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This is a list of Doctor Who television writers. It is sortable by a number of different criteria.[1] The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by the writer's last name.

A note to editors: Before changing anything about this list, please make sure that you have thoroughly read and understood all footnotes. Of necessity, this list has several assumptions which may or may not coincide with your personal interpretation of Doctor Who history.

Several assumptions underlie the composition of the list. Most significantly, this list defines a "writer of Doctor Who" to be a person who received onscreen credit for a live-action, non-parodic story. That Terrance Dicks in fact wrote four of the six episodes of The Seeds of Death is irrelevant to this list; Brian Hayles is the only person whose name appears on screen so he's the only one who gets credit here. Where possible and necessary, notes have been included to shed light on what a particular writer actually did as opposed to what they were credited for. However, the best source of information about the writing of particular stories is more likely to be the story page itself.

Further details about the way in which this list was compiled can be found by clicking the footnote marker at the top of each column. Information on this list is current through The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.

Writer[2]Number of Stories[3] First Story[4]Last/Latest Story[4]Number of episodes[5]Run Time[6] NotesSince first episode[7]
Ben Aaronovitch 2 Remembrance of the Daleks Battlefield 8 200 Template:Number table sorting/positive24 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive226 days
Douglas Adams 1 The Pirate Planet The Pirate Planet 4 100 Despite a wide-ranging influence on a number of scripts, he was actually credited with only one.Template:Number table sorting/positive34 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive231 days
"David Agnew"2The Invasion of TimeCity of Death10250"David Agnew" was a pseudonym used on several BBC programmes in the 1970s. On Doctor Who it was used exclusively by Graham Williams and his script editors, apparently under the direct orders of the then-BBC Head of Serials.[8]On The Invasion of Time, it concealed the identities of Williams and Anthony Read, while on City of Death, it masked the involvement of Williams, Douglas Adams and David Fisher.Template:Number table sorting/positive35 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive104 days
"Norman Ashby" 1 The Dominators The Dominators 5 125Pseudonym for the writing team of Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln. Template:Number table sorting/positive44 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive282 days
Christopher Bailey 2 Kinda Snakedance 8 200 Template:Number table sorting/positive31 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive107 days
Bob Baker 9 The Claws of Axos Nightmare of Eden 36 950 Co-wrote all but one story (Nightmare of Eden) with Dave Martin.Template:Number table sorting/positive42 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive67 days
Pip and Jane Baker 3.5 The Mark of the Rani Time and the Rani 11 315They received credit for episode 14 of The Trial of a Time Lord, while episode 13 went to Robert Holmes. This meant that they "split" a writing credit for the story segment known as The Ultimate Foe. Template:Number table sorting/positive28 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive106 days
Christopher H. Bidmead 3 Logopolis Frontios 12 300 Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive80 days
Ian Stuart Black 3 The Savages The Macra Terror 12 300 Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive356 days
"Robin Bland"1The Brain of MorbiusThe Brain of Morbius4100Pseudonym created by Robert Holmes when Terrance Dicks decided to take his name off this serial.[9]Template:Number table sorting/positive37 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive136 days
Chris Boucher 3 The Face of Evil Image of the Fendahl 12 300 Template:Number table sorting/positive36 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive138 days
Ian Briggs 2 Dragonfire The Curse of Fenric 7 175Template:Number table sorting/positive25 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive177 days
Johnny Byrne 3 The Keeper of Traken Warriors of the Deep 12 300 Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive108 days
Chris Chibnall 3 42 The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood 3 135 Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive0 days
Kevin Clarke 1 Silver Nemesis Silver Nemesis 3 75 Template:Number table sorting/positive24 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive177 days
Barbara Clegg 1 Enlightenment Enlightenment 4 100Although Lesley Scott is the first woman to be credited as a writer on a Doctor Who story, Clegg is the first woman to actually write a story for the program. Template:Number table sorting/positive30 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive79 days
Anthony Coburn 1 An Unearthly Child An Unearthly Child 4 100 Ironically, the first writer for Doctor Who wasn't British, but Australian. Although contemporary BBC internal documents reveal that C. E. Webber was really his co-author for the first episode,[10] only Coburn's name made it to the screen. Coburn, however, is more or less completely responsible for the 2nd-4th episodes that comprise the bulk of the story, as his original brief was to write one of the middle serials of the first season. When his script was suddenly moved to the start of the season, his original first part was mostly replaced by C. E. Webber's script for the pilot episode.[11] Template:Number table sorting/positive49 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive177 days
Paul Cornell 2 Father's Day Human Nature/ The Family of Blood 3 135 Template:Number table sorting/positive8 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive5 days
Donald Cotton 2 The Myth Makers The Gunfighters 8 200 Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive215 days
Graeme Curry 1 The Happiness PatrolThe Happiness Patrol 3 75Template:Number table sorting/positive24 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive198 days
Russell T Davies 25 Rose The End of Time 32 1593[12] Davies is the original head writer and producer of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who. He has also written far more stories than anyone else in Doctor Who history, although Robert Holmes holds a comfortable lead in terms of number of episodes. Davies has the further distinction of receiving onscreen credit for writing the first episodes of Doctor Who (2005), Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Planet of the Dead was co-written with Gareth Roberts, the first occasion on which two writers have been credited for a single script since the programme returned in 2005. Template:Number table sorting/positive8 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive54 days
Gerry Davis 4 The Tenth Planet Revenge of the Cybermen 12 300Davis was the only script editor of the 1963 series to receive credit on the last episode of one Doctor and the first episode of another. He and Kit Pedler also introduced and held copyright to the Cybermen. Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive223 days
Terrance Dicks 5 The War Games The Five Doctors 23 750He received onscreen credit for co-wiring The War Games with Malcolm Hulke. However, as the longest-serving script editor, Dicks had many uncredited contributions to scripts. One of the most glaring examples of this was The Seeds of Death, whose final four episodes are mostly Dicks' own work, but for which only Hayles retains credit. Though he does have a writing credit in the Troughton era, and he is indelibly linked to the Pertwee era, the bulk of his writing credits are actually for the Fourth Doctor. Ironically, while writing for script editor Robert Holmes, he got a taste of what it was like to be on the other end of a script editor's rewrites, and chose to take his name off of The Brain of Morbius"'. Template:Number table sorting/positive44 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive30 days
Terence Dudley 3 Four to Doomsday The King's Demons 8 200 Template:Number table sorting/positive31 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive121 days
David Ellis 1 The Faceless Ones The Faceless Ones 6 150He co-wrote this story with Malcolm Hulke. Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive41 days
William Emms 1 Galaxy 4 Galaxy 4 4 100 Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive250 days
Paul Erickson 1 The Ark The Ark 4 100 Shares writing credit on this story with Lesley Scott, but is wholly responsible for writing the serial. Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive75 days
David Fisher 4 The Stones of Blood The Leisure Hive 16 400Also was the first writer on City of Death. Though some elements of his scripts for City survived, they were mostly abandoned when Douglas Adams and Graham Williams performed an "emergency rewrite" under the name David Agnew.[13]Template:Number table sorting/positive34 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive203 days
John Flanagan 1 Meglos Meglos 4 100He co-wrote Meglos with Andrew McCulloch. Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive234 days
Phil Ford 1 The Waters of Mars The Waters of Mars 1 60 Co-wrote this episode with Russell T Davies. This list does not consider his sole writing credit on Dreamland or his work on Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, sometimes considered genuine TV episodes. Template:Number table sorting/positive3 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive185 days
Neil Gaiman 1 The Doctor's Wife The Doctor's Wife 1 45This episode was originally intended as part of series 5, but was put back due to budget issues.Template:Number table sorting/positive2 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive5 days
Stephen Gallagher 2 Warriors' Gate Terminus 8 200Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive136 days
Mark Gatiss 4 The Unquiet Dead Night Terrors 4 180 Template:Number table sorting/positive8 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive40 days
Matthew Graham 3 Fear Her The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People 2 45 Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive329 days
Stephen Greenhorn 2 The Lazarus Experiment The Doctor's Daughter 2 90Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive14 days
Peter Grimwade 3 Time-Flight Planet of Fire 12 300 Template:Number table sorting/positive31 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive58 days
Mervyn Haisman 2 The Abominable Snowmen The Web of Fear 12 300He co-wrote all of his stories with Henry Lincoln, including The Dominators, for which they were both credited as "Norman Ashby". Template:Number table sorting/positive45 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive231 days
"Stephen Harris" 1 Pyramids of Mars Pyramids of Mars 4 100 After Robert Holmes' rewrites, Lewis Greifer requested his name be removed from this serial. "Stephen Harris" is thus a fiction which indicates both Greifer and Holmes.[14]Template:Number table sorting/positive37 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive206 days
Brian Hayles 6 The Celestial Toymaker The Monster of Peladon 30 750He co-wrote The Celestial Toymaker with Donald Tosh, and The Seeds of Death with Terrance Dicks, but neither script editor got a co-writing credit.Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive47 days
Robert Holmes 15.5 The Krotons The Ultimate Foe 64 1660 Bob Holmes was the most prolific writer of the classic era. Until the BBC Wales version, no one had written more stories. As of 2012, his episode record remains daunting, even to Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, the only writers with a chance to beat him. Holmes rewrote The Ark in Space, for which its original writer, John Lucarotti, was fully paid. He also based his version of The Talons of Weng-Chiang another script for which the original writer, Robert Banks Stewart, was fully paid. Neither Lucarotti nor Banks, however, received on screen credit for their efforts. Template:Number table sorting/positive44 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive142 days
Don Houghton 2 Inferno The Mind of Evil 13 225 Template:Number table sorting/positive43 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive10 days
Malcolm Hulke 7 The Faceless Ones Invasion of the Dinosaurs 47 1350 He co-wrote The Faceless Ones with David Ellis and The War Games with Terrance Dicks. He also co-wrote, but was not credited for, The Ambassadors of Death.[15] His somewhat surprisingly large run time derives from the fact his stories averaged 6.71 episodes.Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive41 days
Matthew Jacobs 1 Doctor Who Doctor Who 1 89 Contrary to popular belief, the "American" version of Doctor Who was in fact written by a British screenwriter. Jacobs' script was the last to feature the Seventh Doctor and the first (and as of 2012, the only) televised story to feature the Eighth Doctor. Template:Number table sorting/positive17 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive7 days[16]
Elwyn Jones 1 The Highlanders The Highlanders 4 100Though Jones did receive co-writing credit on The Highlanders, he in fact wrote very little of it. The BBC drafted him to revive Z-Cars before he could even finish a proper outline of the whole story.[17] Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive153 days
Glyn Jones 1 The Space Museum The Space Museum 4 100 Template:Number table sorting/positive48 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive24 days
Matt Jones 1 The Impossible Planet / The Satan PitThe Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit 2 90 Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive350 days
Malcolm Kohll 1 Delta and the Bannermen Delta and the Bannermen 3 75 Template:Number table sorting/positive25 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive198 days
"Guy Leopold" 1 The Dæmons The Dæmons 5 125 "Guy Leopold" was the pseudonym of Barry Letts and Robert Sloman. "Guy" was the name of Sloman's son and "Leopold" was Letts' middle name.[18]Template:Number table sorting/positive41 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive362 days
Henry Lincoln 2 The Abominable Snowmen The Web of Fear 12 300He co-wrote all of his stories with Mervyn Haisman, including The Dominators, for which they were both credited as "Norman Ashby". Template:Number table sorting/positive45 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive231 days
Peter Ling 1 The Mind Robber The Mind Robber 5 125 Derrick Sherwin wrote episode 1 of this story and Ling wrote episodes 2-5. Only Ling is credited for all five episodes. Sherwin received no onscreen credit for episode 1. Template:Number table sorting/positive44 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive247 days
John Lucarotti 3 Marco Polo The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 15 375Although Lucarotti was paid in full for writing The Ark in Space, his scripts bore only a passing resemblance to what eventual writer Robert Holmes delivered. Thus only Holmes got credit for Ark in Space. Lucarotti shared screen credit on "Bell of Doom", the final instalment of The Massacre, with Donald Tosh.Template:Number table sorting/positive49 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive86 days
Tom MacRae 2 Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel The Girl Who Waited 3 135 Template:Number table sorting/positive7 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive6 days
Louis Marks 4 Planet of Giants The Masque of Mandragora 15 375 Template:Number table sorting/positive48 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive200 days
Dave Martin 8 The Claws of Axos The Armageddon Factor 32 850 Template:Number table sorting/positive42 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive67 days
Philip Martin 2 Vengeance on Varos Mindwarp 6 190 He introduced the character of Sil. Template:Number table sorting/positive28 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive120 days
Glen McCoy 1 TimelashTimelash 2 90 Template:Number table sorting/positive27 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive71 days
Andrew McCulloch 1 Meglos Meglos 4 100He co-wrote Meglos with John Flanagan. Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive234 days
Steven Moffat 12 The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 19 925 Template:Number table sorting/positive7 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive363 days[19]
"Paula Moore" 1 Attack of the Cybermen Attack of the Cybermen 2 90 "Paula Moore" was a pseudonym for Paula Woolsey, the ex-girlfriend of Eric Saward. It's unclear to what extent she actually participated in the writing, which seems to have been done principally by Saward. Ian Levine may have been involved as well.[20] Template:Number table sorting/positive27 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive134 days
James Moran 1 The Fires of PompeiiThe Fires of Pompeii 1 50 To date, Moran is the only "new Who" writer other than Russell T Davies whose episode ran longer than the time slot originally agreed with the BBC.Template:Number table sorting/positive5 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive37 days
Rona Munro 1 SurvivalSurvival 3 75 Template:Number table sorting/positive23 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive178 days
Terry Nation 10.5 The Daleks Destiny of the Daleks 56 1400 Nation only received credit for half the episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan.Template:Number table sorting/positive49 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive149 days
Peter R. Newman 1 The Sensorites The Sensorites 6 150Template:Number table sorting/positive48 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive333 days
Simon Nye 1 Amy's Choice Amy's Choice 1 45 Template:Number table sorting/positive3 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive4 days
Geoffrey Orme 1 The Underwater Menace The Underwater Menace 4 100 Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive122 days
Kit Pedler 3 The Tenth Planet The Tomb of the Cybermen 12 100Kit (Kitt) Pedler is something of an exception amongst original series writers. He was only given formal scriptwriting credit for three stories. However he does receive formal story credit for three more stories. Uncounted in his totals to the left are: The War Machines, The Wheel in Space, and The Invasion. Virtually no one else in the history of Doctor Who has received a "story by" credit. Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive223 days[21]
Victor Pemberton 1 Fury from the Deep Fury from the Deep 6 150 Template:Number table sorting/positive45 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive64 days
Marc Platt 1 Ghost Light Ghost Light 3 75Platt wrote the final story produced in the original Doctor Who series. He was given special thanks on Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, presumably for some ideas common to his Big Finish audio, Spare Parts. Template:Number table sorting/positive23 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive206 days
Eric Pringle 1 The Awakening The Awakening 2 50 Template:Number table sorting/positive29 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive120 days
Helen Raynor 2 Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky 4 180Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive28 days
Anthony Read 1 The Horns of Nimon The Horns of Nimon 4 100He also co-wrote The Invasion of Time with Graham Williams under the name David Agnew. Template:Number table sorting/positive33 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive148 days
Richard Curtis 1 Vincent and the Doctor Vincent and the Doctor 1 45 Previously, the executive producer of Comic Relief parody, The Curse of Fatal Death Template:Number table sorting/positive2 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive348 days
Gareth Roberts 5 The Shakespeare Code Closing Time 5 240 Planet of the Dead was co-written with Russell T Davies. His first writer's credit for the BBC Wales franchise was actually Attack of the Graske, but Graske is not counted in this list.Template:Number table sorting/positive6 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive32 days
Eric Saward 4 The Visitation Revelation of the Daleks 12 380Saward's name appears on the credits of only four stories. Two of these stories, Revelation and Resurrection of the Daleks were originally broadcast as two, 45-minute episodes. This means he received on-screen writer's credit on twelve episodes. Nevertheless, strong evidence exists that he wrote, but did not receive credit for, Attack of the Cybermen.[20] Most recently on the DVD release of Trial of a Time Lord, he also claims to have mostly written part 13 of that story, as well as several courtroom scenes for all four serials in the arc.Template:Number table sorting/positive31 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive93 days
Lesley Scott 1 The ArkThe Ark 4 100 Shares writing credit on this story with Paul Erickson. She was the first woman to be credited as a writer on a Doctor Who story, although she did not actually write any portion of the script. Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive75 days
Robert Shearman 1 DalekDalek 1 45 Template:Number table sorting/positive8 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive19 days
Derrick Sherwin 1 The Invasion The Invasion 8 200Out of necessity to stretch a four-part story into five, he wrote the first episode of The Mind Robber, although Peter Ling got screen credit for all five episodes. He then co-wrote The Invasion with Kit Pedler. Template:Number table sorting/positive44 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive198 days
Robert Sloman 3 The Time Monster Planet of the Spiders 18 450He co-wrote all of his stories with Barry Letts, whose main job as producer prevented him from receiving any on-screen writing credit. The two also collaborated on The Dæmons, where their efforts were credited to "Guy Leopold". Template:Number table sorting/positive40 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive364 days
Andrew Smith 1 Full Circle Full Circle 4 100 Smith remains the youngest writer ever for Doctor Who. He was 18 when Full Circle was produced. Template:Number table sorting/positive32 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive206 days
Dennis Spooner 3.5 The Reign of Terror The Daleks' Master Plan 20 500Spooner was the programme's second script editor. He was solely credited on half the episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan, which is why he gets credit for half a story. Spooner's work on The Power of the Daleks went uncredited, although he is often cited as a co-writer. Template:Number table sorting/positive48 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive284 days
Anthony Steven 1 The Twin Dilemma The Twin Dilemma 4 100Template:Number table sorting/positive29 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive58 days
Robert Banks Stewart 2 Terror of the Zygons The Seeds of Doom 10 250Stewart's work on The Talons of Weng-Chiang went uncredited, because he didn't get much beyond an outline before he resigned the commission.[22] Template:Number table sorting/positive38 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive30 days
Bill Strutton 1 The Web Planet The Web Planet 6 150 Template:Number table sorting/positive48 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive95 days
Keith Temple 1 Planet of the Ood Planet of the Ood 1 45Template:Number table sorting/positive5 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive30 days
Steve Thompson 1 The Curse of the Black Spot The Curse of the Black Spot 1 45Template:Number table sorting/positive2 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive12 days
Donald Tosh .25 The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1 25 Script editor Donald Tosh only received credit for "Bell of Doom", the last episode of The Massacre. With Brian Hayles, he co-wrote, but did not receive credit for, The Celestial Toymaker. He therefore holds the record for the shortest run time credited to a writer.Template:Number table sorting/positive47 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive26 days
David Whitaker 8 The Edge of Destruction The Ambassadors of Death 40 950 Whitaker was the programme's first script/story editor. Aside from the authors of The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors, he is the only person to be credited with writing at least one story featuring each of the first three Doctors. The writing of his final adventure, The Ambassadors of Death, was particularly precarious. Both Malcolm Hulke and Trevor Ray were required, uncredited, to get a final set of scripts completed.[15] Template:Number table sorting/positive49 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive100 days
Toby Whithouse 3 School Reunion The God Complex 3 145 Template:Number table sorting/positive7 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive20 days
Stephen Wyatt 2 Paradise Towers The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 8 200 Template:Number table sorting/positive25 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive226 days

Notes Edit

  1. ↑ On mobile Wikia, sorting functionality is disabled.
  2. ↑ A "writer" is defined by this list as the person or persons who received onscreen credit for writing the script. Note that this can include pseudonyms but exclude the actual person or persons known to be indicated by the pseudonym. Pseudonyms are indicated by the use of quotation marks around the name. This column sorts by the last name of the individual. It does not include such credits as: "based on an idea by", "story by", and other such creative credits that fall short of a scriptwriting credit.
  3. ↑ A "story" is a grouping of one of more episodes that form a single narrative. It is not to be confused with a story arc. In the 1963 version of the programme, a "story" was a single serial, which might have comprised anywhere from one to twelve episodes, although the most common number was four. Since the 1996 telemovie, most stories have been a single episode in length. Where multi-part stories have been produced by the BBC, the titles to both parts are given so as to indicate the entirety of the story. Episodes of unusually short duration produced by BBC Wales, such as "Time Crash", are considered to be single stories, for the purpose of this column. Writers may be credited with a fraction of a story if their name appears on only some of the episodes within a single story.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 This column sorted by the first word in the title which is not an article.
  5. ↑ An episode is considered to have whatever length it had on first broadcast on BBC One. For the purposes of this column, certain stories, like Resurrection of the Daleks and The Five Doctors have two parts and one part, respectively — even though these stories are often presented as four-parters. The following things are deemed to be single episodes: the 1996 telemovie, the "Children in Need Special", "Time Crash", "Music of the Spheres", and any other future non-parodic live-action "mini-episodes" produced by BBC Wales. Time and Space are considered one story. Prequels and the exclusive-to-home-video sketches included with the series 5 and series 6 box sets are considered part of other stories within those series, and are therefore not counted separately. Animated episodes are specifically excluded from this list, as is Dimensions in Time.
  6. ↑ "Run time" refers to the total amount, in minutes, of Doctor Who material contributed by the writer in question. Due to the differing format of episodes through the years, run time gives a better basis of comparison between writers than episode count. The math used for this column assumes a 25-minute run time for most episodes of "old Who" and 45 minutes for each episode of "new Who". Exceptions, such as the episodes of Colin Baker's first full season, part 14 of The Trial of a Time Lord and "Journey's End" shall be factored in based on their actual run time. As in the rest of the table, the format seen in the original broadcast on BBC One shall take precedence over later formats of the same story.
  7. ↑ "Since first episode" calculates the amount of elapsed time between today and the date of the original broadcast of the first episode for which a writer received on-screen credit. This is not the same as when their involvement with the programme may have begun — a figure that would be much more speculative. Nevertheless, it is a useful tool for broadly sorting the writers chronologically, especially for those users not intimately familiar with Doctor Who history.
  8. ↑ Profile of The Invasion of Time. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  9. ↑ Profile of The Brain of Morbius. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  10. ↑ An Unearthly Child: contemporary internal BBC memos. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  11. ↑ Profile of An Unearthly Child. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
  12. ↑ This figure is based on a combined run-time of 120 minutes for The Waters of Mars and the first part of the 2009 Christmas specials,[1] along with 75 minutes for the second part[2].
  13. ↑ Profile of City of Death. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
  14. ↑ Profile of Pyramids of Mars. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Profile of The Ambassadors of Death. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
  16. ↑ Date given for this writer's debut in main table is based upon the first showing of the 1996 telemovie in the United States. Time elapsed since first airing on BBC One: Template:Number table sorting/positive16 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive357 days.
  17. ↑ Profile of The Highlanders. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
  18. ↑ Profile of The Dæmons. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
  19. ↑ Time elapsed since first broadcast of BBC-produced parody, The Curse of Fatal Death: Template:Number table sorting/positive14 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive68 days.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Profile of Attack of the Cybermen. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
  21. ↑ Time elapsed since Pedler's first "story by" credit: Template:Number table sorting/positive46 years, Template:Number table sorting/positive328 days
  22. ↑ Profile of The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.

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