Writer for Animation, Film, Television, Books, Comics and Audio
2013 was my first year as a proper published author, and what a strange, exciting, terrifying, anxious, fun year it’s been! I think Charles Dickens was onto something with his opening line from A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, …
If you’re interested in my work on the animated Ice Warriors episodes here’s the making-of doc from the DVD.
If you’re a Doctor Who fan you might have heard me shouting about the release of The Ice Warriors on DVD recently. Like many early Who stories some of the episodes are missing from the BBC’s archive. The Ice Warriors, first broadcast in 1967 is a six part story with episodes 2 and 3 lost …
I’m thrilled to reveal a project that has been keeping me busy for some time now: the animation studio I founded, Qurios, is animating two lost episodes of classic Doctor Who, and I’m co-producing them. Here’s the official announcement from DoctorWho.tv. Lost episodes of Second Doctor adventure The Ice Warriors are being animated for DVD …
A long time ago I created a comic strip with Gordon Fraser about talking animals and the Farm that time forgot. Gordon and I had met at school and soon became firm friends. During College we went everywhere together and when the real world beckoned we stepped into it together. We both harboured dreams of …
A busy week meant that I could only make one day of this year’s Children’s Media Conference in sunny Sheffield, (what is it about that place? Its been glorious every time I’ve been there!) With only one day to take it all in, and meet up with some people, I knew it was going to …
I had a really good night in Birmingham last Tuesday giving a talk on the my experiences setting up an animation studio in the North East. The event, held in The Studio, Birmingham, was organised by the lovely people from and BSeen. It was free to attend, and open to animators and designers of all …
Last week I had a great time – as ever – at the Animex Festival. From humble beginnings 11 years ago the event has grown to cover two locations in the North East of England, (Middlesbrough and Newcastle), and includes talks on film, TV, game animation, workshops, screenings and parties. Its a chance to catch …