March, 2011.
29 September
I've just noticed that my Doctor Who audiobook
The Jade Pyramid gets its first
mention in Doctor Who Magazine. It's set in feudal
Japan, and the story was recorded by new Doctor Matt Smith back
in June. It will be released in January 2011. Also, my Merlin novelisation is published
tomorrow! It's available from all good book shops and, most
probably, one or two average ones as well.
2 September
I've just been commissioned to write a new episode of
Doctors. More details to follow.
8 July
A new look for the website - and some 'new news' about my
most recent work for Doctor Who... (Click here or here for more details!)
3 March
Less than a week until my next episode of Doctors!
'Bleeding' is on BBC1 on Tuesday 9th March at 1.45pm, and
on BBC HD at 6pm the same day. (It will also be on iPlayer all
week.) I've watched it already, and I'm delighted with
the end results. Please tune in if you can.
7 January
I'm pleased to announce that I'm adapting Howard
Overman's Merlin TV episode 'Lancelot and
Guinevere' into a novel for teenagers to be published by
Random House Children's Books later in the year. Click
here to pre-order from Amazon!
4 January
I've just been told that my next episode of Doctors
got a mention on Digital Spy back in November...! There's an
interview with ex-Hollyoaks actor Barry Sloane here.
News - 2009
12 November
Last week I had the very great pleasure of watching my latest
episode of Doctors being filmed. Massive thanks to
director Rob Rohrer, actors Chris Walker, Tom Roberts, Barry
Sloane and Marcquelle Ward, and the entire team, for putting so
much work and energy into this. Thanks also to Neil Irvine, my
script editor, for driving me to the location. I can't wait
to see the end results.
16 October
'Bleeding', my eighth episode of Doctors, has been
locked off.
7 September
I've started work on 'Bleeding', a new episode of
Doctors. If all goes to plan it'll be on BBC1 in March
2010 - but first things first, let's get the script
done...
18 August
At the end of the month I'll be at the Greenbelt arts
festival, talking about Doctor Who and/or comics. More
details here.
24 July
In October I hope to be attending a 'pubcon' in
Manchester celebrating the world of Doctor Who novels. You
can get tickets from here.
24 April
We're off to the TV BAFTAs again on Sunday!
News - 2008
10 December
I've just been told that Crisis Control begins its run
on CBBC on Friday 2nd January at 4.30pm. If you (or your
children!) are fans of things like Scorpion Island and
Raven, do tune in!
29 November
BBC1 are showing my next episode of Doctors on Monday 8th
December. 'Pink Ribbon' stars Paul Moriarty and Hazel
Ellerby (best known for roles in EastEnders and Peak
Practice respectively).
25 September
My little self-contained comic strip 'The Alice in Wonderland
Circuit' appears in Doctor Who Adventures issue 83,
out today.
2 September
Just a reminder that my Doctors episode 'The
Horrors', starring Ashley George and Emily Aston, is on BBC1
on Monday 8th September at 1.45pm.
21 August
Part one of my new comic strip, 'Attack of the Mange
Mites!', appears in the current issue of Doctor Who
Adventures. It will be followed by my first three-part story,
'By Order of the Bone Menders'.
15 August
My latest episode of Doctors has been signed off. All
things being equal, 'Pink Ribbon' will be transmitted in
early December.
2 August
I have just finished work on all thirteen episodes of series one
of Red Alert (now likely to be called Crisis
Control).
8 July
Doctors have commissioned me to write another episode,
provisionally entitled 'Pink Ribbon'.
23 June
I'm delighted to say I've been asked to open the new
library at the Park School in Yeovil on Thursday.
21 May
I'm about to start working on Red Alert (provisional
title), a new series for CBBC.
30 April
'The Horrors' has been signed off, and will be on BBC1 in
early September.
1 April
I'm writing 'The Horrors', another episode of
Doctors.
7 February
Part one of 'The Halls of Sacrifice' appears in Doctor
Who Adventures issue 50, out today. The comic strip concludes
next week, and is followed by another two-part story, 'The
Old Kings of Skarab'.
2 January
I will be speaking at the Yeovil Community Arts Association event at
the Johnson Studio on 10th January. If you happen to be in the
area, do come along!
News - 2007
30 October
My Doctors episode 'Angels and Shadows' is on BBC1
on Friday 9th November at 2.05pm. It stars Martyn Read, Simon
Scott and George Pensotti.
19 July
My comic strip 'The Last Soldier' starts in the latest
issue of Doctor Who Adventures, published today. The story
concludes in two weeks.
2 July
My next Doctors story has been signed off. It will be
transmitted in November. The audiobook version of Wooden
Heart is released today; there is a little review of it on
the BBC Doctor Who website here.
24 May
Part one of my first ever comic strip, 'The Green, the Bad
and the Ugly', appears in Doctor Who Adventures today.
Part two will be along in a couple of weeks.
17 May
I've been commissioned to write another episode of
Doctors - and I'm going to the BAFTA TV awards on
Sunday!
19 April
Doctor Who: Wooden Heart, my novel featuring the tenth
Doctor and Martha Jones, is officially published today. (If you
would like to order it online, it's available here and here, and doubtless elsewhere.) It will be
released as an (abridged) audiobook in July, read by Adjoa
Andoh.
News - 2006
7 December
Just a reminder: my Doctors story 'All You Need
is...' will be transmitted on BBC1 on 18th December. It stars
Gareth Hunt, Tim Briggs and Heather Bleasdale. As reported in
Doctor Who Magazine and elsewhere, I'm working on a
novel for the BBC featuring the tenth Doctor and new companion
Martha.
17 November
No Man's Land is now in the shops. (Incidentally,
here is my (unused)
version of the back cover blurb.)
4 August
The Doctor Who audio adventure No Man's Land
(formerly We are the Dead) has now been recorded. It stars
Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Philip Olivier, Michael Cochrane,
Rob Dixon, Rupert Wickham, Oliver Mellor, Ian Hayles, and Michael
Adams. More details here.
10 July
'All You Need is...' has been signed off. (I'll just
note here, in passing, that Doctor Who: The Sleep of
Reason was voted third best Eighth Doctor novel (out of 73)
in the final online Doctor Who Novel Rankings. Thanks to all who
voted for it.)
23 May
My next episode of Doctors - 'All You Need is...'
- has been commissioned.
14 March
'ASBO' stars Josef Altin, Julia Worsley, and Jeanne
Mockford (who you might remember as Senna the Soothsayer from
Up Pompeii!). We are the Dead has been pencilled in
for a November release.
News - 2005
26 September
I have been commissioned to write We are the Dead for Big
Finish's Doctor Who range.
16 September
My third episode of Doctors has been signed off. It will
be transmitted on 21st March 2006. My last Doctor Who
novel was voted second best of 2004 by readers of Doctor Who
Magazine.
15 July
I've been commissioned to write 'ASBO', another
episode of Doctors.
27 January
My latest story for Doctors has been signed off, and it
will be transmitted on Tuesday 24th May (BBC1).
News - 2004
8 December
I have been commissioned to write a second script for
Doctors called 'The Girl Who Came Back'. Doctor
Who - A Christmas Treasury, featuring a short story of mine,
is published this month (and can be ordered here).
25 October
Magazine reviews of The Sleep of Reason have been broadly
positive. SFX called it "one of the most elegant
Doctor Who novels ever written" (and awarded it five stars);
Doctor Who Magazine concluded: "Filled with
disturbing scenes and horrific images, The Sleep of Reason is one
of the grimmer Eighth Doctor books - and also one of the best
recently." There is an interview with me on the BBC's
Doctor Who site here. The Discontinuity Guide, a
Doctor Who reference guide written with Paul Cornell and
Keith Topping, is about to be reprinted by MonkeyBrain Books in the US. I will be
attending the Gallifrey convention in LA in 2005 (more details
here).
22 July
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine carries a
mini-interview with me as part of a 'Coming Soon' piece
on The Sleep of Reason, which is officially due out on 2nd
August. The novel can be pre-ordered here. I will also be doing a book signing at
the Tenth
Planet shop in Barking on 31st July.
16 June
My first story for Doctors has been signed off the
producer. It will be transmitted on BBC1 on Friday 7th January
2005 at 2.05pm.
3 June
I've just received the draft cover of my Doctor Who
novel, The Sleep of Reason. Click here to see it.
11 May
I have been commissioned to write a script for Doctors
entitled 'True Romance'.
