Ben Aaronovitch | |
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Born | Ben Dylan Aaronovitch 22 February 1964 Camden, London, England |
Occupation | Author, screenwriter |
Notable works |
Rivers of London Remembrance of the Daleks |
Spouse |
Marie Fofana (
m. 1992) |
Relatives |
Sam Aaronovitch (father) Owen Aaronovitch (brother) David Aaronovitch (brother) |
Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) [2] is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the series of novels Rivers of London. He also wrote two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Born in Camden, [3] Aaronovitch is the son of the economist Sam Aaronovitch who was a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, [4] and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch. [5] He attended Holloway School. [6]
Aaronovitch lives in Wimbledon. [7]
Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials, Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989), for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former. [8]
He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on the science fiction series Jupiter Moon. [9]
He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became a semi-regular in the New Adventures. He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield, who was originally developed in the New Adventures. He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas.[ citation needed]
Knight Fall
In May 1987, Aaronovitch submitted “Knight Fall” to the Doctor Who production office for Season 25. The story concerned privatization. [10] Script editor Andrew Cartmel liked the story ideas, but felt that the script was inappropriate for the series and had too many supporting characters. [10]
Transit
After failing to feature Aaronovitch's “Knight Fall” storyline to production, Aaronovitch submitted a story in June 1987, entitled Transit. The story would see the Doctor and Ace in the future, land in a metro station, and discover transportation portals that could lead any body throughout the Solar System, but one of the portals leads a gate way to hell. [10] Even though it is unexplainable to how Aaronovitch's scripts of “Transit” never came to fruition, he would adapt the story as a book for Virgin New Adventures series in December 1992. [10]
Bad Destination
During Summer of 1988, Aaronovitch submitted a three-part adventure story for Doctor Who’s 27th Season (which never came to fruition), and was called ”Bad Destination”. The story would feature The Doctor seeing Ace as a captain of a hospital spaceship which is being under attack by the Metatraxi. [11] The story, however, was abandoned when, in September 1989, the BBC cancelled Doctor Who after its 26 Season, due to declining audiences. [10] [11] In July 2011, Big Finish Productions released the story as Earth Aid, by Aaronovitch and Cartmel. [10]
The short stories below are published in 'Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection'.
Ben Aaronovitch | |
---|---|
Born | Ben Dylan Aaronovitch 22 February 1964 Camden, London, England |
Occupation | Author, screenwriter |
Notable works |
Rivers of London Remembrance of the Daleks |
Spouse |
Marie Fofana (
m. 1992) |
Relatives |
Sam Aaronovitch (father) Owen Aaronovitch (brother) David Aaronovitch (brother) |
Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) [2] is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the series of novels Rivers of London. He also wrote two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Born in Camden, [3] Aaronovitch is the son of the economist Sam Aaronovitch who was a senior member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, [4] and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and journalist David Aaronovitch. [5] He attended Holloway School. [6]
Aaronovitch lives in Wimbledon. [7]
Aaronovitch wrote two Doctor Who serials, Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) and Battlefield (1989), for BBC television, and also the novelization of the former. [8]
He wrote one episode for Casualty (1990) and was then a regular writer on the science fiction series Jupiter Moon. [9]
He subsequently wrote or co-wrote three Doctor Who spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range; he created the character Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart who became a semi-regular in the New Adventures. He has also written a novel and several short stories published by Big Finish Productions featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield, who was originally developed in the New Adventures. He also co-wrote a Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish, and has written a number of Blake's 7 spin-off audio dramas.[ citation needed]
Knight Fall
In May 1987, Aaronovitch submitted “Knight Fall” to the Doctor Who production office for Season 25. The story concerned privatization. [10] Script editor Andrew Cartmel liked the story ideas, but felt that the script was inappropriate for the series and had too many supporting characters. [10]
Transit
After failing to feature Aaronovitch's “Knight Fall” storyline to production, Aaronovitch submitted a story in June 1987, entitled Transit. The story would see the Doctor and Ace in the future, land in a metro station, and discover transportation portals that could lead any body throughout the Solar System, but one of the portals leads a gate way to hell. [10] Even though it is unexplainable to how Aaronovitch's scripts of “Transit” never came to fruition, he would adapt the story as a book for Virgin New Adventures series in December 1992. [10]
Bad Destination
During Summer of 1988, Aaronovitch submitted a three-part adventure story for Doctor Who’s 27th Season (which never came to fruition), and was called ”Bad Destination”. The story would feature The Doctor seeing Ace as a captain of a hospital spaceship which is being under attack by the Metatraxi. [11] The story, however, was abandoned when, in September 1989, the BBC cancelled Doctor Who after its 26 Season, due to declining audiences. [10] [11] In July 2011, Big Finish Productions released the story as Earth Aid, by Aaronovitch and Cartmel. [10]
The short stories below are published in 'Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection'.