Phil Ford

Last Updated 5 March 2013 by Marcus

Production Credits
Writer: The Waters of Mars[DW]; Eye of the Gorgon; The Lost Boy; The Last Sontaran; The Day of the Clown; Enemy of the Bane; Prisoner of the Judoon; The Eternity Trap; Mona Lisa's Revenge; The Vault of Secrets; Sky; The Curse of Clyde Langer; Something Borrowed[TW]; The Dead Line[TW]; Dreamland[DW]; City Of The Daleks[Games]; Blood Of The Cybermen[Games]; Shadows Of the Vashta Nerada[Games]; The Gunpowder Plot[Games]	30 credits in 19 entries
Co-Producer: The Last Sontaran; Sky; The Curse of Clyde Langer; The Man Who Never Was	8 credits in 4 entries

Phil Ford

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Phil Ford

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Phil Ford is a British television writer. He was the head writer for the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, broadcast in 2008

He co-wrote The Waters of Mars, one of the 2009 special episodes of Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies for which he received a Hugo award.

He wrote the animated Doctor Who story, Dreamland.

Other work includes Torchwood, Waterloo Road (TV series) , Bad Girls (TV series) , Bombshell (TV series), Captain Scarlet (TV series) , The Bill (TV series), Footballers' Wives (TV series) ,Coronation Street (TV series) , Heartbeat (TV series)

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Doctor Who (Miscellaneous)

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The Sarah Jane Adventures

On This Day: 20th May

The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 1 was broadcast in 1967 at 6:00pm, watched by 8.10 million viewers.

The Time Monster: Episode One was broadcast in 1972 at 5:50pm, watched by 7.60 million viewers.

The Age of Steel was broadcast in 2006 at 6:38pm, watched by 7.64 million viewers.

Documentaries: From Zero to Hero was broadcast in 2006 at 7:25pm

Birthdays

Owen Teale is 52 today - 2 credits, including Maldak in Vengeance on Varos

Michael Spice (died 1983 aged 52) would be 82 today - 2 credits, including Weng Chiang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

John Lucarotti (died 1994 aged 68) would be 87 today - 4 credits, including Writer for Marco Polo

Peter Copley (died 2008 aged 93) would be 98 today - credited as Dr. Warlock in Pyramids of Mars

Deaths

Jon Pertwee (died 1996 aged 76) - 31 credits, including Doctor Who in Spearhead From Space

Anton Diffring (died 1989 aged 70) - credited as De Flores in Silver Nemesis

Judith Byfield (died 1989 aged 37) - credited as Angela Clifford in Time-Flight

Lennie Mayne (died 1977 aged 49) - 4 credits, including Director for The Curse of Peladon

Doctor Who News

Series Eight Officially Confirmed
The BBC has officially confirmed that Doctor Who has been re-commissioned for a new series, the eighth since the series returned in 2005 and the Thirty Fourth since the series began in 1963.
19 May

The Name of the Doctor: Publicity Image

Name of the Doctor: Overnight Audience
Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor achieved an overnight audience average of 5.5 million viewers, a share of 25.9% of the total TV audience.
19 May

The Name of The Doctor: Media Reaction
A roundup of selected quotes from the media for the premiere of The Name of The Doctor last night - links to the full review can be found via the author's name. You can also read our own review here.
19 May

Doctor Who @ The Movies: charity tickets available
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society recently held an online auction via eBay of Doctor Who Memorabilia, in order to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. After tax relief this auction raised over £1100 and the Society would like to thank everyone who took part.
18 May