Official: List of Series 5 writers confirmed!

January 7th, 2010

eleventh-doctor-januaryThe latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, released in the UK today priced £4.99, confirms the list of writers who will be lending their creativity for the upcoming fifth series of Doctor Who!

As previously reported, new showrunner Steven Moffat (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead), will be writing six episodes, while Chris Chibnall (42) will be writing two episodes, believed to be a two-parter.

Meanwhile, Mark Gatiss (The Unquiet Dead, The Idiot’s Lantern), Toby Whithouse (School Reunion), Gareth Roberts (The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Planet of the Dead), Richard Curtis and Simon Nye will each be penning one episode each.

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9 comments on this article
  1. Kane
    January 7th, 2010 at 10.15pm | #1

    i like the post the writers for series 5 are great wasnt mark gatiss in an episode of dr who (Series 3, Episode 7, The Lazarus Experiment ?

  2. Kane
    January 7th, 2010 at 10.22pm | #2

    also i like steven moffatt he did Blink amazingly

  3. TSG
    January 8th, 2010 at 12.48am | #3

    Yep, Mark Gatiss is one of the few people to have both written for the show and appeared in it.

  4. TE
    January 8th, 2010 at 6.52am | #4

    Chris episodes are apparently a two-parter featuring the reptilian creatures in the trailer (didn’t use a name for spoiler purposes… and because no one knows exactly what they are ;D).

  5. Steve
    January 8th, 2010 at 10.23am | #5

    Mixed bag of writers. Thankfully the dreadfully Helen Rainer is not involved (She was the one who massicured the Daleks in the dreadfully American 2 parter and changed the nature of the Sontaran! Pity that Mark Gatiss is doing one though. In all in, a strong team.

  6. pirko
    January 8th, 2010 at 6.13pm | #6

    Its a shame Paul Cornell is not writing one. His episodes (especially the human nature story) were among my favourites.

  7. Merry
    January 8th, 2010 at 7.38pm | #7

    I was REALLY hoping there was substance to the Neil Gaiman rumor, but alas! It seems it was not meant to be.

  8. pirko
    January 13th, 2010 at 9.08pm | #8

    @ steve

    I don’t think we’ve seen the last of helen raynor. I think she will stay on as a script editor for the new series. If you notice she was script editor for ALL of stephen moffats episodeds

  9. David Fox
    February 6th, 2010 at 10.21pm | #9

    @Merry
    Hes doing it next year! :D

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