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'''Helen Raynor''' was a [[script editor]] and [[writer]] during the first four series of the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Hired simultaneously with [[Elwen Rowlands]], she is effectively "tied" for the title of "first female script editor on ''Doctor Who''", although Rowlands was technically assigned to the initial [[production block]].<ref>"Script Doctors: Helen Raynor". [[DWM 379|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #379]]. 1 February 2007</ref> Later, she wrote ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', consequently becoming the first woman to write a televised [[Dalek]] story. She also wrote ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky]]'', thus also becoming the first woman to write a [[Sontaran]] story. She was the only script editor for [[Steven Moffat]], prior to his ascension to the position of [[head writer]]. | '''Helen Raynor''' was a [[script editor]] and [[writer]] during the first four series of the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Hired simultaneously with [[Elwen Rowlands]], she is effectively "tied" for the title of "first female script editor on ''Doctor Who''", although Rowlands was technically assigned to the initial [[production block]].<ref>"Script Doctors: Helen Raynor". [[DWM 379|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #379]]. 1 February 2007</ref> Later, she wrote ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', consequently becoming the first woman to write a televised [[Dalek]] story. She also wrote ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky]]'', thus also becoming the first woman to write a [[Sontaran]] story. She was the only script editor for [[Steven Moffat]], prior to his ascension to the position of [[head writer]]. | ||
She was also a writer and script editor on the first two series of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', penning the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine]]'' and ''[[To the Last Man]]''. | She was also a writer and script editor on the first two series of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', penning the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine]]'' and ''[[To the Last Man]]''. | ||
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Helen Raynor was a script editor and writer during the first four series of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who. Hired simultaneously with Elwen Rowlands, she is effectively "tied" for the title of "first female script editor on Doctor Who", although Rowlands was technically assigned to the initial production block.[1] Later, she wrote Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks, consequently becoming the first woman to write a televised Dalek story. She also wrote The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky, thus also becoming the first woman to write a Sontaran story. She was the only script editor for Steven Moffat, prior to his ascension to the position of head writer.
She was also a writer and script editor on the first two series of Torchwood, penning the episodes Ghost Machine and To the Last Man.
Episodes written
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Episodes script edited
Doctor Who
- The Unquiet Dead
- Dalek
- The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
- Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
- The Christmas Invasion
- New Earth
- School Reunion
- The Girl in the Fireplace
- Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
- Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
- Blink
- Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
- Midnight
Torchwood
Short stories written
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ "Script Doctors: Helen Raynor". Doctor Who Magazine #379. 1 February 2007
