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| birth date    = [[4 February (people)|4 February]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]
| job title      = [[Writer]]
| story          = [[#Credits|see credits section]]
| time          = 1987-1989, 2020-present
| non dwu        = ''Casualty'', ''The House of Elliot'', ''Family Affairs''
| imdb          = 0943584
| official site  = stephenwyatt.co.uk
| twitter        = doctoryatt
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'''Stephen Wyatt''' (born [[4 February (people)|4 February]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=713 Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', both of which he novelised for the ''[[Target Books]]'' range.


'''Stephen Wyatt''' wrote ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', both of which he novelised for the Target range.
In a talk with script editor [[Andrew Cartmel]] for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', Wyatt admitted to being a "big fan" of [[William Hartnell]]'s [[First Doctor]] and [[Patrick Troughton]]'s [[Second Doctor]], with Troughton described as Wyatt's favourite Doctor. He used to watch the show "religiously", but after he was studying for his A levels, he "sort of lost interest". The [[Jon Pertwee]] era was a "complete blank", but he saw "some" of [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]] and "dipped into" ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'', which he "didn't understand a word of". ([[DWM 473]])
 
The mythology of [[Gallifrey]] and the [[Time Lord]]s was something which "never interested" Wyatt. Wyatt said he avoided the mythology and had "no backstory about [[the Doctor]] whatsoever" when he wrote ''Paradise Towers'' in order to go back to the essence of ''Doctor Who'' "as it was when [he] was a kid", at a point where none of the backstory to do with the Time Lords had been invented yet. ([[DWM 473]])
 
Regarding the 21st century ''Doctor Who'' that he watched, Wyatt was concerned that you needed to know "a lot of the backstory to understand what you were watching". Wyatt felt this in particular after watching ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', which due to him not having seen "much else of the show recently", there were "chunks" of the story he didn't understand. ([[DWM 473]])
 
He later wrote the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio story ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]''.
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]''
* ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
 
=== Novels ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Paradise Towers]]''
* ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
 
=== Short stories ===
==== ''Build High for Happiness'' ====
* ''[[Introduction to Build High for Happiness (short story)|Introduction]]''
* ''[[The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7 (short story)|The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7]]''
 
==== ''The Wallscrawler and Other Stories'' ====
* ''[[The Wallscrawler (short story)|The Wallscrawler]]''
* ''[[Maddy's Diary (short story)|Maddy's Diary]]''
* ''[[The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7 (short story)|The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7]]'' (reprint from ''[[Build High for Happiness (anthology)|Build High for Happiness]]'')
* ''[[The Great Architect (short story)|The Great Architect]]''
* ''[[The Captain's Collection (short story)|The Captain's Collection]]''
* ''[[The Crack in the Crystal Ball (short story)|The Crack in the Crystal Ball]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0943584}}
{{Twitter|doctoryatt}}
{{Official website|stephenwyatt.co.uk}}
 
== Footnotes ==


==External links==
***{{imdb name|id=0943584|name=Stephen Wyatt}}
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Wyatt, Stephen]]
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 22 April 2024

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Stephen Wyatt (born 4 February 1948[1]) wrote the Doctor Who serials Paradise Towers and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, both of which he novelised for the Target Books range.

In a talk with script editor Andrew Cartmel for Doctor Who Magazine, Wyatt admitted to being a "big fan" of William Hartnell's First Doctor and Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor, with Troughton described as Wyatt's favourite Doctor. He used to watch the show "religiously", but after he was studying for his A levels, he "sort of lost interest". The Jon Pertwee era was a "complete blank", but he saw "some" of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor and "dipped into" The Trial of a Time Lord, which he "didn't understand a word of". (DWM 473)

The mythology of Gallifrey and the Time Lords was something which "never interested" Wyatt. Wyatt said he avoided the mythology and had "no backstory about the Doctor whatsoever" when he wrote Paradise Towers in order to go back to the essence of Doctor Who "as it was when [he] was a kid", at a point where none of the backstory to do with the Time Lords had been invented yet. (DWM 473)

Regarding the 21st century Doctor Who that he watched, Wyatt was concerned that you needed to know "a lot of the backstory to understand what you were watching". Wyatt felt this in particular after watching The Day of the Doctor, which due to him not having seen "much else of the show recently", there were "chunks" of the story he didn't understand. (DWM 473)

He later wrote the Big Finish audio story The Psychic Circus.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Build High for Happiness[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Wallscrawler and Other Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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