Biography
Born and raised in New Zealand, David emigrated to Britain to pursue his love of genre storytelling, becoming a prolific novelist and script writer. His short film script Danny's Toys won first prize at the 2007 Page International Screenwriting Awards in Los Angeles, while another short script - The Woman Who Screamed Butterflies - was a finalist at the same competition in 2009.
David's first love is TV drama. His pilot script Families At War was a finalist for the 2009 Red Planet Prize, and helped him get a first TV credit on Doctors.
Currently:
DOCTORS
Developing stories for BBC Series XII
LEGACY
Co-writing radio play and online game for BBC7, developed as a joint project by BBC Radio Scotland, BBC New Media/Learning and DESQ
THE RED ROOM
Feature length Victorian Gothic chiller
MEET THE DEATHS
13 x 25 family dramedy
SPECIALS
6 x 60 crime drama
ALL ABOUT EVIL
2 x 60 psychological thriller
THE WOMAN WHO SCREAMED BUTTERFLIES
Short film - drama
DANNY'S TOYS
Short film - animation
Full Credits:
TV
DOCTORS
BBC 1 episode 2010
2000AD ANIMATED
Creative consultant and storyliner for science fiction anthology being developed for BBC3 by Firestep, an Impossible Pictures company
RADIO
Island Blue: Ronald Radio 4 2006
AUDIO DRAMAS
Doctor Who: Enemy of the Daleks (2009)
Judge Dredd: Stranger Than Truth (2009)
Sarah Jane Smith: Buried Secrets (2006)
Sarah Jane Smith: Snow Blind (2006)
Sarah Jane Smith: Fatal Consequences (2006)
Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland (2006)
Sapphire & Steel: All Fall Down (2005)
Judge Dredd: War Crimes (2004)
Doctor Who: Full Fathom Five (2003)
Sarah Jane Smith: Test of Nerve (2002)
Judge Dredd: Wanted Dredd or Alive (2002)
Judge Dredd: Death Trap (2002)
Judge Dredd: The Big Shot (2002)
Judge Dredd: Get Karter (2002)
All on CD or via download by Big Finish Productions
NOVELS
A Massacre in Marienburg (2008 by Black Library)
A Murder in Marienburg (2007 by Black Library)
Fiends of the Rising Sun (2007 by Black Flame)
The Blood Red Army (2006 by Black Flame)
Twilight of the Dead (2006 by Black Flame)
Honour Be Damned (2006 by Black Flame)
Operation Vampyr (2005 by Black Flame)
Suffer the Children (2005 by Black Flame)
The Strangelove Gambit (2005 by Black Flame)
Imperial Black (2005 by Black Flame)
Doctor Who: Empire of Death (2004 by BBC Books)
Bad Moon Rising (2004 by Black Flame)
Kingdom of the Blind (2004 by Black Flame)
Doctor Who: The Domino Effect (2003 by BBC Books)
Doctor Who: Amorality Tale (2002 by BBC Books)
Doctor Who: Who Killed Kennedy (1996 by Virgin Books)
Silencer (1994 by Virgin Books)
Cursed Earth Asylum (1993 by Virgin Books)
The Savage Amusement (1993 by Virgin Books)
NON-FICTION
THRILL-POWER OVERLOAD (2009 by Rebellion)
THE COMPLETE INSPECTOR MORSE (2009 by Reynolds & Hearn)
STARRING MICHAEL CAINE (2003 by Reynolds & Hearn)
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BAKED ZITI: The Sopranos Programme Guide (2001, Virgin)
COMPUTER GAMES
State of Emergency 2 (2006 by DC Studios & SouthPeak Interactive for PS2)
Narc (2005 by Williams for PS2, XBox)
GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS
40 issues of Fantomen (2001-2009 by Egmont Karnan AB)
Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad (2006 by Rebellion)
Dead Men Walking (2003 by Rebellion)
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