Four new writers join Doctor Who team

The ‘second series’ of the long running time travel sci-fi show has welcomed new talent in the writing room…

The TARDIS will soon be back on BBC One to take viewers on another journey through time and space, with some new additions as the show announces the writers who have stepped on board for the upcoming series.

Russell T Davies, Showrunner:

“Doctor Who takes its talent from a glittering galaxy of names, and these extraordinary writers span the skies. We’ve got old hands, new stars, voices from theatre, radio and literature, the whole works! It’s the most wild and exciting season of Doctor Who yet, and I can’t wait to unleash their brilliant work.”

The Beeb today announce joining the creative team are Juno Dawson a #1 Sunday Times best-selling novelist, screenwriter and journalist, whose books include This Book is Gay and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. Her debut short film was The Birth of Venus and she created the first official Doctor Who scripted podcast, Doctor Who: Redacted.

Inua Ellams is a writer and curator, whose published books of poetry include Candy Coated Unicorns & Converse All Stars and The Actual. His first play, The 14th Tale, was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, and other plays include Barber Shop Chronicles, which played at the National Theatre, Three Sisters and The Half-God of Rainfall.

Pete McTighe is a writer and Executive Producer on the forthcoming spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea. Sharma Angel-Walfall originally hails from Manchester and won the inaugural Channel 4 New Writing Award that set her off on her screenwriting journey. She has been in a number of writers’ rooms, including Rapman’s Supacell (Netflix), Sally Wainwright’s The Ballad of Renegade Nell (Disney+) and A Town Called Malice.

The format is now into its ‘second series’ following a new era of the show that sees it produced by Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for the BBC and Disney Branded Television. Previous versions were solely created for and by the BBC. The latest offering will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and exclusively on Disney+ outside of the UK where available.

Russell T Davies is showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers are Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter.