Neil Gaiman: Female writers on ‘Doctor Who’ is ‘a priority’

Neil Gaiman has discussed the lack of female writers on Doctor Who. The author wrote 2011’s ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ and 2013’s ‘Nightmare in Silver’. Gaiman wrote on Tumblr: “In the six years I’ve been working with the Doctor Who team, the producers and script editors I’ve directly worked with (four out of six of whom … >

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Neil Gaiman wants to write ‘Doctor Who’ ep for Capaldi

Neil Gaiman has revealed that he is keen to write a third episode of Doctor Who. The author previously wrote 2011’s ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ and 2013’s ‘Nightmare in Silver’. Gaiman told Audrey Niffenegger in New York: “Whenever I’m in the UK, I sneak into meetings with [the production team]. They say, ‘Can you do another … >

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5 of the best high-profile ‘Doctor Who’ writers

When reviving the show in 2004, showrunner Russell T Davies drew together a group of writers already well acquainted with the worlds of Doctor Who. Mark Gatiss, Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman had written novels and scripts for Big Finish, while Steven Moffat was responsible for the well received and affectionate Comic Relief parody ‘The … >

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‘Doctor Who’ at 50: ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ (2011)

The story The Doctor is summoned to a bubble universe where he hopes to find his old friend the Corsair, another survivor of the Time War. Instead he encounters a terrible truth and a mysterious woman known as Idris.   Best moments The Doctor discovers exactly why Idris told him that the little boxes would … >

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Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ radio adaptation audiobook review

Neverwhere began life as a six-part BBC Two series in 1996. Sadly, a limited budget restrained its potential and it was in prose that the story truly came alive. Neil Gaiman, then known primarily for his comic work, is now a world-renowned author whose work straddles the worlds of prose, film and television. Neverwhere has never gone away though, with a comic version, stage adaptations and attempts at a movie in the intervening years.

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Win Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ audiobook!

To celebrate AudioGO’s release of the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere on audiobook (RRP £16.25) for the first time on Thursday 5 September, we’ve got CDs to give away to four of our Twitter followers!

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