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You may be looking for real world writers or writers from within the Doctor Who universe.

The writer is usually listed as a title on a work's credits.

This attribution can take many forms such as the author's name published on the cover of a text, or within its pages attributed to a single piece, usually following the form of "STORY TITLE by Writer's Name".

It may take the also take the form of an on-screen credit such as "Writer - Writer's Name".

Following is a list of Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K9 and Company and K9 television stories and the writers who worked on each.

Doctor Who (original run)

Season 1

• An Unearthly Child - Anthony Coburn
• The Daleks - Terry Nation
• The Edge of Destruction - David Whitaker
• Marco Polo - John Lucarotti
• The Keys of Marinus - Terry Nation
• The Aztecs - John Lucarotti
• The Sensorites - Peter R. Newman
• The Reign of Terror - Dennis Spooner

Season 2

• Planet of Giants - Louis Marks
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Terry Nation
• The Rescue - David Whitaker
• The Romans - Dennis Spooner
• The Web Planet - Bill Strutton
• The Crusade - David Whitaker
• The Space Museum - Glyn Jones
• The Chase - Terry Nation
• The Time Meddler - Dennis Spooner

Season 3

• Galaxy 4 - William Emms
• Mission to the Unknown - Terry Nation
• The Myth Makers - Donald Cotton
• The Daleks' Master Plan - Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner
• The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve - John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh
• The Ark - Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott
• The Celestial Toymaker - Brian Hayles
• The Gunfighters - Donald Cotton
• The Savages - Ian Stuart Black
• The War Machines - Ian Stuart Black

Season 4

• The Smugglers - Brian Hayles
• The Tenth Planet - Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
• The Power of the Daleks - David Whitaker
• The Highlanders - Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis
• The Underwater Menace - Geoffrey Orme
• The Moonbase - Kit Pedler
• The Macra Terror - Ian Stuart Black
• The Faceless Ones - David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke
• The Evil of the Daleks - David Whitaker

Season 5

• The Tomb of the Cybermen - Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
• The Abominable Snowmen - Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
• The Ice Warriors - Brian Hayles
• The Enemy of the World - David Whitaker
• The Web of Fear - Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
• Fury from the Deep - Victor Pemberton
• The Wheel in Space - David Whitaker

Season 6

• The Dominators - Norman Ashby aka Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
• The Mind Robber - Peter Ling
• The Invasion - Derrick Sherwin, Concept by Kit Pedler
• The Krotons - Robert Holmes
• The Seeds of Death - Brian Hayles and Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
• The Space Pirates - Robert Holmes
• The War Games - Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks

Season 7

• Spearhead from Space - Robert Holmes
• Doctor Who and the Silurians - Malcolm Hulke
• The Ambassadors of Death - David Whitaker, Trevor Ray (uncredited) and Don Houghton
• Inferno - Don Houghton

Season 8

• Terror of the Autons - Robert Holmes
• The Mind of Evil - Don Houghton
• The Claws of Axos - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• Colony in Space - Malcolm Hulke
• The Dæmons - Guy Leopold aka Robert Sloman and Barry Letts

Season 9

• Day of the Daleks - Louis Marks
• The Curse of Peladon - Brian Hayles
• The Sea Devils - Malcolm Hulke
• The Mutants - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• The Time Monster - Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)

Season 10

• The Three Doctors - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• Carnival of Monsters - Robert Holmes
• Frontier in Space - Malcolm Hulke
• Planet of the Daleks - Terry Nation
• The Green Death - Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)

Season 11

• The Time Warrior - Robert Holmes
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Malcolm Hulke
• Death to the Daleks - Terry Nation
• The Monster of Peladon - Brian Hayles
• Planet of the Spiders - Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)

Season 12

• Robot - Terrance Dicks
• The Ark in Space - Robert Holmes
• The Sontaran Experiment - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• Genesis of the Daleks - Terry Nation
• Revenge of the Cybermen - Gerry Davis

Season 13

• Terror of the Zygons - Robert Banks Stewart
• Planet of Evil - Louis Marks
• Pyramids of Mars - Stephen Harris aka Robert Holmes, story by Lewis Greifer
• The Android Invasion - Terry Nation
• The Brain of Morbius - Robin Bland aka Terrance Dicks, Robert Holmes
• The Seeds of Doom - Robert Banks Stewart

Season 14

• The Masque of Mandragora - Louis Marks
• The Hand of Fear - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• The Deadly Assassin - Robert Holmes
• The Face of Evil - Chris Boucher
• The Robots of Death - Chris Boucher
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Robert Holmes

Season 15

• Horror of Fang Rock - Terrance Dicks
• The Invisible Enemy - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• Image of the Fendahl - Chris Boucher
• The Sun Makers - Robert Holmes
• Underworld - Bob Baker and Dave Martin
• The Invasion of Time - David Agnew aka Anthony Read and Graham Williams

Season 16

• The Ribos Operation - Robert Holmes
• The Pirate Planet - Douglas Adams
• The Stones of Blood - David Fisher
• The Androids of Tara - David Fisher
• The Power of Kroll - Robert Holmes
• The Armageddon Factor - Bob Baker and Dave Martin

Season 17

• Destiny of the Daleks - Terry Nation
• City of Death - David Agnew aka David Fisher, Douglas Adams and Graham Williams
• The Creature from the Pit - David Fisher
• Nightmare of Eden - Bob Baker
• The Horns of Nimon - Anthony Read
• Shada - Douglas Adams

Season 18

• The Leisure Hive - David Fisher
• Meglos - John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch
• Full Circle - Andrew Smith
• State of Decay - Terrance Dicks
• Warriors' Gate - Steve Gallagher
• The Keeper of Traken - Johnny Byrne
• Logopolis - Christopher H. Bidmead

Season 19

• Castrovalva - Christopher H. Bidmead
• Four to Doomsday - Terence Dudley
• Kinda - Christopher Bailey
• The Visitation - Eric Saward
• Black Orchid - Terence Dudley
• Earthshock - Eric Saward
• Time-Flight - Peter Grimwade

Season 20

• Arc of Infinity - Johnny Byrne
• Snakedance - Christopher Bailey
• Mawdryn Undead - Peter Grimwade
• Terminus - Steve Gallagher
• Enlightenment - Barbara Clegg
• The King's Demons - Terence Dudley
• The Five Doctors - Terrance Dicks

Season 21

• Warriors of the Deep - Johnny Byrne
• The Awakening - Eric Pringle
• Frontios - Christopher H. Bidmead
• Resurrection of the Daleks - Eric Saward
• Planet of Fire - Peter Grimwade
• The Caves of Androzani - Robert Holmes
• The Twin Dilemma - Anthony Steven

Season 22

• Attack of the Cybermen - Paula Moore aka Eric Saward, Ian Levine and Paula Woolsey
• Vengeance on Varos - Philip Martin
• The Mark of the Rani - Pip and Jane Baker
• The Two Doctors - Robert Holmes
• Timelash - Glen McCoy
• Revelation of the Daleks - Eric Saward

Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord

• The Mysterious Planet - Robert Holmes
• Mindwarp - Philip Martin
• Terror of the Vervoids - Pip and Jane Baker
• The Ultimate Foe - Robert Holmes, Eric Saward (uncredited, part one only), Pip and Jane Baker

Season 24

• Time and the Rani - Pip and Jane Baker
• Paradise Towers - Stephen Wyatt
• Delta and the Bannermen - Malcolm Kohll
• Dragonfire - Ian Briggs

Season 25

• Remembrance of the Daleks - Ben Aaronovitch
• The Happiness Patrol - Graeme Curry
• Silver Nemesis - Kevin Clarke
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Stephen Wyatt

Season 26

• Battlefield - Ben Aaronovitch
• Ghost Light - Marc Platt
• The Curse of Fenric - Ian Briggs
• Survival - Rona Munro

Television Movie

• Doctor Who - Matthew Jacobs

Doctor Who (BBC Wales )

Series 1/(Season 27)

• Rose - Russell T Davies
• The End of the World - Russell T Davies
• The Unquiet Dead - Mark Gatiss
• Aliens of London/World War Three - Russell T Davies
• Dalek - Robert Shearman
• The Long Game - Russell T Davies
• Father's Day - Paul Cornell
• The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - Steven Moffat
• Boom Town - Russell T Davies
• Bad Wolf /The Parting of the Ways - Russell T Davies

Mini Episode

• Children in Need Special - Russell T Davies

Series 2/(Season 28)

• The Christmas Invasion - Russell T Davies
• New Earth - Russell T Davies
• Tooth and Claw - Russell T Davies
• School Reunion - Toby Whithouse
• The Girl in the Fireplace - Steven Moffat
• Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - Tom MacRae
• The Idiot's Lantern - Mark Gatiss
• The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - Matt Jones
• Love & Monsters - Russell T Davies
• Fear Her - Matthew Graham
• Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Russell T Davies

Series 3 /(Season 29)

• The Runaway Bride - Russell T Davies
• Smith and Jones - Russell T Davies
• The Shakespeare Code - Gareth Roberts
• Gridlock - Russell T Davies
• Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks - Helen Raynor
• The Lazarus Experiment - Stephen Greenhorn
• 42 - Chris Chibnall
• Human Nature/The Family of Blood - Paul Cornell
• Blink - Steven Moffat
• Utopia - Russell T Davies
• The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Russell T Davies

Mini Episode

• Time Crash - Steven Moffat

Series 4 /(Season 30)

• Voyage of the Damned - Russell T Davies
• Partners in Crime - Russell T Davies
• The Fires of Pompeii - James Moran
• Planet of the Ood - Keith Temple
• The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky - Helen Raynor
• The Doctor's Daughter - Stephen Greenhorn
• The Unicorn and the Wasp - Gareth Roberts
• Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead - Steven Moffat
• Midnight - Russell T Davies
• Turn Left - Russell T Davies
• The Stolen Earth / Journey's End - Russell T Davies

2009 Specials

• The Next Doctor - Russell T Davies
• Planet of the Dead - Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts
• The Waters of Mars - Russell T Davies & Phil Ford
• The End of Time - Russell T Davies

Series 5 /(Season 31)

• The Eleventh Hour - Steven Moffat
• The Beast Below - Steven Moffat
• Victory of the Daleks - Mark Gatiss
• The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone - Steven Moffat
• The Vampires of Venice - Toby Whithouse
• Amy's Choice - Simon Nye
• The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood - Chris Chibnall
• Vincent and the Doctor - Richard Curtis
• The Lodger - Gareth Roberts
• The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang - Steven Moffat

Mini Episodes

• Space/Time - Steven Moffat

Series 6 /(Season 32)

• A Christmas Carol - Steven Moffat
• The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon - Steven Moffat
• The Curse of the Black Spot - Steve Thompson
• The Doctor's Wife - Neil Gaiman
• The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People - Matthew Graham
• A Good Man Goes to War / Let's Kill Hitler - Steven Moffat
• Night Terrors - Mark Gatiss
• The Girl Who Waited - Tom MacRae
• The God Complex - Toby Whithouse
• Closing Time - Gareth Roberts
• The Wedding of River Song - Steven Moffat

Series 7 /(Season 33)

• The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - Steven Moffat
• Asylum of the Daleks - Steven Moffat
• Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - Chris Chibnall
• A Town Called Mercy - Toby Whithouse
• The Power of Three - Chris Chibnall
• The Angels Take Manhattan - Steven Moffat
• The Snowmen - Steven Moffat
• The Bells of Saint John - Steven Moffat
• The Rings of Akhaten - Neil Cross
• Cold War - Mark Gatiss
• Hide - Neil Cross
• Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS - Steve Thompson
• The Crimson Horror - Mark Gatiss
• Nightmare in Silver - Neil Gaiman
• The Name of the Doctor - Steven Moffat

K9 and Company

• A Girl's Best Friend - Terence Dudley

Torchwood

Series 1

• Everything Changes - Russell T Davies
• Day One - Chris Chibnall
• Ghost Machine - Helen Raynor
• Cyberwoman - Chris Chibnall
• Small Worlds - Peter J. Hammond
• Countrycide - Chris Chibnall
• Greeks Bearing Gifts - Toby Whithouse
• They Keep Killing Suzie - Paul Tomalin and Dan McCulloch
• Random Shoes - Jacquetta May
• Out of Time - Catherine Tregenna
• Combat - Noel Clarke
• Captain Jack Harkness - Catherine Tregenna
• End of Days - Chris Chibnall

Series 2

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - Chris Chibnall
• Sleeper - James Moran
• To the Last Man - Helen Raynor
• Meat - Catherine Tregenna
• Adam - Catherine Tregenna
• Reset - J.C. Wilsher
• Dead Man Walking - Matt Jones
• A Day in the Death - Joseph Lidster
• Something Borrowed - Phil Ford
• From Out of the Rain - Peter J. Hammond
• Adrift - Chris Chibnall
• Fragments - Chris Chibnall
• Exit Wounds - Chris Chibnall

Series 3

• Children of Earth: Day One - Russell T Davies
• Children of Earth: Day Two - John Fay
• Children of Earth: Day Three - Russell T Davies & James Moran
• Children of Earth: Day Four - John Fay
• Children of Earth: Day Five - Russell T Davies

Series 4

• The New World - Russell T Davies
• Rendition - Doris Egan
• Dead of Night - Jane Espenson
• Escape to LA - Jim Gray & John Shiban (story by Jim Gray)
• The Categories of Life - Jane Espenson
• The Middle Men - John Shiban
• Immortal Sins - Jane Espenson
• End of the Road - Jane Espenson & Ryan Scott (story by Ryan Scott)
• The Gathering - John Fay
• The Blood Line - Russell T Davies & Jane Espenson (story by Russell T Davies)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Series 1

Special

• Invasion of the Bane - Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts

Full Series

• Revenge of the Slitheen - Gareth Roberts
• Eye of the Gorgon - Phil Ford
• Warriors of Kudlak - Phil Gladwin
• Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? - Gareth Roberts
• The Lost Boy - Phil Ford

Series 2

• The Last Sontaran - Phil Ford
• The Day of the Clown - Phil Ford
• Secrets of the Stars - Gareth Roberts
• The Mark of the Berserker - Joseph Lidster
• The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith - Gareth Roberts
• Enemy of the Bane - Phil Ford

Mini Episode

• From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love - Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman

Series 3

• Prisoner of the Judoon - Phil Ford
• The Mad Woman in the Attic - Joseph Lidster
• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith - Gareth Roberts
• The Eternity Trap - Phil Ford
• Mona Lisa's Revenge - Phil Ford
• The Gift - Rupert Laight

Series 4

• The Nightmare Man - Joseph Lidster
• The Vault of Secrets - Phil Ford
• Death of the Doctor - Russell T Davies
• The Empty Planet - Gareth Roberts
• Lost in Time - Rupert Laight
• Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith - Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman

Series 5

• Sky - Phil Ford
• The Curse of Clyde Langer - Phil Ford
• The Man Who Never Was - Gareth Roberts

K9

Series 1

• Regeneration - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• Liberation - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• The Korven - Tim Pye
• The Bounty Hunter - Ian McFadyen
• Sirens of Ceres - Deborah Parsons
• Fear Itself - Everett DeRoche and Graeme Farmer
• The Fall of the House of Gryffen - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• Jaws of Orthrus - Lindsay James
• Dream-Eaters - Jim Noble
• Curse of Anubis - Jim Noble
• Oroborus - Deborah Parsons
• Alien Avatar - Graeme Farmer
• Aeolian - Dave Warner
• The Last Oak Tree - Jim Noble
• Black Hunger - Chris Roache
• The Cambridge Spy - James Bourque
• Lost Library of Ukko - Deborah Parsons
• Mutant Copper - John O'Brien
• The Custodians - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• Taphony and the Time Loop - Anthony Morris and Graeme Farmer
• Robot Gladiators - Jim Noble
• Mind Snap - Bob Baker and Paul Tams
• Angel of the North - Bob Baker
• The Last Precinct - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• Hound of the Korven - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause
• The Eclipse of the Korven - Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause

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