Phil Ford (writer)

Phil Ford is a British television writer and producer. He was head writer and co-producer from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures,[1] broadcast in 2008, co-wrote with Russell T Davies "The Waters of Mars", one of the 2009 special episodes of Doctor Who,[2] and wrote the majority of the 2010s video game series Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. In 2023, his novelisation of The Waters of Mars will be released as part of the revived Target Books series.[3]

Phil Ford
OccupationScreenwriter, producer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1997–present
GenreDrama, science fiction

In 2012, with Davies, he created Wizards vs Aliens, which ran for three series and gave him an executive producer credit.

He won a Hugo Award, a Writers' Guild Award and was four-times BAFTA nominated.

Selected filmography
Production Notes Broadcaster
Taggart
  • "Berserker" (1997)
 ITV
Coronation Street
  • 86 Episodes (1997–2002)
 ITV
Heartbeat
  • "Spellbound" (1998)
 ITV
Bad Girls
  • "Love Rivals" (1999)
  • "The Set-Up" (2000)
  • "Family Plan" (2000)
  • "The Chains of Freedom" (2001)
  • "Uninvited Guests" (2001)
  • "Cat and Mouse" (2001)
  • "Unholy Alliances" (2002)
  • "Pillow Talk" (2002)
  • Episode 5.03 (2003)
  • Episode 6.08 (2004)
  • Episode 6.12 (2004)
  • Episode 7.01 (2005)
  • Episode 7.04 (2005)
  • Episode 7.11 (2005)
  • Episode 8.04 (2006)
  • Episode 8.08 (2006)
  • Christmas Special (2006) (2011)
 ITV
The Bill
  • "Tolerance: Part 1" (2001)
  • "Tolerance: Part 2" (2001)
  • "Crush" (2001)
  • "Quinnan 1" (2002)
 ITV
Footballers' Wives
  • "All To Play For" (2002)
 ITV
New Captain Scarlet
  • "Instrument of Destruction: Part One" (2005)
  • "Instrument of Destruction: Part Two" (2005)
  • "Swarm" (2005)
  • "Rat Trap" (2005)
  • "The Homecoming" (2005)
  • "Mercury Falling" (2005)
  • "Chiller" (2005)
  • "Trap for a Rhino" (2005)
  • "Heist" (2005)
  • "The Achilles Messenger" (2005)
  • "Touch of the Reaper" (2005)
  • "Virus" (2005)
  • "Enigma" (2005)
  • "Best of Enemies" (2005)
  • "Contact" (2005)
  • "Proteus" (2005)
  • "Syrtis Major" (2005)
  • "Fallen Angels" (2005)
  • "Storm at the End of the World" (2005)
  • "Duel" (2005)
  • "Shapeshifter" (2005)
  • "Dominion" (2005)
  • "Grey Skulls" (2005)
 ITV
Bombshell
  • Various Episodes (2006)
 TV ONE
Waterloo Road
  • Episode 2.06 (2007)
  • Episode 2.12 (2007)
 BBC One
The Sarah Jane Adventures CBBC
Torchwood BBC Three
Doctor Who BBC One
Dreamland
  • All 6 Episodes (2009)
 CBBC
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
  • "City of the Daleks" (2010)
  • "Blood of the Cybermen" (2010)
  • "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada" (2010)
  • "The Gunpowder Plot" (2011)
 BBC Online
Wizards vs Aliens
  • "Dawn of the Nekross" (2 parts, 2012)
  • "Grazlax Attacks" (2 parts, 2012)
  • "The Last Day" (2 parts, 2012)
  • "100 Wizards" (2 parts, 2013)
  • "The Thirteenth Floor" (2 parts, 2013)
  • "Endless Night" (2 parts, 2013)
  • "The Secret Of Room 12" (2 parts, 2014)
  • "The Daughters of Stone" (2 parts, 2014)
  • "Twilight Falls" (2 parts, 2014)
 CBBC

References
  1. Doctor Who Magazine #393
  2. Doctor Who Magazine #398
  3. Cormack, Morgan. "Doctor Who Target books add 5 new novelisations for 2023". Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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