Brian Minchin (born 5 August 1978[1]) was executive producer on Doctor Who from the 2013 Christmas Special The Time of the Doctor to the 2017 Christmas Special Twice Upon a Time, and was an executive producer on Class. Prior to this, he had held a variety of positions on all the other BBC Wales-produced shows in the DWU stable.
He was a script editor for Doctor Who and Torchwood. He was also a producer for The Sarah Jane Adventures and producer of the UK side of Torchwood: Miracle Day.
Notably, he was the first non-show running BBC Wales executive producer to have any writing credits in the franchise. By the time he had been appointed executive producer, he had already written a novel, a comic strip and an audio adventure.
He was interviewed on the documentary Clara's Journey.
Personal life[]
Minchin is married to fellow Who alumnus Lindsey Alford.
Credits[]
Television[]
Executive producer[]
- Before the Flood
- Brave-ish Heart
- The Caretaker
- Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart
- The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
- Dark Water
- Death in Heaven (DWE episode)
- Death in Heaven
- Deep Breath
- Detained
- The Doctor Falls
- Doctor Who Extra
- The Eaters of Light
- Empress of Mars
- Extremis
- Face the Raven
- Flatline
- For Tonight We Might Die
- The Girl Who Died
- Heaven Sent
- Hell Bent
- The Husbands of River Song
- In the Forest of the Night (DWE episode)
- In the Forest of the Night
- Into the Dalek
- Kill the Moon
- Knock Knock
- Last Christmas (DWE episode)
- Last Christmas
- The Lie of the Land
- Listen
- The Lost
- The Magician's Apprentice
- The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did
- Mummy on the Orient Express
- Nightvisiting
- Oxygen
- The Pilot
- Prologue (DWE episode)
- The Pyramid at the End of the World
- The Return of Doctor Mysterio
- Robot of Sherwood
- Sleep No More
- Smile
- The Time of the Doctor
- Thin Ice
- Time Heist
- Twice Upon a Time
- Under the Lake
- The Witch's Familiar
- The Woman Who Lived
- World Enough and Time
- The Zygon Invasion
- The Zygon Inversion
Producer[]
- The Categories of Life
- The Curse of Clyde Langer
- Death of the Doctor
- The Empty Planet
- The Gathering
- Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
- Lost in Time
- The Man Who Never Was
- The Middle Men
- The New World
- The Nightmare Man
- Series 4 (SJA)
- Series 5 (SJA)
- Sky
- The Vault of Secrets
Assistant producer[]
- Children of Earth: Day Five
- Children of Earth: Day Four
- Children of Earth: Day One
- Children of Earth: Day Three
- Children of Earth: Day Two
Script editor[]
- Adam
- Amy's Choice
- The Beast Below
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Combat
- Countrycide
- Cyberwoman
- Day One
- End of Days
- Everything Changes
- The Fires of Pompeii
- From Out of the Rain
- Ghost Machine
- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
- Meat
- Out of Time
- Random Shoes
- Reset
- Sleeper
- Small Worlds
- They Keep Killing Suzie
- To the Last Man
- Turn Left
- The Vampires of Venice
- Victory of the Daleks
- Vincent and the Doctor
- Voyage of the Damned
Radio[]
Producer[]
Writing credits[]
Novels[]
BBC New Series Adventures[]
Short fiction[]
Audio[]
BBC Torchwood audio stories[]
Comics[]
Torchwood comic stories[]
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