Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet
Birth date:	2 December 1969
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Writer, Presenter, Documentary maker, Actor
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	2005-06, 2009-14, 2016-present
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Matthew Sweet (born 2 December 1969 ) is principally a British broadcaster and television critic. He has contributed to newspapers like The Independent and various arms of the British Broadcasting Corporation. As he holds a doctorate in 19th century sensation fiction, his opinion on that genre, and related ones, became valued by various British media outlets in the 21st century. He is also the author of various non-televised DWU stories.

This combination of specific experience with Doctor Who and a broad background in on-air literary criticism attracted the attention of several producers in the 2010s. He presented a radio programme on the history of the Doctor Who theme during the interval of the Doctor Who at the Proms (2010) concert on BBC Radio 3. He was asked to present several documentaries for the so-called "classic" range of Doctor Who DVDs — including Riverside Story, One Hit Wonder, and All's Wells That Ends Wells — as well as the very well-received 50th anniversary documentary, Me, You and Doctor Who the BBC's The Culture Show. In the same year, along with Nicholas Briggs, he was one of the on stage interviewers for the Doctor Who 50th Celebration Convention at the Excel Centre over the 50th Anniversary weekend. He also presented The Wilderness Years for BBC Radio 4.

He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

He is also the host of the In Conversation series of interviews for The Collection Blu-ray box sets.

Writing Credits

Short Stories

Short Trips

• The Lampblack Wars
• The Earwig Archipelago

Anthologies

• The Shakespeare Notebooks

The Target Storybook

• The Clean Air Act

I Am the Master: Legends of the Renegade Time Lord

• The Master and Margarita

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

• Year of the Pig
• The Magic Mousetrap

Special Releases

• Voyage to the New World

The Sixth Doctor Adventures

• Broadway Belongs to Me!

Bernice Summerfield

• The Diet of Worms

Jago & Litefoot

• The Man at the End of the Garden
• The Lonely Clock
• Return of the Repressed
• Maurice
• How The Other Half Lives

Acting Credits

Webcasts

The Collection Blu-Ray Trailers

• The Promise - Seventh Doctor (uncredited)

Audio

Bernice Summerfield

• The Diet of Worms - Examiner

Presenting Credits

Documentaries

• Victoriana and Chinoiserie on The Talons of Weng-Chiang Special Edition DVD release
• Music Hall on The Talons of Weng-Chiang Special Edition DVD release
• Limehouse - A Victorian Chinatown on The Talons of Weng-Chiang Special Edition DVD release
• Riverside Story on The Ark DVD release
• One Hit Wonder on The Ark DVD release
• All's Wells That Ends Wells on The Ark DVD release
• People, Power and Puppetry on Invasion of the Dinosaurs DVD release
• Cybermen: Extended Edition on The Tomb of the Cybermen Special Edition DVD release
• Nice or Nasty: The Making of Vengeance on Varos on Vengeance on Varos Special Edition DVD release
• Me, You and Doctor Who
• The Wilderness Years for BBC Radio 4

External links

• Matthew Sweet at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Twitter account