Gary Russell


*The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective.*

Gary Russell is a showrunner and executive producer of Doctor Who since Season 44 in 2007. Prior to this he had written the Season 32 story Legacy and directed several stories.

Prior to Doctor Who

Gary Russell began his career as an actor. His screen credits include, the BBC adaptation of the E Nesbit Novel, The Phoenix And The Carpet A’s Cyril, ITV's adaptation of Enid Blyton's Famous Five Novels (as Dick), and the BBC's Look And Read School's Series, playing Lord Edward Dark in Dark Towers.

Work on Doctor Who

In 1992, Russell became the editor of Doctor Who Magazine. Later in 1994, he was approached by Colin Brake to write a story for Season 31 that would help the show compete with Star Trek. Russell then penned Legacy which saw the Doctor return to Peladon, which hadn't been seen since The Monster of Peladon twenty-one years earlier.

In 1995, Russell stepped down as editor for Doctor Who Magazine.

Russell played the character Captain Stride in the Season 33 story, The Time Ravagers.

Russell then went on to write the Ninth Doctor story The Scales of Injustice.

In 2005 he directed the Leftover Series 4 episode Mirror, Signal Manouver.

In 2007, Garry Russell took over as showrunner and Executive Producer after Tony Redston stepped down.

Russell directed several episodes for the Paterson Joseph era and served as an Executive Producer on Panopticon. He was also the Executive Producer for Doctor Who Vengeance and appeared in the movie as a Policeman.

Russell also appeared as two Policemen characters in the Season 46 story, Delayed Indefinately and the Season 47 story, The Great White Hurricane respectively.

In 2010 he served as an Executive Producer for Leftover: End of Days.

Russel stepped down as producer after Doctor Who: Endgame in 2012 but returned as an Executive Producer on Doctor Who: Genesis.

Between 2012-2013 he served as a Consulting Producer on the remaining three series' of Panopticon.