#sledgehammer by Paul Ebbs

Mark Morris has written and edited around forty novels, novellas, short story collections and anthologies, and his script work includes audio dramas for Doctor Who, Jago & Litefoot and the Hammer Chillers series. His most recent work includes the Obsidian Heart trilogy (The Wolves of London, The Society of Blood and The Wraiths of War), the original Predator novel Stalking Shadows (co-written with James A. Moore), new audio adaptations of the classic 1971 horror movie Blood on Satan’s Claw and the M.R. James ghost story A View From a Hill, a 30th anniversary short story collection Warts And All, and, as editor, the anthology After Sundown. Blood on Satan’s Claw won the New York Festival Radio Award for Best Drama Special, and A View From a Hill won the New York Festival Radio Award for Best Digital Drama Program, and was also awarded Silver at the 2020 Audio & Radio Industry Awards. Mark has won two British Fantasy Awards, and has also been nominated for several Stokers and Shirley Jackson Awards.

If you’re even only tangentially aware of current Doctor Who, the name John Dorney will be known to you. He’s one of the main writers for Big Finish across all their ranges, and in my very ‘umble opinion, the best.

Writer’s Guild of Great Britain TV Chair, Emma Reeves – or award-winning Emma Reeves as I am contractually obliged to refer to her - is one of the most respected screenwriters working in television for younger people today. As creator of Eve and the latest iteration of The Demon Headmaster she is in the top echelon of writers of thoughtful and fun drama for children. Emma was lead writer on The Worst Witch and she has written for The Dumping Ground, Hetty Feather, Tracey Beaker and a long list of other great shows.

Rob Shearman was given the task of bringing the Daleks back to Doctor Who in 2005. But, because this was such a daunting proposition, he decided to make it just about one Dalek. Much easier. 

The first episode of #SLEDGEHAMMER is finally here. Listen to me and that Martin Day loving "An Unearthly Child" and then we get under bonnet of Martin's writing process for a fascinating discussion on getting the words on the page.   

#SLEDGEHAMMER is a brand new #DOCTORWHO podcast about how Doctor Who is written and the people who write it - created by Paul Ebbs, with additional knob twirling by Martin W. Holmes.