| Ed Hime | |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, playwright |
| Known For: | The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body Doctor Who |
Ed Hime (born 1978), is a British screenwriter and playwright, best known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.[1]
Hime was born in 1978 in London. He was a fan of Doctor Who in his youth. He began his career as a playwright in 1998, releasing the play About the Boy that same year.[2] [3] Other plays he had written included Small Hours (at Hampstead Theatre), as well London Falls and London Tongue at the Old Red Lion Theatre.[4] He also worked in radio, winning the 2007 Prix Italia award for Best Original Radio Drama for his radio play, The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body.[5] [6]
On television, Hime has written for the fourth and fifth series of the teen drama Skins. Hime was attached to work on a new series of Sapphire & Steel with Luther creator Neil Cross.[7] However, the project was never produced.[8]
In 2018, he wrote the ninth and penultimate episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who, It Takes You Away.[9] [10] He returned to write the third episode of the twelfth series, Orphan 55.[11] He co-wrote the seventh episode of The Watch,[12] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. He wrote three of the eight episodes[13] of Lockwood & Co., the Netflix series about teenage ghost hunters released in 2023.
| Year | Title | Notes | Broadcaster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Skins | Episodes: "Emily" and "Liv" | E4 | |
| 2018–20 | Doctor Who | Episodes: "It Takes You Away" and "Orphan 55" | BBC One | |
| 2021 | The Watch | Episode: "Nowhere in the Multiverse" | BBC America | |
| 2023 | Lockwood & Co. | Episodes: "Doubt Thou the Stars", "Sweet Dreams" and "Mesmerised" |