Gareth Roberts

Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 5 June 1968) is a British television screenwriter and novelist, was best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who. He has also worked on various comedy series and soap operas.

Prior to Doctor Who
Roberts studied drama at the University of Winchester (then King Alfred's College) and Liverpool John Moores University (then Liverpool Polytechnic). He has also worked as a clerk at the Court of Appeal.

Roberts has worked on some of the most popular British soap operas, including Channel 4's now-defunct Brookside as a scriptwriter (1999–2003), and as a story associate on ITV's Coronation Street in 1997. In 1998 he worked as a script editor on ITV's other long-running soap, Emmerdale, moving across to write several episodes himself the following year.

Work on Doctor Who
Roberts began writing for Doctor Who in the 1990's, starting with the Season 29 story The Highest Science. He went on to write various other stories for the show, he was also a staff writer on Season 47.

Roberts also co-wrote the screenplay for Doctor Who: Vengeance with Robert Shearman.

After Doctor Who
In comedy, Roberts has worked in collaboration with The Fast Show writer and performer Charlie Higson on the sitcom Swiss Toni, a spin-off from The Fast Show. He also collaborated with Higson on scripts for the second series of Randall and Hopkirk for BBC One in 2001. He would reteam with Higson for the superhero-style series Jekyll & Hyde, based on the novel. It was not renewed for a second series.

Roberts has also contributed sketches to the Channel Five sketch show Swinging, and wrote for the fantasy series The Librarians.

Roberts and Gary Russell wrote Virgin Books' episode guide to The Simpsons, I Can't Believe It's an Unofficial Simpsons Guide(1997), under the pseudonyms Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood. Text from the book's expanded edition, I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide (2000), was subsequently published on the BBC website's Cult TV section.

Personal Life
On 3 September 2017, Roberts posted on his Twitter account, "I [love] how trannies choose names like Munroe, Paris and Chelsea. It's never Julie or Bev is it?" Later that same day he wrote "It's almost like a clueless gayboy's idea of a glamorous lady. But of course it's definitely not that." These comments were condemned by some Twitter users.

Roberts responded with a blog post on Medium in which he stated: "I don’t believe in gender identity. It is impossible for a person to change their biological sex."

Selected Credits
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As Writer

 * The Highest Science
 * Tragedy Day
 * The English Way of Death
 * The Unicorn and the Wasp
 * The One Doctor (with Clayton Hickman)
 * The Shakespeare Code

As Co-Executive Producer

 * Masters of All
 * The Shakespeare Code
 * The Camera Never Lies
 * The Great White Hurricane
 * Wirrn Isle
 * The Book of Kells
 * The Ties In Between Us
 * Too Smart to Play
 * The Harsh Light of Day
 * The First Game
 * Hark! The Weeping Angels Sing
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As Writer

 * Vengeance, Part I (with Robert Shearman)
 * Vengeance, Part II (with Robert Shearman)

As Screenwriter

 * Doctor Who: Vengeance (with Robert Shearman)
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