Russell T Davies

Russell T Davies, OBE (sometimes spelled Russell T. Davies, born Stephen Russell Davies, 27th April 1963) is a successful television writer and producer responsible for the revival of Doctor Who and the creation of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. In 2004, Davies was given the position of Executive Producer and head writer of Doctor Who for its revival. Davies has written the majority of Doctor Who episodes since that time as well as creating the character of Captain Jack Harkness.

Biography

Previous work

Russell's first major success was the CBBC adventure serial Dark Season, which contained strong similarities to Doctor Who. Davies would go on to create a further children's series, Century Falls before creating the award winning Queer As Folk and The Second Coming.

Doctor Who and related work

Davies' first major involvement in Doctor Who was in 1996, when he wrote the New Adventures novel Damaged Goods. On the 20th May, 2008, Davies publicly announced his departure from Doctor Who. He will continue to be Executive Producer for the 2009 specials before being succeeded by staff writer Steven Moffat for Series 5 in 2010. He has has stated that he will not write for Doctor Who after the 2009 specials.

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Other information

• In 2008, Davies was awarded an OBE, the second Doctor Who producer to receive one (Verity Lambert received an OBE in 2002).

• In an interview he stated the Christmas episode slot was his favorite of the year.

Selected credits

Television

Series 1

• Rose
• The End of the World
• Aliens of London
• World War Three
• The Long Game
• Boom Town
• Bad Wolf
• The Parting of the Ways

Series 2

• The Christmas Invasion
• New Earth
• Tooth and Claw
• Love & Monsters
• Army of Ghosts
• Doomsday

Series 3

• The Runaway Bride
• Smith and Jones
• Gridlock
• Utopia
• The Sound of Drums
• Last of the Time Lords

Series 4

• Voyage of the Damned
• Partners in Crime
• Midnight
• Turn Left
• The Stolen Earth
• Journey's End

2008 Chrismas Special

• The Next Doctor

2009 Specials

• Planet of the Dead

Torchwood

• Everything Changes

The Sarah Jane Adventures

• Invasion of the Bane (with Gareth Roberts)

Prose

Novels

Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures

• Damaged Goods

Nonfiction prose

• The Writer's Tale (with Benjamin Cook)

Other

• Music of the Spheres

Contributions to the Mythos

Major characters and concepts created for or debuting in a Russell T. Davies script:

• Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17
• Slitheen
• Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen
• Face of Boe
• Sycorax
• Metal spider
• Hame
• Catkind
• Hoix
• Abzorbaloff
• Rose Tyler
• Mickey Smith
• Jackie Tyler
• Donna Noble
• Roboform
• Roboform Christmas Tree
• Martha Jones
• Oliver Morgenstern
• Francine Jones
• Tish Jones
• Leo Jones
• Slab
• Toclafane
• Astrid Peth

External Links

• BBC News - Profile: Russell T Davies

Footnotes