Robert Shearman

Robert Shearman
Other names:	Rob Shearman
Birth date:	10 February 1970
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Writer
Stories:	See bibliography section
Main time period active:	2000-2003, 2005-2008, 2010, 2016
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Robert Shearman (sometimes credited as Rob Shearman; born 10 February 1970) is an English playwright of theatrical and audio productions and a short story writer. He has written many audio scripts for Big Finish Productions Doctor Who stories, though he is perhaps best known for writing the television episode Dalek, which was loosely based on his audio play Jubilee.

Under the pseudonym of "Jeremy Leadbetter", he authored the audio drama Punchline, part of BBV Productions' The Time Travellers series. It starred Sylvester McCoy, who gave high praise to the script.

Jubilee Pizza appeared in several Doctor Who and Torchwood episodes and on The Sarah Jane Adventures. It first appeared in Dalek as a subtle reference to Shearman and his original script Jubilee which formed the loose basis for the script.

He was interviewed in issue 485 of Doctor Who Magazine for the revival series' tenth anniversary. He commented that he had always hoped that the show would return to TV.

Robert was offered to write for the third series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Dalek Empire, but he declined.

Personal life

He is married to Big Finish actress Jane Goddard.

DWU Bibliography

Television

Doctor Who

• Dalek

Audio

The Time Travellers

• Punchline (as "Jeremy Leadbetter")

Main Range

• The Holy Terror
• The Maltese Penguin
• The Chimes of Midnight
• Jubilee
• Scherzo
• My Own Private Wolfgang (in 100)

Doctor Who Unbound

• Deadline

Novelisations

Target Novelisations

• Dalek

Novels

New Series Adventures

• The Frozen Wastes (in The Story of Martha)

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series

• And Then Again (in A Life of Surprises)
• Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy... (in Life During Wartime)

Short fiction

Short Trips

• The Death of Me (in Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors)
• Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing (in Short Trips: The Muses)

Doctor Who annuals

• Pitter-Patter (in Doctor Who Annual 2006)

Doctor Who Storybook

• Untitled (in Doctor Who Storybook 2007)
• The Box Under the Tree (in Doctor Who Storybook 2008)

Doctor Who Lockdown!

• Dalek: Spoof Scenes

Nonfiction

• Running Through Corridors: Volume 1: The 60s (with Toby Hadoke)
• Running Through Corridors: Volume 2: The 70s (with Toby Hadoke)
• About Time (contributor)
• Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things (contributor)
• The Unsilent Library (foreword)

Comics

Doctor Who Magazine

• The Cruel Sea

Acting credits

Big Finish Main Range

• The Holy Terror (as Sculptor & Guard)
• Bloodtide (as The Myrka)
• Jubilee (as Presenter)

External links

• Official Facebook page
• Official Twitter account
• Robert Shearman at the Internet Movie Database
• Five Questions with: Robert Shearman
• BBC.co.uk website interview with Robert Shearman, 01 January 2004
• Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: Robert Shearman (archived)
• Official Tumblr blog
• Official blog (defunct as of 2009)