Lyons has written some good stuff, so I wouldn’t mind him on TV
Cornell would be nice to have back to TV, especially if we got Bernice on Screen.
Rob Shearman is the writer who I most want to write for TV again, him coming back would be brilliant.
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I wouldn’t mind, but he is probably the one I don’t feel the strongest about getting the gig, still pretty great or solid from what I heard or read of his.
Yes please. No elaboration, he is easily one of the writers who I would love to get more TV Scripts from, if anybody from the VNAs should return again, it’s easily him. (Also put Benny in the Show, thank you)
Yes. I do love to see him write for the Show again. It’s shearman, who wouldn’t want another TV Script of his?!
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Here’s the next batch (though it’s five authors this time):
Alan Barnes: Fairly famous in Doctor Who circles. Barnes was Assisstant Editor and then sole Editor of DWM from 1996-2002. He wrote several comics for DWM and some for DWA. He wrote several Big Finish audios including for the Main Range (#16, 33, 50*, 64*, 103, 114, 123c, 127, 146, 164*, 177, 199, 211, 252)[1] and wrote for Gallifrey (1.1, 1.4, 3.5). For TV, he wrote The Infinite Quest. Should Barnes be commissioned to write an episode of the TV series?
Paul Magrs: The creator of Iris Wildthyme, Paul Magrs has written several novels, short stories and audios (including the Nest Cottage Chronicles). For the Main Range, he wrote #18, 51, 97, 110, 173, 210, 217b, 245. Paul Magrs has not written for the TV show. Should Magrs be commissioned to write an episode of the TV series?
Alan W. Lear: This author is kind of shrouded in mystery with a tiny stub of a page on the wiki. His only credit is Minuet in Hell which he co-wrote with Gary Russell. That story was essentially a remake of an old Audio Visuals script and the time period and location was changed while keeping most of the story beats. Should Lear, if he’s still alive, be commissioned to write an episode of the TV series?
Gary Russell: Editor of Doctor Who Magazine from 1992-1995, Executive Producer for Big Finish Productions from 1998-2006, Script Editor for Waters of Mars, End of Time, a handful of Series 2 Torchwood stories and a large chunk of the SJA, Gary Russell is well-known to Doctor Who fans. He has also written a ton of Doctor Who stories including novels, comics, audios and short stories, he is known for filling his stories with an abundance of continuity references. His Main Range writing credits are all co-author credits and cover three stories: Minuet in Hell, Zagreus, and The Next Life. He has not actually written a TV story yet. Should Gary Russell be commissioned to write an episode of the TV series?
Marc Platt: Writer of Ghost Light for TV, a handful of novels, and several short stories and audios. Platt is one of the creatives behind what was informally dubbed by fans “The Cartmel Masterplan”. For the Main Range, he wrote #20, 34, 96, 113a, 125, 138, 153, 161, 172, 205, 231. Should Platt be enticed back to the TV series?
releases with and * had co-writers ↩︎
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I’d love Paul Magrs and Marc Platt to write for the TV series.
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Paul Magrs please please on my hands and knees reference my Aunty Iris on TV please please
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Would adore a Paul Magrs story!! Yes please! And I’d like the others too, especially Marc Platt. Unfortunately I don’t think Lear is around anymore.
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So, this has gone through the first twenty Main Range releases and their authors. There are of course authors who’ve wrote multiple stories so I don’t think it’s actually twenty authors. That said, here’s a poll of every Main Range writer thus far. Who would you like to write for the TV show? Remember, you can vote for as many as you want.
- Nicholas Briggs
- Mark Gatiss
- Justin Richards
- Stephen Cole
- Jonathan Blum
- Jacqueline Rayner
- Mike Tucker
- Nicholas Pegg
- Andrew Cartmel
- Steve Lyons
- Paul Cornell
- Robert Shearman
- Alan Barnes
- Paul Magrs
- Alan W. Lear
- Gary Russell
- Marc Platt
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So I’m not always a fan of Magrs and Platt and their weird ideas, but I’d be intrigued to see them write for the TV show one day.
As for Barnes and Russell, I’m quite indifferent to their writing overall. It could go either way with them.
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Yes. I’d love a barnes penned TV Script honestly! Even if his track record is one of the messier ones, honestly
Big yes. Thousands time yes, he has such a particular style for writing, which makes him a great Fit for TV! Honestly, he is easily in my Top 5 of EU Writers to move to the Show one day, at least with one Script. (Can you tell how much I love Magrs’s Work?)
I do be open for it, but he can be quite a messy writer, I do really love his Highs, I suppose getting him to write something very anniversary would be lovely other than that, I am not quite sure honestly.
I think he is one of the best classic Writer, they should give him a Call again for sure!
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I’m admittedly very curious about what Cartmell would do with NuWho
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He was planned to write a Torchwood story originally
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