He later appeared in the BBC Three comedy series Clone as Dr. Victor Blenkinsop also starring Stuart McLoughlin and Mark Gatiss.

Anthony Horowitz is another prolific writer for the series, adapting three novels and nine short stories, while comedian and novelist Mark Gatiss has written two episodes and also guest-starred in the series, as has Peter Flannery.

Charles Palmer ( who also directed The Clocks for the series ) directs this installment, with the screenplay being written by Mark Gatiss ( who also wrote the screenplay for Cat Among the Pigeons ; he also appeared as a guest star in the adaptation of Appointment with Death ).

Other writers for Big Finish include Rob Shearman and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss, who have also written for the 2005 relaunch of the Doctor Who television series.

The series would also feature many special guest stars such as The League of Gentlemens Mark Gatiss playing Judge Death, Doctor Who companion actress Nicola Bryant ( who would also direct 99 Code Red!

Gatiss has also appeared twice in Doctor Who.

Gatiss also appeared in Edgar Wright's fake trailer for Grindhouse, Don't, a homage to ' 70s Hammer Horrors.

Gatiss also wrote, co-produced and appeared in Crooked House, a ghost story that was broadcast on BBC Four during Christmas 2008.

Mark Gatiss has noted that the Artsex and Foodshow programmes that also appear in the play " ingeniously depicted the future of lowest common denominator TV ".

Mark Gatiss has also appeared in four Doctor Who TV episodes and written four others.

* The Anneke Wills-narrated soundtrack was also released in a collector's tin called Doctor Who: Daleks, along with the soundtrack to The Evil of the Daleks and a bonus disc featuring My Life as a Dalek, a story presented by Mark Gatiss discussing the history of the Daleks.

It also starred Bob Hoskins as Badger, Matt Lucas as Toad, and Mark Gatiss as Ratty, and has also appeared in a modernised BBC adaptation of Rapunzel for the Fairy Tales series.

The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss, mentions on the DVD commentary for the First Series, that during the scene where Benjamin phones Barbara to arrange an exit from Royston Vasey, two workmen who have been abducted by Tubs and Edward escape, covered in tar, was inspired by a scene during which Vincent Broadhead is covered in " Synthetic Food " from one of the storage tanks.

However, Shearsmith and Pemberton did reunite in 2009 to create a similarly-dark BBC sitcom, Psychoville, which featured an episode guest-starring Gatiss.

Its influence can be seen on later series, particularly Little Britain ( the first series of which was directed by Steve Bendelack, and script-edited by Gatiss ).

In these works, Gatiss tried to correct the problems which had led to the show's decline in the late 1980s.

The Sontarans will next appear in the seventh series of Doctor Who, in an episode penned by Mark Gatiss.

Author Mark Gatiss described the Nightshade serial in his notes accompanying the e-book release as " a TV series that isn't quite Quatermass and isn't quite Doctor Who ", adding " I was utterly obsessed by Quatermass at that time.

The dialogue was written by Simon Pegg and other actors included Pegg himself, Woody Harrelson and David Tennant, who worked with Gatiss on Doctor Who.

Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Gatiss has written four episodes for the 2005-revived BBC television series Doctor Who.

Gatiss wrote and performed the comedy sketches The Web of Caves, The Kidnappers and The Pitch of Fear for the BBC's " Doctor Who Night " in 1999 with Little Britain's David Walliams, and played the Master in the Doctor Who Unbound play Sympathy for the Devil under the name " Sam Kisgart ", a pseudonym he later used for a column in Doctor Who Magazine.

" Gatiss was a scriptwriter for Doctor Who, a programme that had been particularly strongly influenced by the Quatermass serials throughout its history.

Many authors of these books went on to write for the revival of Doctor Who in 2005: Russell T Davies, Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Matt Jones, and Mark Gatiss.

An article for The Daily Telegraph in 2005 described Doctor Who as the " spiritual successor " to the Quatermass serials, and Mark Gatiss, a scriptwriter on Doctor Who, wrote of his admiration of Kneale in an article for The Guardian in 2006.

In 2007, Gatiss appeared as the character Professor Lazarus in the Doctor Who episode " The Lazarus Experiment ".

Their design is the result of input from Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat, production designer Edward Thomas, " Victory of the Daleks " writer Mark Gatiss and concept artist Peter McKinstry.

Speaking in the programme Doctor Who Confidential, Doctor Who Executive Producer Steven Moffat stated that the function of the Eternal Dalek had yet to be decided, while writer Mark Gatiss confirmed that the bright colours of the New Paradigm Daleks was inspired by the Daleks seen in the 1960s Amicus films.

stories written by Mark Gatiss and featuring numerous actors from the history of Doctor Who – including Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

The television programme has earned Gatiss and his colleagues a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award and the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux.

The review produced considerable backlash in various Internet forums, especially in light of his favourable reviews of " Rose " and " The End of the World ", mainly over his comments about writer Mark Gatiss.

Geoff fights with Dr. Pea, while Gatiss tries to return to real world.

The majority of the inhabitants of the village — male and female — are played by Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, and Mark Gatiss, and the script was written by these three, along with Jeremy Dyson.

In all these productions, Warner has worked with writer and comedian Mark Gatiss of the League of Gentlemen, and plays a guest role in the League's 2005 feature film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.

Gatiss is perhaps best known as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen ( along with fellow performers Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson ).

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with an introduction by Mark Gatiss, followed on 27th October 2011.

A parody of the show When Animals Attack !, with a voice-over supposedly by actor Greg Evigan ( actually Mark Gatiss ).

" Mark Gatiss has referred to the film as a prime example of a short-lived sub-genre he called " folk horror ", grouping it with Satan's Claw and The Wicker Man.

Starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, the film was written by the cast with Jeremy Dyson, and directed by Steve Bendelack.

He created, wrote and acted in one of England's top 10 most popular sitcom / sketch shows The League of Gentlemen along with fellow performers Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and co-writer Jeremy Dyson.

Steve James Pemberton ( born 1 September 1967 ) is an English actor, comedian, writer and performer, most famous as a member of The League of Gentlemen along with fellow performers Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and co-writer Jeremy Dyson.

He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, all of whom he met at Bretton Hall drama school in his late teens.

In this his voice is used along with the other actors of League of Gentlemen such as Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss.

Jeremy Dyson ( born 14 June 1966 ) is an English screenwriter and, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, a participant in The League of Gentlemen as well as creating and co-writing the popular west-end show Ghost Stories.

He is best known as co-creator of the hit West End play Ghost Stories and as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith, all of whom he met while they were studying at Bretton Hall drama school.

with Mark Gatiss ( of The League of Gentlemen ), and is author of The Complete Peter Cushing ; an overview of the life and works of the actor Peter Cushing.

: Alien Encounters In The Movies ( with Mark Gatiss ) ( ISBN 978-1901018004 )

His latest writing projects include film work, a graphic adaptation of his Torturer story with artist Ian Simmons, an entry in the Cinema Macabre book introduced by Jonathan Ross and featuring Simon Pegg, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson, and a book examining the Hellraiser movies, introduced by Doug " Pinhead " Bradley: The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy.