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'''Russell T Davies, OBE''' (sometimes spelled '''Russell T. Davies''', born Stephen Russell Davies, [[27th April]] [[1963]]) is a successful television writer and producer responsible for the revival of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the creation of ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. From [[2003]] to early [[2010]] he was the [[head writer]] and one of the [[Executive Producer|executive producers]] of the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''Doctor Who''. 

His written contributions to ''Doctor Who'' are formidable. Davies is easily the most prolific writer for the BBC Wales version of ''Doctor Who''. He has also written more televised ''stories'' than any other writer since [[1963]]. Including material written for ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and ''[[Torchwood]]'' he has also written more hours of television set in the [[Whoniverse]] than anyone else. However, unless he contributes to ''Doctor Who'' after [[2009]], he will remain second to [[Robert Holmes]] in terms of the total number of hours of television written specifically for ''Doctor Who.'' Between the broadcast of ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' in 2008 and the final chapter of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' (expected to air at the start of 2010), Davies has written or co-written 10 consecutive broadcast episodes (including one mini-episode, and not including ''Torchwood''), an achievement without equal in franchise history.

Beyond televised ''Doctor Who'', he has also written both fictional and non-fictional prose relevant to ''Doctor Who''. 

A [[Welsh]]man himself, his commitment to producing ''Doctor Who'' in Wales has led to a massive expansion of the television production capacity of that nation. His deliberate inclusion of recognizable Welsh landmarks in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has also notably increased tourism in the country. His net impact on the economy of Wales is therefore profound.
==Biography==
===Previous work===
Russell's first major success was the [[CBBC]] fantasy adventure serial ''[[Wikipedia:Dark Season|Dark Season]]'', which contained strong similarities to ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Davies would go on to create a further children's supernatural drama series, ''[[Wikipedia:Century Falls|Century Falls]]''. He then went on to create the award-winning original ''[[Wikipedia:Queer As Folk|Queer As Folk]]'' (later adapted into an American version) and an supernatural drama for adults entitle ''[[Wikipedia:The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]'' which starred the future [[Ninth Doctor]] [[Christopher Eccleston]] as a re-born Christ.

===''Doctor Who'' and related work===
====Revival and work on spin-offs====
Davies' first proffesional involvement in ''Doctor Who'' was in [[1996]], when he wrote the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Damaged Goods]]''. He wrote ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', the debut episode of the 2005 revival, made him the first writer of original licensed spin-off fiction to also write for the official TV series and he would go on to commission other colleagues in this area to write for the show, including [[Mark Gatiss]], [[Robert Shearman]], [[Paul Cornell]], [[Gareth Roberts]] and [[Steven Moffat]].

As the newly revived franchise flourished, Davies created two spin-off series: ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', writing or co-writing the debut episodes of both, but unlike ''Doctor Who'' his writing involvement in these two shows has been minimal (in ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'', however, Davies writes that he was to have written the opening episode of ''Torchwood'' [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]], which he ultimately did not. Davies is also a regular contributor to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', for which he writes a regular column in which he often drops hints about upcoming stories, usually in the form of random snatches of dialogue or listing words that will appear in the script.

====Departure====
On the [[20th May]], [[2008]], Davies publicly announced his departure from ''Doctor Who''. He will continue to be [[Executive Producer]] for the [[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 specials]] before being succeeded by staff writer [[Steven Moffat]] for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] in [[2010]]. He is also executive producing the 2009 series of ''[[Children of Earth|Torchwood]]'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. He has has stated that he will not write for ''Doctor Who'' again after the 2009 specials. However, at a Q&A session following a preview screening of one of the 2009 ''Torchwood'' episodes, Davies indicated that not only is he planning to stay with ''Torchwood'' for another decade if needs be, but the hopes to see further crossovers between that show and ''Doctor Who''.<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/television/266944/torchwood_series_4_ready_to_go.html Den of Geek: Torchwood Series 4 'Ready to Go'], accessed 26th July 2009.</ref> His future involvement with future seasons of ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' remains unconfirmed. However, his biographical blurb in the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2010]]'' indicates that Davies will be staying on to oversee both ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''.

====Inclusion of LGBT characters====
With the exception of his work in children's television, he has written an openly and proudly gay character in all his work, and Doctor Who is no exception. He became the first writer to write about confirmed transsexuality (''[[The End of the World]]'') and confirmed male (''[[Aliens of London]]'') and female homosexuality (''[[Gridlock]]''), [[Steven Moffat]] holds the distinction of being the first writer to write about bisexuality (''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') but Russell T Davies was the one who created [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]], the first openly omnisexual character in televised ''Doctor Who''. Several episodes of both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' have featured same-sex couples, most notably ''Torchwood'' which established a relationship between Captain Jack and [[Ianto Jones]] in the second season.


====''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]''====
In February 2007, Davies and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' writer [[Benjamin Cook]] agreed to begin exchanging e-mails with the intent of creating a series of articles for DWM on the creation of select episodes from the then-upcoming Series 4. This correspondence soon grew well beyond the confines of a magazine and in the fall of 2008 the 512-page ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'' was published. A second edition featuring some 300 pages of additional material covering production of his final stories for ''Doctor Who'' is scheduled for publication in January 2010.

====Significant additions to the Doctor Who Universe====
Russell T Davies came up with the concept of the [[Torchwood Institute]], the [[Slitheen]], the [[Judoon]] and the [[Cult of Skaro]], and established a major piece of backstory, the [[Last Great Time War]] and the resulting destruction of [[Gallifrey]] and the [[Time Lord]] race. He also created the Doctor's [[companion]]s [[Rose Tyler]], [[Jack Harkness]] (in conjunction with episode writer Steven Moffat), [[Martha Jones]], [[Donna Noble]] and [[Mickey Smith]]. He devised the concepts, formats and regular characters (other than those originating in ''Doctor Who'') for ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', and also established the idea of producing canonical mini-episodes for special events. He decided on the casting of [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[David Tennant]] as the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s, respectively, as well as their associated companions. Under his watch numerous original-series characters have been reintroduced to new audiences, including [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[K-9]], [[The Master]], [[Davros]], the [[Daleks]], the [[Cybermen]], Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[UNIT]], and the [[Sontarans]], among others. The [[Fifth Doctor]] made a return appearance in an episode produced by Davies, and his script for ''[[The Next Doctor]]'' incorporated a landmark sequence incorporating footage of all 10 Doctors to date.

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==Other information==
*In [[2008]], Davies was awarded an [[Wikipedia:OBE|OBE]], the second Doctor Who producer to receive one ([[Verity Lambert]] received an OBE in [[2002]]). <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/honoured-for-services-to-dr-who-and-saturday-nights-846928.html Honoured: for services to Dr Who and Saturday nights, accessed 15-June-2008]</ref>

*In an interview he stated the [[Christmas]] episode slot was his favourite of the year.

*Davies is also a skilled cartoonist, and many ''Doctor Who''-related examples of his work can be found in ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]''.

*In 2009, Davies became one of the only ''Doctor Who''-related personnel to be depicted in a fictional and non-parody context when Robert Degas portrayed him in the comedy ''Hudson and Pepperdine Save the Planet'', an installment of ''Afternoon Play'' which was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 19th August 2009.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009y1st]

==Selected credits==
===Writing===
====Television====
=====[[Doctor Who]]=====
======[[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]]======
*''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''
*''[[The End of the World]]''
*''[[Aliens of London]]''
*''[[World War Three]]''
*''[[The Long Game]]''
*''[[Boom Town]]''
*''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''
*''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''

======[[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]]======
*''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''
*''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''
*''[[Tooth and Claw]]''
*''[[Love & Monsters]]''
*''[[Army of Ghosts]]''
*''[[Doomsday]]''

======[[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]]======
*''[[The Runaway Bride]]''
*''[[Smith and Jones]]''
*''[[Gridlock]]''
*''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
*''[[The Sound of Drums]]''
*''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''

======[[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]]======
*''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''
*''[[Partners in Crime]]''
*''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''
*''[[Turn Left]]''
*''[[The Stolen Earth]]''
*''[[Journey's End]]''

======[[2008]] Chrismas Special======
*''[[The Next Doctor]]''

======[[2009 specials]]======
*''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''
:''Co-written with [[Gareth Roberts]]''
*''[[The Waters of Mars]]''
:''Co-written with [[Phil Ford]]''
*Untitled Part 1/''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' (part 2)
:Two-part special, airdate TBA. Part 2 title has been confirmed by numerous sources including ''Doctor Who Magazine''; Part 1 title has yet to be confirmed.

======Mini-episodes======
*''[[Children in Need Special]]'' (2005)
*''[[Music of the Spheres]]'' (2008)
*''[[Tonight's the Night]]'' special scene (2009)

=====[[Torchwood]]=====
======[[Series 1 (Torchwood)|Series 1]]======
*''[[Everything Changes]]''

======[[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]]======
*''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' (uncredited contribution<ref>According to ''The Writer's Tale'', Davies was to have written this episode but was unable to complete the work due to competing workload related to ''Doctor Who''. The opening scene of the episode was devised by Davies for his incomplete script and remained in the final episode.</ref>)

======[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]]======
*''[[Children of Earth]]'' (with [[John Fay]] and [[James Moran]])

=====[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]=====
=====Premiere=====
*''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''
:''Co-written with [[Gareth Roberts]]''

====Prose====
=====Fiction=====
======Novels======
======[[Virgin New Adventures]]======
*''[[Damaged Goods]]''

=====Nonfiction=====
*''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]'' (with [[Benjamin Cook]])

====Other====
*Regular column in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
*Davies has also written short pieces for the various ''[[Doctor Who Annual]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Storybook]]'' published from [[2005]] onwards, most notably several instalments of "[[A Letter from the Doctor]]".

==External Links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7453623.stm BBC News - Profile: Russell T Davies]

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