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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
[[File:Andrew_Cartmel_80.jpg|thumb|left|Andrew in the 80s. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Endgame]]'')]]
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[[File:Andrew Cartmel 80.jpg|thumb|left|Andrew in the 80s. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Endgame]]'')]]
In 1987, Cartmel was hired as the [[script editor]] for the [[Season 24|twenty-fourth season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He was recommended to the producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] by the producer's agent, who had seen some unproduced scripts Cartmel had written. Cartmel worked on the programme for the next two years, overseeing the final three seasons of its original run on [[BBC One]]. He brought in new writers and took the series in a new creative direction. Although he is not credited with writing any of the serials under his watch himself, he is credited with composing the key monologue delivered by [[Sylvester McCoy]] at the end of ''[[Survival]]'' episode 3 — the final episode of the original 1963-89 series.
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In 1987, Cartmel was hired as the [[script editor]] for the [[Season 24|twenty-fourth season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He was recommended to the producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] by the producer's agent, who had seen some unproduced scripts Cartmel had written. Cartmel worked on the programme for the next two years, overseeing the final three seasons of its original run on [[BBC One]]. He brought in new writers and took the series in a new creative direction. Although he is not credited with writing any of the serials under his watch himself, he is credited with composing the key monologue delivered by [[Sylvester McCoy]] at the end of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' episode 3 — the final episode of the original 1963-89 series.
   
 
The most lasting legacy of this new direction was the "[[Cartmel Masterplan]]", a backstory developed with other writers that restored some of the mystery of the Doctor's background and eventually would explain exactly who he was. Unfortunately, although hints were dropped in the last two seasons, the proposed revelations never materialised on screen because the programme was taken off the airwaves in 1989.
 
The most lasting legacy of this new direction was the "[[Cartmel Masterplan]]", a backstory developed with other writers that restored some of the mystery of the Doctor's background and eventually would explain exactly who he was. Unfortunately, although hints were dropped in the last two seasons, the proposed revelations never materialised on screen because the programme was taken off the airwaves in 1989.
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Even if ''Doctor Who'' had not come to an end in 1989, Cartmel would have left the show; he had already been head-hunted due to his success there to take over the script editor's role on the BBC's hugely popular medical drama series ''Casualty''.
 
Even if ''Doctor Who'' had not come to an end in 1989, Cartmel would have left the show; he had already been head-hunted due to his success there to take over the script editor's role on the BBC's hugely popular medical drama series ''Casualty''.
   
After one season working on ''Casualty'' in 1990, Cartmel left the television industry for the rest of the decade. In the 1990s he wrote comic strips for ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and three ''Doctor Who'' novels for [[Virgin Publishing]] in their ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' series. This series used elements of the "masterplan" as part of their overall arc for the Doctor, particularly the last [[Seventh Doctor]] novel, ''[[Lungbarrow]]'', written by [[Marc Platt]].
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After one season working on ''Casualty'' in 1990, Cartmel left the television industry for the rest of the decade. In the 1990s he wrote comic strips for ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and three ''Doctor Who'' novels for [[Virgin Publishing]] in their ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' series. This series used elements of the "masterplan" as part of their overall arc for the Doctor, particularly the last [[Seventh Doctor]] novel, ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', written by [[Marc Platt]].
   
 
In 1999 his first original novel, ''The Wise'', was published by Virgin's short-lived series of new science-fiction novels, ''Virgin Worlds''. The same year, he became editor of the science-fiction magazine ''Starburst''. His tenure was a short one and he left the magazine in 2000. In 2001 he returned to television as the script editor on the second season of Channel 5's fantasy / adventure series ''Dark Knight'', writing what proved to be the series' final episode. He also wrote a stage thriller with Gothic overtones, ''End of the Night'', which was successfully staged by Long Shadow Productions in the summer of 2003.
 
In 1999 his first original novel, ''The Wise'', was published by Virgin's short-lived series of new science-fiction novels, ''Virgin Worlds''. The same year, he became editor of the science-fiction magazine ''Starburst''. His tenure was a short one and he left the magazine in 2000. In 2001 he returned to television as the script editor on the second season of Channel 5's fantasy / adventure series ''Dark Knight'', writing what proved to be the series' final episode. He also wrote a stage thriller with Gothic overtones, ''End of the Night'', which was successfully staged by Long Shadow Productions in the summer of 2003.
   
In the 2000s he has also returned to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, writing the script ''[[Winter for the Adept]]'' for [[Big Finish Productions]]' range of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas in 2000, a novella, ''[[Foreign Devils]]'', for [[Telos Publishing]] in 2003, and the [[BBC Books]] novel ''[[Atom Bomb Blues]]'' in 2005.
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In the 2000s he has also returned to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, writing the script ''[[Winter for the Adept (audio story)|Winter for the Adept]]'' for [[Big Finish Productions]]' range of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas in 2000, a novella, ''[[Foreign Devils (novel)|Foreign Devils]]'', for [[Telos Publishing]] in 2003, and the [[BBC Books]] novel ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]'' in 2005.
   
 
Cartmel had several other books published in 2005. ''[[Script Doctor - The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89]]'' is an account of his work on the ''Doctor Who'' television series. There was also another ''Doctor Who'' non-fiction book, ''[[Through Time: An Unofficial and Unauthorised History of Doctor Who]]'', and he contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
 
Cartmel had several other books published in 2005. ''[[Script Doctor - The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89]]'' is an account of his work on the ''Doctor Who'' television series. There was also another ''Doctor Who'' non-fiction book, ''[[Through Time: An Unofficial and Unauthorised History of Doctor Who]]'', and he contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
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=== Comics ===
 
=== Comics ===
 
==== ''DWM'' comic stories ====
 
==== ''DWM'' comic stories ====
* ''[[Fellow Travellers]]''
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* ''[[Fellow Travellers (comic story)|Fellow Travellers]]''
* ''[[The Good Soldier]]''
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* ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]''
* ''[[Ravens]]''
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* ''[[Ravens (comic story)|Ravens]]''
   
 
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine''/''Doctor Who Classic Comics'' ====
 
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine''/''Doctor Who Classic Comics'' ====
* ''[[Evening's Empire]]''
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* ''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]''
   
 
==== Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor ====
 
==== Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor ====
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=== Novels ===
 
=== Novels ===
 
==== Virgin New Adventures ====
 
==== Virgin New Adventures ====
* ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''
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* ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''
 
* ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]''
 
* ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]''
* ''[[Warchild]]''
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* ''[[Warchild (novel)|Warchild]]''
   
 
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
 
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Atom Bomb Blues]]''
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* ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]''
   
 
=== Novellas ===
 
=== Novellas ===
 
==== Telos novellas ====
 
==== Telos novellas ====
 
* Foreword to ''[[Citadel of Dreams (novel)|Citadel of Dreams]]''
 
* Foreword to ''[[Citadel of Dreams (novel)|Citadel of Dreams]]''
* ''[[Foreign Devils]]''
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* ''[[Foreign Devils (novel)|Foreign Devils]]''
   
 
=== Short stories ===
 
=== Short stories ===
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==== Short Trips ====
 
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[Certificate of Destruction]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Time Signature]]'')
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* ''[[Certificate of Destruction (short story)|Certificate of Destruction]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Time Signature]]'')
* ''[[Christmas in Toronto]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Christmas Around the World]]'')
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* ''[[Christmas in Toronto (short story)|Christmas in Toronto]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Christmas Around the World]]'')
   
 
==== BBC ''Torchwood'' novels ====
 
==== BBC ''Torchwood'' novels ====
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=== Audio ===
 
=== Audio ===
 
==== Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories ====
 
==== Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories ====
* ''[[Winter for the Adept]]''
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* ''[[Winter for the Adept (audio story)|Winter for the Adept]]''
   
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[Crime of the Century]]''
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* ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]''
 
* ''[[Animal (audio story)|Animal]]''
 
* ''[[Animal (audio story)|Animal]]''
* ''[[Earth Aid]]'' (with [[Ben Aaronovitch]])
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* ''[[Earth Aid (audio story)|Earth Aid]]'' (with [[Ben Aaronovitch]])
   
 
==== Short Trips ====
 
==== Short Trips ====
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13691.shtml Interview with Cartmel on the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website]
 
 
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* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv40/andrewcartmel.html Andrew Cartmel Interview By David Bishop]
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* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv46/andrewcartmel.html Cartmel Speaks: Andrew Cartmel interviewed by David Bishop and Felicity Scoones]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050312230505/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13691.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Andrew Cartmel, 01 January 2004]
   
 
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[[Category:Reference writers]]
 
[[Category:Reference writers]]
 
[[Category:Telos novella foreword writers]]
 
[[Category:Telos novella foreword writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who novelists]]
 
 
[[Category:Doctor Who short story writers]]
 
[[Category:Doctor Who short story writers]]
 
[[Category:Torchwood short story writers]]
 
[[Category:Torchwood short story writers]]
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[[Category:Main Range writers]]
 
[[Category:Main Range writers]]
 
[[Category:Short Trips audio writers]]
 
[[Category:Short Trips audio writers]]
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[[Category:The Lost Stories writers]]
 
[[Category:Telos Doctor Who novelists]]
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[[Category:Behind the Sofa contributors]]
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[[Category:Big Finish script editors]]
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[[Category:DVD commentary moderators]]

Revision as of 12:31, 15 November 2019

RealWorld

Andrew Cartmel was the script editor for the classic series of Doctor Who during its last three seasons. Raised in Canada, he took a post-graduate course in Computer Studies and worked on computer-aided design for Shape Data Ltd (now UGS Corp) in Cambridge, England during the mid-1980s, before he turned to writing and gained an agent on the strength of two unproduced scripts. He also attended workshops run by the BBC Television Drama Script Unit.

Biography

Andrew Cartmel 80

Andrew in the 80s. (DOC: Doctor Who: Endgame)

In 1987, Cartmel was hired as the script editor for the twenty-fourth season of Doctor Who. He was recommended to the producer John Nathan-Turner by the producer's agent, who had seen some unproduced scripts Cartmel had written. Cartmel worked on the programme for the next two years, overseeing the final three seasons of its original run on BBC One. He brought in new writers and took the series in a new creative direction. Although he is not credited with writing any of the serials under his watch himself, he is credited with composing the key monologue delivered by Sylvester McCoy at the end of Survival episode 3 — the final episode of the original 1963-89 series.

The most lasting legacy of this new direction was the "Cartmel Masterplan", a backstory developed with other writers that restored some of the mystery of the Doctor's background and eventually would explain exactly who he was. Unfortunately, although hints were dropped in the last two seasons, the proposed revelations never materialised on screen because the programme was taken off the airwaves in 1989.

Even if Doctor Who had not come to an end in 1989, Cartmel would have left the show; he had already been head-hunted due to his success there to take over the script editor's role on the BBC's hugely popular medical drama series Casualty.

After one season working on Casualty in 1990, Cartmel left the television industry for the rest of the decade. In the 1990s he wrote comic strips for Judge Dredd Megazine and Doctor Who Magazine and three Doctor Who novels for Virgin Publishing in their New Adventures series. This series used elements of the "masterplan" as part of their overall arc for the Doctor, particularly the last Seventh Doctor novel, Lungbarrow, written by Marc Platt.

In 1999 his first original novel, The Wise, was published by Virgin's short-lived series of new science-fiction novels, Virgin Worlds. The same year, he became editor of the science-fiction magazine Starburst. His tenure was a short one and he left the magazine in 2000. In 2001 he returned to television as the script editor on the second season of Channel 5's fantasy / adventure series Dark Knight, writing what proved to be the series' final episode. He also wrote a stage thriller with Gothic overtones, End of the Night, which was successfully staged by Long Shadow Productions in the summer of 2003.

In the 2000s he has also returned to Doctor Who fiction, writing the script Winter for the Adept for Big Finish Productions' range of Doctor Who audio dramas in 2000, a novella, Foreign Devils, for Telos Publishing in 2003, and the BBC Books novel Atom Bomb Blues in 2005.

Cartmel had several other books published in 2005. Script Doctor - The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89 is an account of his work on the Doctor Who television series. There was also another Doctor Who non-fiction book, Through Time: An Unofficial and Unauthorised History of Doctor Who, and he contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

In 2014, he began writing comic strip stories for Doctor Who Adventures magazine, starting with stories for the Eleventh Doctor and later transitioning into Twelfth Doctor stories.

In 2016, Cartmel wrote a run of DWA comics beginning with From the Horse's Mouth that gave the Twelfth Doctor a horse-like companion named Jata. Six Cartmel-written Jata comics were published; due to Doctor Who Adventures being "paused" the Jata storyline did not receive any closure.

He lives in London and is currently lecturing at Saint Mary's College, Surrey.

Bibliography

Comics

DWM comic stories

Doctor Who Magazine/Doctor Who Classic Comics

Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor

Doctor Who Adventures

Novels

Virgin New Adventures

BBC Past Doctor Adventures

Novellas

Telos novellas

Short stories

DWM short stories

Short Trips

BBC Torchwood novels

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield anthologies

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who

Audio

Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories

The Lost Stories

Short Trips

Bernice Summerfield

Television

Torchwood

External links