Jonathan Morris (born in Taunton, England), is an author who writes various kinds of ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' spin-off material.

Career

Writing

His path to prominence in writing professional ''Doctor Who'' fiction was notable in part because he was commissioned to write a novel after only his first attempt under the BBC's "Open Submission" policy. He has written for the Eighth Doctor Adventures and Past Doctor Adventures. He has also written for

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...

' range of audio and printed material. Among his ''Doctor Who'' literary credits are short stories in the Big Finish Short Trips anthologies; the novels '' Festival of Death'', ''

Anachrophobia ''Anachrophobia'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Plot Whilst travelling in time, t ...

'', and ''

The Tomorrow Windows ''The Tomorrow Windows'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Trix. Notes *The novel includes ...

''; and the audio adventures '' Bloodtide'', '' Flip-Flop'', ''

Max Warp ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 tel ...

'', ''

The Haunting of Thomas Brewster ''The Haunting of Thomas Brewster'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot In Victorian London, Thomas Brewster is haunted by his dead mother, as well as ...

'', '' A Perfect World'', '' Mary's Story'', '' Hothouse'', ''

The Cannibalists ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 ...

'', ''

The Eternal Summer ''The Eternal Summer'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' Plot Present day, Stockbridge, there is something strange going on in here, it seems that the summer nev ...

'', '' Protect and Survive'' and '' 1963: The Space Race''. ''Festival of Death'' received 2000's "Best Past Doctor Novel" award from the readers of ''

Doctor Who Magazine ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the followi ...

''. Morris contributed "The Clanging Chimes of Doom" to '' Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury'', "Lant Land" to '' Short Trips: Life Science'', "The Thief of Sherwood" to '' Short Trips: Past Tense'', and "Mauritz" to '' Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors''. His debut novel, ''Festival of Death'', was placed seventh in the Top 10 of SFX magazine's "Best SF/Fantasy novelisation or TV tie-in novel" category of 2000. In 2005, he wrote the narration script for the documentary "Paris in the Springtime", a homage to Douglas Adams' work on ''Doctor Who'', which was included in the BBC DVD release of the serial ''

City of Death ''City of Death'' is the second serial of the seventeenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor. It was produced by the BBC ...

''. In addition to his ''Doctor Who'' work, he has also written for Big Finish's '' Judge Dredd'' range, contributing the title, '' I Love Judge Dredd''. For the '' Bernice Summerfield'' series of anthologies he has contributed the short stories "The Spartacus Syndrome" (in ''

A Life of Surprises Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length '' Doctor Wh ...

'') and "The Traitors" (in '' Life During Wartime''). In 2011, he contributed to their ''Dark Shadows'' range with '' The Blind Painter'' and ''Operation Victor''. In 2005, some of his writing was included in the televised British sketch/

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fusion, ''

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''.

Bibliography

Novels

* '' Festival of Death'' (2000) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Touched by an Angel'' (2011)

Short Stories

* ''Mauritz'' * ''The Thief of Sherwood'' * ''Lantland'' * ''The Clanging Chimes of Doom'' * ''Bernice Summerfield: The Traitors'' * ''Bernice Summerfield: The Spartacus Syndrome''

Audio Productions

Big Finish: Doctor Who

* '' Bloodtide'' (2001) * '' Flip-Flop'' (2003) * ''

'' (2008) * '' A Perfect World'' (2008) * '' Mary's Story'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Cobwebs'' (2010) * '' The Crimes of Thomas Brewster'' (2011) * '' The Curse of Davros'' (2012) * '' Protect and Survive'' (2012) * '' The Shadow Heart'' (2012) * '' Prisoners of Fate'' (2013) * '' 1963: The Space Race'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

The Entropy Plague ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finis ...

'' (2015) * ''We Are the Daleks'' (2015) * ''The Waters of Amsterdam'' (2016) * ''Vortex Ice'' (2017) * ''Static'' (2017) * ''The Kamelion Empire'' (2019) * ''Lightspeed'' (2020)

Big Finish: Companion Chronicles

* '' The Beautiful People'' (2007) * '' The Great Space Elevator'' (2008) * '' The Glorious Revolution'' (2009) * '' The Mists of Time'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Mastermind'' (2013) * '' Ghost in the Machine'' (2013)

Big Finish: Eighth Doctor Adventures

* ''

'' (2008) * '' Hothouse'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' The Resurrection of Mars'' (2010)

Big Finish: Fourth Doctor Adventures

* ''

The Auntie Matter ''The Auntie Matter'' is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions. Plot The Doctor and Romana are hiding from the Black Guardi ...

'' (2013) * '' Phantoms of the Deep'' (2013) * '' Last of the Colophon'' (2014) * '' The Cloisters of Terror'' (2015) * ''The Paradox Planet'' (2016) * ''Legacy of Death'' (2016) * ''Subterranea'' (2017) * ''Chase the Night'' (2020) * ''The Day of the Comet'' (2021)

Big Finish: Jago & Lightfoot

* ''

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'' (2010) * '' The Theatre of Dreams'' (2011) * '' The Age of Revolution'' (2013) * '' The Skeleton Quay'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Flying Frenchmen'' (2015) * ''The Year of the Bat'' (2015)

Big Finish: The Lost Stories

* '' The Valley of Death'' (2011; story by Philip Hinchcliffe) * ''

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'' (2012; story by Johnny Byrne) * ''Doctor Who and The Ark'' (2023; story by John Lucarotti)

Other ''Doctor Who'' Big Finish stories

* '' Voyage to Venus'' (2012) * '' Psychodrome'' (2014) * '' The Screaming Skull'' (2014) * '' Damaged Goods'' (2016; story by Russell T Davies) * ''The Lords of Terror'' (2018) * ''The Crash of the UK-201'' (2018) * ''The Avenues of Possibility'' (2019) * ''Ghosts'' (2020) * ''Genetics of the Daleks'' (2020) * ''Saviour'' (2021) * ''Maelstrom'' (2022) * ''Emancipation of the Daleks'' (2022)

Big Finish: Vienna

* '' The Memory Box'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''The Vienna Experience'' (2015)

Big Finish: Torchwood

* ''Instant Karma'' (2018; with David Llewellyn and James Goss)

Big Finish: The Diary of River Song

* ''The Bekdel Test'' (2019) * ''Queen of the Mechonoids'' (2021)

Big Finish: Missy

* ''The Belly of the Beast'' (2019)

Big Finish: UNIT

* ''This Sleep of Death'' (2019)

Big Finish: The Paternoster Gang

* ''The Cars That Ate London!'' (2019)

Big Finish: Rose Tyler

* ''The Endless Night'' (2019)

Big Finish: 2000 AD

* '' I Love Judge Dredd'' (2002)

Big Finish: Dark Shadows

* '' The Blind Painter'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012)

Big Finish: Survivors

* '' Exodus'' (2014) * ''Cabin Fever'' (2015)

BBC Audio: Destiny Of The Doctor

* '' Babblesphere'' (2013)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Jonathan 1973 births Living people 21st-century English novelists 21st-century British short story writers 21st-century English male writers English science fiction writers English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights English male short story writers English short story writers English male novelists Writers of Doctor Who novels