Official: List of Series 5 writers confirmed!
The 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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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 ?
also i like steven moffatt he did Blink amazingly
Yep, Mark Gatiss is one of the few people to have both written for the show and appeared in it.
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).
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.
Its a shame Paul Cornell is not writing one. His episodes (especially the human nature story) were among my favourites.
I was REALLY hoping there was substance to the Neil Gaiman rumor, but alas! It seems it was not meant to be.
@ 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
@Merry
Hes doing it next year! :D