born november scottish television writer producer known work showrunner writer producer british television series doctor television work teen drama series press gang sitcom inspired breakdown marriage conversely later sitcom based development relationship television producer relationship centred shows wrote chalk sitcom set comprehensive school inspired experience english teacher lifelong fan doctor work series script parody episode curse fatal death wrote episodes revived series began child doctor dances girl fireplace silence library forest dead replaced showrunner lead writer executive producer year created january announced step showrunner doctor spring season finale creator wrote steven_spielberg secret won awards mainly doctor including hugo awards early life born scotland attended studied involved student television station gust gaining degree english glasgow worked teacher half years 1980s wrote play entitled war zones performed edinburgh festival fringe musical called father head teacher school highway late 1980s mentioned producers idea television series school newspaper producers asked sample script agreed condition son write producer said best script read resulting series titled starring ran series itv writing episodes programme won bafta award second series production second series experiencing unhappy personal life result break marriage producer secretly friends home check state wife new lover represented episode big finish character simon inspired brian boy brought character sorts unfortunate things happen having dropped foot apart written series programme high cost changes cast future doubt wondered worried future employment press gang primary director suggested meet producer discuss writing sitcom inspired experience working education initial proposal programme similar chalk sitcom set school eventually aired pitch meeting realised talking impending divorce suggested write instead school sitcom advice new idea sitcom writer wife leaves wrote series directed starred won entered interview says sit actually lasted slightly longer marriage played says aware dialogue based said separation recycled dialogue learned wife lover fan replied fuck wife people write line replaced episode speaking autobiographical elements writer jokes remember wife didn leave estate agent wife estate agent conversely later sitcom based relationship second wife producer reused surname taylor mark surname character steve wrote episodes anthology series comedic tales starring dawn french directed identified bbc highlight series episodes dying live jesus chalk marriages claims way round television studios like mechanical according interview new_york_times met television producer working production company run friend colleague worked told relationship left respective production companies join run sue mother couple children louis left produced chalk series writer pitched beginning decade set comprehensive school starring deputy head based years english teacher studio audience responded positively series taped bbc commissioned second series aired met enthusiastically critics transmission february taken exception bbc publicity department comparing highly respected interview early 2000s refuses series attacked street production wrapped chalk announced cast marrying eventually asked sitcom decided base evolution relationship broadcast wife producing series proved highly successful running producing series episodes written wrote original pilot episode version titled successful cancelled episodes nbc network blamed failure unprecedented level network interference wrote films drama series modern version strange case aired bbc june july interview age played eponymous character called eccentric shy fellow commending writing inventive dark funny june told stage working new sitcom titled adam eve concerned boss personal assistant long term friends october reported scripting trilogy secret films directors steven_spielberg according times newspaper love bombed accepting offer write films director promising shield studio interference writing intended complete work trilogy resuming work doctor intervening strike meant submit finished script film july quoted daily_mail saying work second film work doctor chose doctor says lovely decision script completed script film remains writer appointment runner doctor journeys london cardiff doctor conceived contemporary update called cast holmes minute pilot written filmed january pilot broadcast minute episodes commissioned wrote study pink broadcast july bbc second series broadcast january wrote episode scandal following january doctor fan doctor childhood contributed segment novel human nature solo doctor work short story continuity errors published virgin books anthology consequences scripted parody doctor curse fatal death aired red nose day charity producer year comic relief new wife signed write revival doctor known according guardian writing clever darker episodes series contribution series story child doctor dances dvd audio commentary says waited years appear theme music wrote episode following series girl fireplace series series won hugo award best dramatic presentation short form years row contributions girl fireplace nominated gained bafta award best screenwriter doctor magazine reader poll series voted best writer best story wrote children need special scene time crash wrote story series titled silence library forest dead making series executive producer writers contributed scripts series revived march davies said rewrote scripts writers didn touch word episodes script series secured fourth consecutive hugo awards nomination win bbc announced taking head writer executive producer revived fifth series broadcast davies initiated discussions far july commenting appointment said proper duty british subject come aid tardis production time charge programme began july executive producer head writer significantly involved casting eleventh doctor smith appeared doctor end davies final episode second short post regeneration scene davies left write wrote scene minutes bit fun new doctor addition television episodes contributed stories doctor series short stories christmas holidays book later formed basis episode corner eye volume letter doctor opens june appointed officer order british empire services drama writing credits awards nominations
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