John Dorney

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John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the National Theatre, [1] the BBC Radio 4 sitcom My First Planet ; and his scripts for the Big Finish Doctor Who range. [2] His script Solitaire was rated the most popular Doctor Who Companion Chronicle of 2010 on the Timescales website and was the runner up in Unreality Sci-fi net's poll for Story of the Year 2010–11. His script Iterations of I won the Scribe Award for best spin-off audio drama of 2014 and his script “The Red Lady” won the same award in 2015. His script “Absent Friends” won a BBC Audio Drama award, and the co-authored script for ‘Stranded 1’ won an Audie.

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As well as Doctor Who, he has written for Big Finish's Sapphire and Steel series and on radio co-wrote three series of BBC Radio 4's Recorded for Training Purposes. He won the BBC Show Me the Funny 'Sketch Factor' competition, was a finalist in the BBC 'Laughing Stock' competition, and has performed in Mark Watson's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning long shows as 'The Balladeer'. On stage, he has written plays for the Royal Court Theatre, Hampstead and Soho Theatres. [3]

He trained at LAMDA.

Writing credits

ProductionCompany/BroadcasterNotes/Dates
Doctor Who: Monsters in MetropolisBig Finish ProductionsWriter, November 2021
Doctor Who: Dalek UniverseBig Finish ProductionsWriter (Three Episodes) Script Editor, 2021
Donna Noble Kidnapped: SpinvasionBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2020
Recorded for Training PurposesBBC Radio 4Co-writer, three series
Missy: Divorced, Beheaded, RegeneratedBig Finish ProductionsWriter, February, 2019
Torchwood: See No EvilBig Finish ProductionsWriter, October 2018
Doctor Who: RavenousBig Finish ProductionsWriter (Eight Episodes) 2018 - 2019
The Diary of River Song : Five Twenty NineBig Finish ProductionsWriter, Jan 2017
Doctor Who: Infamy of the ZarossBig Finish ProductionsWriter 2017
Doctor Who: Original SinBig Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the novel by Andy Lane), December 2016
The New Counter-Measures: Who Killed Toby Kinsella?Big Finish ProductionsWriter, July 2016
Doctor Who: The Trouble with DraxBig Finish ProductionsWriter, June 2016
Doctor Who: The Two MastersBig Finish ProductionsWriter, June 2016
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2: Scenes from Her LifeBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2016
Doctor Who: Infernal Devices: Legion of the LostBig Finish ProductionsWriter, February 2016
Doctor Who: You Are the Doctor and Other StoriesBig Finish ProductionsCo-Writer, December 2015
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition: The Red LadyBig Finish ProductionsWriter, October 2015
Doctor Who: Waiting for GadotBig Finish ProductionsWriter, September 2015
Doctor Who: Terror of the SontaransBig Finish ProductionsWriter (with Dan Starkey), September 2015
Counter-Measures: Rise and ShineBig Finish ProductionsWriter, July 2015
Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War Big Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the novel by Gareth Roberts), April 2015
Doctor Who: Requiem for the Rocket MenBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2015
Doctor Who: Dark Eyes 4Big Finish ProductionsWriter (with Matt Fitton), March 2015
Doctor Who: The English Way of Death Big Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the novel by Gareth Roberts), Jan 2015
Doctor Who: Iterations of IBig Finish ProductionsWriter, August 2014
Counter-Measures: Unto the BreachBig Finish ProductionsWriter, July 2014
Doctor Who: Second ChancesBig Finish ProductionsWriter, June 2014
Doctor Who: The Crooked ManBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2014
Doctor Who: The King of SontarBig Finish ProductionsWriter, Jan 2014
Doctor Who: 1963: The Assassination GamesBig Finish ProductionsWriter, November 2013
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – Lords of the Red PlanetBig Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the outline by Brian Hayles), November 2013
Counter-Measures : Sins of the FathersBig Finish ProductionsWriter, July 2013
Doctor Who: The Justice of JalxarBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2013
Doctor Who: The Burning PrinceBig Finish ProductionsWriter, September 2012
Jago and Litefoot : Beautiful ThingsBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2012
Doctor Who: The Wrath of the IceniBig Finish ProductionsWriter, March 2012
Doctor Who: The Fourth WallBig Finish ProductionsWriter, February 2012
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The Foe from the Future Big Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the outline by Robert Banks Stewart), January 2012
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The EliteBig Finish ProductionsWriter (based on the outline by Barbara Clegg), October 2011
Doctor Who: The Rocket MenBig Finish ProductionsWriter, August 2011
Jago and Litefoot : Swan SongBig Finish ProductionsWriter, June 2011
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The DestroyersBig Finish ProductionsBased on a script for an unproduced pilot by Terry Nation, co-adapted with Nicholas Briggs, December 2010
Bernice Summerfield: Present Tense – The Propaganda WarBig Finish ProductionsWriter 2010
Bernice Summerfield: Dead Man's SwitchBig Finish ProductionsWriter with Richard Dinnick, December 2010
Doctor Who: The Demons of Red Lodge and Other StoriesBig Finish ProductionsCo-writer, December 2010
Doctor Who: Echoes of GreyBig Finish ProductionsWriter, August 2010
Doctor Who: SolitaireBig Finish ProductionsWriter, June 2010
Sapphire and Steel: Remember MeBig Finish ProductionsWriter, 2008
Doctor Who: Lepidoptery for BeginnersBig Finish ProductionsWriter, 2008
CowboysRoyal Court TheatreWriter, October 2000

Acting credits (selected)

ProductionCompany/BroadcasterRoleNotes/Dates
The Omega FactorBig Finish ProductionsAdam Dean2015
Doctor Who: The Light at the End Big Finish ProductionsBob Dovie2013
My First Planet BBC Radio 4Richard2012
Doctor Who: The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories Big Finish ProductionsJanson Hart2010
Doctor Who: Farewell, Great Macedon Big Finish ProductionsAlexander the Great2010
Doctor Who: The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance Big Finish ProductionsRhythm2010
Doctor Who: A Death in the Family Big Finish ProductionsHenry Noone2010
The CaretakerLondon Classic TheatreMickTouring 2010
Humble BoyLondon Classic TheatreFelix HumbleTouring 2008-2009
Peter PanNational TheatreNibs1998–1999
FlightNational TheatreCossack1998
Something Beginning With...Orange TreeHarry2000
VolponeWilton's Music HallCorvino2005
Beauty and the BeastCreation Theatre CompanyThe Beast2009
HonoluluPleasance CourtyardMilo2004
Better Watch OutHampstead TheatreMatt Cooper2003

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