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John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the National Theatre, the BBC Radio 4 sitcom My First Planet; and his scripts for the Big Finish Doctor Who range. 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.

He trained at LAMDA.

Writing credits

Acting credits (selected)

References

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.

External links

• Humble Boy reviewed in The Stage
• Jack and the Beanstalk review
• The Caretaker review
• Beauty and the Beast review
• John Dorney profile on What's On Stage
• London Classic Theatre production notes
• BBC Radio 4's Recorded for Training Purposes

• Living people
• 21st-century British male writers
• British science fiction writers
• British male dramatists and playwrights
• British dramatists and playwrights
• British male stage actors
• British male television actors