Catherine Tregenna is a British playwright, television screenwriter and actress. She has written episodes for ''

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'', ''

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'' and for the first four series of

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crime drama '' Law & Order: UK''.

Career

Tregenna began as an actress. She played the character Kirsty McGurk, for several years, in ''

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'' and a doctor in

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. In 2001, she wrote the comedy play ''Art and Guff''. After, she transitioned back into television as a writer, co-writing the series ''

Cowbois ac Injans ''Cowbois ac Injans'' ''(Cowboys and Engines)'' is a Welsh language television drama written by brother and sister Jon Tregenna and Catherine Tregenna which was broadcast on S4C. The series was made by Teledu Opus, which later became Rondo Pro ...

'' and four episodes of the

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drama and ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''

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'': " Out of Time", "

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", "

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" and "

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". As well as writing Meat, she also created the meat props shown in the episode. "Captain Jack Harkness" was nominated for the 2008

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. She wrote ''

The Woman Who Lived "The Woman Who Lived" is the sixth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 October 2015. It was written by Catherine Tregenna and directed by Ed Bazalge ...

'', an episode of the ninth series of ''

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'' which aired in October 2015. She contributed episodes to the third and final series of ''

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'', the third series of ''

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'' and the fifth episode of '' The Watch'', which is inspired by the

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from the ''

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'' series of fantasy novels by

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