Brian Minchin

Brian Minchin was executive producer on Doctor Who from the 2013 Christmas Special The Time of the Doctor to the 2017 Christmas Special Twice Upon a Time, and was an executive producer on Class. Prior to this, he had held a variety of positions on all the other BBC Wales-produced shows in the DWU stable.

He was a script editor for Doctor Who and Torchwood. He was also a producer for The Sarah Jane Adventures and producer of the UK side of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Notably, he was the first non-show running BBC Wales executive producer to have any writing credits in the franchise. By the time he had been appointed executive producer, he had already written a novel, a comic strip and an audio adventure.

Writer
Prior to accepting the executive producer gig on Doctor Who, Minchin had published The Forgotten Army, an Eleventh Doctor novel; The Return of the Vostok and Fated to Pretend, two Torchwood comic strips; and The Sin Eaters, a Torchwood audio drama.