Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman
Birth date:	10 November 1960
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Writer
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	2011-13, 2020
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens
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Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960) is a noted British comic book/graphic novel writer and novelist. He wrote the Doctor Who episodes The Doctor's Wife and Nightmare in Silver and the Puffin eshort Nothing O'Clock.

Although not for the official release, Gaiman did read Nothing O'Clock for his own publication Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances.

Career

Gaiman is a longtime fan of the series. He was asked to write for the spinoff novel lines while the show was off the air. He declined on the basis that he'd much rather write an episode of the TV series, hoping there would someday again be a TV series for him to write. Nevertheless, his first work for the franchise was his foreword for the Telos novella, The Eye of the Tyger. He would later write the introduction for the 2011 reprint of Doctor Who and the Daleks.

His television stories focus on humanising inhumane things like the TARDIS and Mr Clever.

Gaiman guest-hosted Bigger on the Inside, the Doctor Who Confidential episode broadcast with The Doctor's Wife. He also took over Steven Moffat's production notes for one issue of Doctor Who Magazine. (DWM 427)

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

Gaiman was already one of the preeminent names in the fantasy literature and comic book fields before submitting his script for Doctor Who. Among his many works are: The Sandman, Coraline, Stardust, Death: The High Cost of Living, and MirrorMask. Several of his works have been adapted for film. Gaiman has also written several screenplays, including the English-language version of the anime Princess Mononoke and the 2007 film Beowulf.

Gaiman's TV work includes creating the BBC miniseries Neverwhere. He has also written an episode of Babylon 5.

Gaiman is one of only four Doctor Who scriptwriters to have also won the coveted Hugo Award. The others are Steven Moffat, Russell T Davies, and Phil Ford. Gaiman is unique in that his first Hugo came for work outside of Doctor Who.

In 2020-2021, Gaiman oversaw production of a Netflix TV series adaptation of The Sandman; released in August 2022, the production featured Jenna Coleman as exorcist Johanna Constantine and her 18th century ancestor of the same name. In interviews, Gaiman said working with Coleman on Nightmare in Silver was a motivating factor in his decision to cast her in the dual role.

DWU Writing credits

Television

Doctor Who

• The Doctor's Wife
• Nightmare in Silver

Mini-episodes

• Rain Gods

Webcasts

Doctor Who: Lockdown!

• Rory's Story

Comic stories

Comic Relief 1991

• The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (With Dan Abnett, Mike Collins, Richard Curtis, The Dandy team, The Beano team, Al Davison, Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, Dick Foreman, John Freeman, Melinda Gebbie, Bambos Georgiou, Dave Gibbons, Igor Goldkind, Lenny Henry, Peter K Hogan, Alan Martin, Mark Millar, Pete Milligan, Grant Morrison, Paul Neary, John Smith (writer), Si Spencer, and Viz team)

The Brilliant Book 2012

• Planet of the Rain Gods

Short stories

Puffin eshort

• Nothing O'Clock

Adventures in Lockdown

• One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes

External links

• Neil Gaiman at the Internet Movie Database