Richard Dinnick (born 22 January 1968) is a British screenwriter, novelist, comic book writer and audio playwright. He is a frequent guest at writing events (including the London Screenwriters' Festival) and such ''Doctor Who'' conventions as Gallifrey One as well as San Diego Comic Con. Dinnick is a member of the

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and the Royal Television Society and a Patron of the Children's Media Foundation.

Journalism

Dinnick started his writing career on the local newspaper ''Esher News and Mail'' in 1986. He then specialised in business journalism, working on publications such as ''Director'' (the magazine published by the

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) and ''

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'' as part of their editorial teams. In the late 1990s, he moved to ''

Internet Magazine ''Internet Magazine'' was a monthly print title launched in October 1994 by the UK publishing house, Emap. Its last issue, number 119, was published in July 2004. History ''Internet Magazine'' covered almost anything internet-related, as long as ...

''. During this time he appeared on numerous TV and radio programmes as well as newspapers and industry web sites talking about internet-related matters. He was also shortlisted for the PPA's PTC New Journalist of the Year Award in 1999. Later he went on to work on the City desk of the ''

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'' and chaired the Government Committee on Web Design Best Practice in 2002/3.

Writing career

Dinnick is the winner of the 2012

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Writersroom opportunity to create a new show and to write for TV on the BBC and went on to write for the CBeebies TV shows ''

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'' and ''

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'' - amongst others - as well as Mind Candy's new '' Moshi Monsters'' TV show. He was one of six finalists in a 2014

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opportunity to workshop a script for '' Waterloo Road''. In 2015 Dinnick became Head Writer on the new Disney TV show ''Eena Meena Deeka'' and in-development action adventure show ''Captain Extraordinary''. He was also a BAFTA Judge for Children's Drama and produced a session for the 2014 Children's Media Conference. He is writing on the third series of '' Thunderbirds Are Go!'' for ITV/Amazon Studios and is developing several ideas for TV. These include the fantasy drama''Never After'', primetime crime drama ''Murder of Crows'', workplace drama ''No Kidding'', and ''The Last Horseman'', an urban fantasy series. He is working on a web series for Capital City Entertainment, ''Light & Shadows'' (a.k.a.''Dead Good''). He also has a prime time TV crime drama in development with Chrysalis Vision, named "Surface Tension". Dinnick has written prose, scripts and comics for such media properties including

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's ''

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'' and the BBC's '' Doctor Who''. He has the Sherlock Holmes stories of

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, including ''

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'', for CD release. "The Underwater War" appeared in the tie-in ''Doctor Who: Alien Adventures'', published by BBC Children's Books in 2010. He has since gone on to write books and short stories for

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and Snow Books.

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published his tie-in collection''Doctor Who Myths & Legends'' in June 2017 and he is contributing to the Missy themed anthology - also from BBC Books - entitled 'The Missy Chronicles' to be published in 2018. He is also writing the foreword and contributing a story to the forthcoming anthology about Doctor Who Character,

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, called ''Lineage'' from Candy Jar Books. He has also written comics for IDW,

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and is currently the writer on

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Twelfth Doctor line of comics. An original graphic novel - Rob - has also been announced to be published in 2018 by

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and

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alongside titles by

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and

John Barrowman John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in '' Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowv ...

Television

* Surface Tension (working title) - Chrysalis Vision (in development) * Thunderbirds Are Go - Staff Writer -

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/ Weta Workshop/

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* Eena Meena Deeka, Series 1 + 2 - Lead Writer - Maya/Cosmos/Disney *

, Series 5, 6, 7 - Staff Writer -

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* Majid - Series 1 - Staff Writer - Majid Kids TV/

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* Karamella - Series 1 - Staff Writer - Majid Kids TV/Mondo TV *

, Series 1 - BBC/ Worldwide * Moshi Monsters TV Show, Series 1 - Mind Candy * Captain Extraordinary, Series 1 - Head Writer - Rushfirth Creative ( In Development) * Development Script, not-for-air pilot - BBC In House * Development Script, broadcaster-owned IP for TV series - BBC * Development Scripts, production company-owned IP for TV series - Maya/Cosmos

Audio scripts

He has written scripts for several different franchises, largely for Big Finish Productions: * ''

: Duplicity'' (2012) * ''Doctor Who -

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'' (2012) * ''Doctor Who - The Wanderer'' (2012) * ''Sherlock Holmes -

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'' (adaptation) (2012) * '' Sherlock Holmes -

'' (adaptation) (2011) * ''Doctor Who - Recorded Time and Other Stories#Paradoxicide'' - "Paradoxicide" (2011) * '' Doctor Who -

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'': "A Star is Born" (2011) * ''

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'' (with

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) (2010) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Space: 1889: The Lunar Inheritance'' (with Andy Frankham-Allen) (2005)

Prose

* ''Lethbridge Stewart: Lineage'' (Candy Jar Books, 2018) * ''Doctor Who: Myths and Legends'' (BBC/Penguin Random House, 2017) * ''Doctor Who: Underwater War'' (BBC/Penguin Random House, 2016) * ''Moshi Monsters: Super Moshi Missions'' (Mind Candy/

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, 2012) (tie-in to Moshi Monsters) * ''Doctor Who: Alien Adventures (

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, 2011) ''The Underwater War'', included in an anthology of two stories.

Short stories

Dinnick's first fiction was the short story "Neptune" for

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' ''Doctor Who'' anthology '' Short Trips: Solar System''. His published short stories are: * '' Short Trips: The Solar System'' — "Neptune" (Big Finish, 2005) * ''

: Present Danger'' — "Past Caring" (Big Finish, 2010) * "Braking Point" for ''

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'' (Titan, 2010) * ''Encounters of Sherlock Holmes'' — "The Adventure of the Swaddled Railwayman" (Titan, 2012) * ''Twisted Histories'' — "Flaming Sword" (Snow Books, 2013) * ''Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles'' — "Alit in Underland" (BBC/Penguin Random House, 2018)

Comics

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- Countdown to Danger - volume #1: "Secrets" (

, December 2018 ) * Lost in Space - Countdown to Danger - volumes #2: "Quality Time" (

, May 2019) * Lost in Space - Countdown to Danger - volumes #3: TBA (

, July 2019) * "Doctor Who: The 13th Doctor" - Volume #0 (Titan Comics, September 2018) - ''The Many Lives of Doctor Who'' * "Rob" - issues #1 - #6 (Legendary Entertainment/

- TBA) - TBA * "Doctor Who: The 12th Doctor" - issue #3.10 - #3.13 (Titan Comics, December 2017 - February 2018) - ''A Confusion of Angels'' * "Doctor Who: The 12th Doctor" - issue #3.9 (Titan Comics, November 2017) - ''The Great Shopping Bill'' * "Doctor Who: The 12th Doctor" - San Diego Comic Con Exclusive (Titan Comics, July 2017) - ''The Last Action Figure'' * "Doctor Who: The 12th Doctor" - issues #3.5 - #3.8 (Titan Comics, July - September 2017) - ''The Wolves of Winter'' featuring the first run for new series companion Bill, and the Ice Warriors. * ''Doctor Who Special 2012'' - Time Fraud ( IDW, September 2012) *'' Doctor Who Adventures'' - "The Lunar Tyk" (issue #191, November 2010) According to his website he is also writing several unannounced comic book projects for publishers that are yet to be confirmed.

Non-fiction

Dinnick has written a number of non-fiction works: * ''The Internet Atlas'' (Parkgate, 2000) * ''A History of the Internet'' (Pocket Essentials, 2002) * ''The Big Finish Companion: Volume I'' (Big Finish, 2011) * '' Moshi Monsters: The Official Collectable Figures Guide'' (Penguin, 2012) * ''Doctor Who: The Official Anniversary Sticker Book'' (Penguin, 2013) * ''Doctor Who - TARDIS'' (Running Press, 2013) * ''Doctor Who - Dalek'' (Running Press, 2013) * ''Doctor Who - Cyberman'' (Running Press, 2013) * ''Doctor Who - Sonic Screwdriver'' (Running Press, 2014) * ''Doctor Who - K9'' (Running Press, 2015) * ''Doctor Who - Weeping Angel'' (Running Press, 2015) * ''Doctor Who - Adipose'' (Running Press, 2016) * "Doctor Who - Supreme Dalek" (Running Press, 2016) As editor: * The Big Finish Companion: Volume II (Big Finish, 2013)

Honours & awards

* BAFTA Judge, The Children's BAFTA Awards, 2019 * Speaker, Norwich Sound and Vision Festival, 2019 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2018 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2017 * NBC Universal Writers Development Initiative, 2016 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2016 * NBC Universal Writers Development Initiative, 2015 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2015 * Speaker, Norwich Sound and Vision Festival, 2014 * Session Producer, The Children's Media Conference, 2014 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2014 * BAFTA Judge, The Children's BAFTA Awards, 2013 * Judge, BBC Radio 2: 500 Words Competition, 2013 * Guest Speaker, The London Screenwriter's Festival, 2012 * Winner, BBC Writersroom TV Writing Opportunity, 2012 * Top Doctor Who Writers to Follow - Doctor Who Magazine, 2012 * Finalist, Duracell "Entangled” Script Competition, 2011 * Chair, Government Committee on Web Design Best Practice, 2001 * Finalist, PTC New Journalist of the Year Award, 1999

References

External links

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