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.

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

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Production Company/Broadcaster Notes/Dates
Doctor Who: Monsters in Metropolis Big Finish Productions Writer, November 2021
Doctor Who: Dalek Universe Big Finish Productions Writer (Three Episodes) Script Editor, 2021
Donna Noble Kidnapped: Spinvasion Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2020
Recorded for Training Purposes BBC Radio 4 Co-writer, three series
Missy: Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated Big Finish Productions Writer, February, 2019
Torchwood: See No Evil Big Finish Productions Writer, October 2018
Doctor Who: Ravenous Big Finish Productions Writer (Eight Episodes) 2018 - 2019
The Diary of River Song: Five Twenty Nine Big Finish Productions Writer, Jan 2017
Doctor Who: Infamy of the Zaross Big Finish Productions Writer 2017
Doctor Who: Original Sin Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the novel by Andy Lane), December 2016
The New Counter-Measures: Who Killed Toby Kinsella? Big Finish Productions Writer, July 2016
Doctor Who: The Trouble with Drax Big Finish Productions Writer, June 2016
Doctor Who: The Two Masters Big Finish Productions Writer, June 2016
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2: Scenes from Her Life Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2016
Doctor Who: Infernal Devices: Legion of the Lost Big Finish Productions Writer, February 2016
Doctor Who: You Are the Doctor and Other Stories Big Finish Productions Co-Writer, December 2015
Doctor Who: Doom Coalition: The Red Lady Big Finish Productions Writer, October 2015
Doctor Who: Waiting for Gadot Big Finish Productions Writer, September 2015
Doctor Who: Terror of the Sontarans Big Finish Productions Writer (with Dan Starkey), September 2015
Counter-Measures: Rise and Shine Big Finish Productions Writer, July 2015
Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the novel by Gareth Roberts), April 2015
Doctor Who: Requiem for the Rocket Men Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2015
Doctor Who: Dark Eyes 4 Big Finish Productions Writer (with Matt Fitton), March 2015
Doctor Who: The English Way of Death Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the novel by Gareth Roberts), Jan 2015
Doctor Who: Iterations of I Big Finish Productions Writer, August 2014
Counter-Measures: Unto the Breach Big Finish Productions Writer, July 2014
Doctor Who: Second Chances Big Finish Productions Writer, June 2014
Doctor Who: The Crooked Man Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2014
Doctor Who: The King of Sontar Big Finish Productions Writer, Jan 2014
Doctor Who: 1963: The Assassination Games Big Finish Productions Writer, November 2013
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – Lords of the Red Planet Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the outline by Brian Hayles), November 2013
Counter-Measures: Sins of the Fathers Big Finish Productions Writer, July 2013
Doctor Who: The Justice of Jalxar Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2013
Doctor Who: The Burning Prince Big Finish Productions Writer, September 2012
Jago and Litefoot: Beautiful Things Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2012
Doctor Who: The Wrath of the Iceni Big Finish Productions Writer, March 2012
Doctor Who: The Fourth Wall Big Finish Productions Writer, February 2012
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The Foe from the Future Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the outline by Robert Banks Stewart), January 2012
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The Elite Big Finish Productions Writer (based on the outline by Barbara Clegg), October 2011
Doctor Who: The Rocket Men Big Finish Productions Writer, August 2011
Jago and Litefoot: Swan Song Big Finish Productions Writer, June 2011
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories – The Destroyers Big Finish Productions Based on a script for an unproduced pilot by Terry Nation, co-adapted with Nicholas Briggs, December 2010
Bernice Summerfield: Present Tense – The Propaganda War Big Finish Productions Writer 2010
Bernice Summerfield: Dead Man's Switch Big Finish Productions Writer with Richard Dinnick, December 2010
Doctor Who: The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories Big Finish Productions Co-writer, December 2010
Doctor Who: Echoes of Grey Big Finish Productions Writer, August 2010
Doctor Who: Solitaire Big Finish Productions Writer, June 2010
Sapphire and Steel: Remember Me Big Finish Productions Writer, 2008
Doctor Who: Lepidoptery for Beginners Big Finish Productions Writer, 2008
Cowboys Royal Court Theatre Writer, October 2000

Acting credits (selected)

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Production Company/Broadcaster Role Notes/Dates
The Omega Factor Big Finish Productions Adam Dean 2015
Doctor Who: The Light at the End Big Finish Productions Bob Dovie 2013
My First Planet BBC Radio 4 Richard 2012
Doctor Who: The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories Big Finish Productions Janson Hart 2010
Doctor Who: Farewell, Great Macedon Big Finish Productions Alexander the Great 2010
Doctor Who: The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance Big Finish Productions Rhythm 2010
Doctor Who: A Death in the Family Big Finish Productions Henry Noone 2010
The Caretaker London Classic Theatre Mick Touring 2010
Humble Boy London Classic Theatre Felix Humble Touring 2008-2009
Peter Pan National Theatre Nibs 1998–1999
Flight National Theatre Cossack 1998
Something Beginning With... Orange Tree Harry 2000
Volpone Wilton's Music Hall Corvino 2005
Beauty and the Beast Creation Theatre Company The Beast 2009
Honolulu Pleasance Courtyard Milo 2004
Better Watch Out Hampstead Theatre Matt Cooper 2003

References

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  1. ^ "London Classic Theatre: Core Company". www.londonclassictheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Errors - Big Finish".
  3. ^ "London Classic Theatre: Core Company". www.londonclassictheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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