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In 1996, he wrote the short story "[[Continuity Errors]]", his first work on ''Doctor Who''. His next ''Doctor Who'' story was the ''very'' non-canon parody ''[[Doctor Who the Curse of Fatal Death]]''. Nowadays, he occasionally references both stories in his canon episodes.
He won a [[Hugo Award]] for "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
He is now the head writer and executive producer of ''Doctor Who'' from series 5. <ref>His effective takeover was with [[Matt Smith]]'s first scene at the very end of the 2008-10 specials — [[Russell T. Davies]] and [[David Tennant]] left the set for that, despite having yet to complete filming the episode.</ref> He is starting to acquire "The Moff" or "The [[Star Wars|Grand Moff]]" as a nickname (and occasionally "King of Nightmares"). He personally ensured that the Doctor's daughter (well, [[Truly Single Parent|offspring]]), Jenny, did not die permanently in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
He appears to be fonder than [[Russell T. Davies]] of making continuity references to classic ''Doctor Who'', sometimes reaching the level of [[Continuity Porn]], and might at some point bring back old enemies that RTD vetoed (as he thought they could not be done convincingly) such as the Ice Warriors.
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Also wrote all 42 episodes of revolutionary children's comedy ''[[Press Gang]]'', which he also created.
He's known to have no love for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]''-style [[Techno Babble]] and is much more likely to give you the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] (to the extent that the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
Born in 1961 in Paisley, Scotland (hometown of ''Doctor Who'' star [[David Tennant]]) and a former teacher.
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