Andrew Smith (British writer) explained

Andrew Smith
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	27 July 1962
Birth Place:	Scotland
Occupation:	Screenwriter, Playwright, author
Known For:	Doctor Who

Andrew Smith (born 27 July 1962) is a British screenwriter, playwright and author, best known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.^[1]

Career

At seventeen-years-old, Smith achieved his ambition to write for Doctor Who with Full Circle, the third serial of the 18th season.^[2] Working titles for this story included The Planet That Slept.^[3] It broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 25 October to 15 November 1980. A novelisation of this serial, written by Smith, was published by Target Books in September 1982.^[4]

After limited success in television, Smith left the industry and joined the police. Decades later, he would return to Doctor Who, becoming a regular writer for Big Finish Productions.^[5] In addition to Doctor Who, Smith's other audio dramas would include Survivors, based on the 1970s BBC television series; Star Cops, based on the cult 1987 TV series created by Chris Boucher, and their Originals boxset, Transference, starring Alex Kingston.

Credits

Television

• Full Circle

Big Finish

Doctor Who main range

• The Brood of Erys
• Mistfall
• The Star Men
• Hour of the Cybermen
• Emissary of the Daleks

Lost Stories

• The First Sontarans

Fourth Doctor Adventures

• The Movellan Grave
• The Sons of Kaldor
• The Sinestran Kill
• The Quest of the Engineer

Classic Doctors, New Monsters

• The Sontaran Ordeal

The War Doctor

• The Eternity Cage
• The Lady of Obsidian

The First Doctor Adventures

• The Barbarians and the Samurai
• Return to Skaro

Early Adventures

• Domain of the Voord

Third Doctor Adventures

• Storm of the Horofax

Destiny of the Doctor

• Vengeance of the Stones

Companion Chronicles

• The Invasion of E-Space

Short Trips

• Flashpoint

UNIT: The New Series

• Earthfall (Extinction)
• Bridgehead (Extinction)
• Death in Geneva (Shutdown)
• The Battle of the Tower (Shutdown)
• The Sontaran Project (Encounters)

The Robots

• Toos and Poul

Survivors

• Judges
• Rescue
• The Second Coming
• Come the Horsemen
• Lockup
• Conflict

Blake's 7

• Battleground
• The Liberator Chronicles Vol.10: Retribution
• The Liberator Chronicles Vol.11: Escape From Destiny

Star Cops

• One of Our Cops is Missing
• Hostage
• The New World

Big Finish Originals

• Transference

Timeslip

• Volume 1: The Age of the Death Lottery

Space 1999

• Goldilocks

Notes and References

1. Web site: Writers of Sci-Fi: Andrew Smith (Doctor Who Interview). 23 June 2016.
2. Web site: Meet the Scot who wrote hit episodes of Doctor Who. Kenny. Smith. 18 October 2014. 16 August 2020. 21 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621164530/http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/doctor-who-meet-scot-who-4452127. dead.
3. Book: Howe . David J. . David J. Howe . Stammers . Mark . Walker . Stephen James . Stephen James Walker . Doctor Who The Handbook – The Fourth Doctor . 1992 . . London . 0-426-20369-0 . 133 .
4. Web site: Title: Full Circle. isfdb.org.
5. Web site: 002. Toby Hadoke's Who's Round: 002: Andrew Smith - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round - Big Finish.