John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the National Theatre,[1] the BBC Radio 4 sitcom My First Planet; and his scripts for the Big Finish Doctor Who range.[2] 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.

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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.[3]

He trained at LAMDA.

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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