Robert Perry (born in

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

) is a Welsh novelist and television

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He was script-editor on the

BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'', as well as writing for the television series ''

Family Affairs ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

'' and ''

Is Harry on the Boat? ''Is Harry on the Boat?'' Is a 2001 British made-for-TV film, based on the lives of holiday reps in Ibiza. A television drama series then followed, airing on Sky One from 2002 to 2003. Background It is based on the book of the same name by C ...

''. He has also worked as a storyliner on ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

''. He is also known for a writing partnership with

Mike Tucker Michael Tucker may refer to: *Michael Tucker (actor) (born 1945), (''L.A. Law'' and ''Hill Street Blues'') *Michael Tucker (baseball) (born 1971), Major League Baseball outfielder * Michael Tucker (basketball) (1954–2012), Australian Olympic baske ...

on a variety of

spin-offs Spin-off may refer to: *Spin-off (media), a media work derived from an existing work *Corporate spin-off, a type of corporate action that forms a new company or entity * Government spin-off, civilian goods which are the result of military or gove ...

relating to the television series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', specifically for the character of the

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and the final incarnation of the original Doctor Who series. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. W ...

Prose Writing

Perry's first writing work was the short story ''

Question Mark Pyjamas A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogative ...

'' in the second volume of the

Virgin Decalog The ''Virgin Decalog'' books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series ''Doctor Who'': they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories (although the last collection ...

anthology series: this was the first story that Perry wrote with his long-term writing partner Mike Tucker. This was followed by several stories for the

BBC Short Trips The BBC ''Short Trips'' books are a collection of short story anthology, anthologies published by BBC Books based on the television series ''Doctor Who'', following a pattern established by Virgin Publishing's ''Virgin Decalog, Decalog'' collec ...

anthology, again all co-written with Tucker. In October 1997, the first book in Tucker and Perry's self-styled Season 27 run was publish as part of

BBC Books BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasti ...

Past Doctor Adventures The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprin ...

series. The book, '' Illegal Alien'', was rumoured to be based on a script which was in consideration for production had a '' twenty-seventh season of ''

'' gone ahead. Tucker and Perry continued to write their Season 27 stories, with the novels ''

Matrix Matrix most commonly refers to: * ''The Matrix'' (franchise), an American media franchise ** ''The Matrix'', a 1999 science-fiction action film ** "The Matrix", a fictional setting, a virtual reality environment, within ''The Matrix'' (franchis ...

'' (1998), ''

Storm Harvest ''Storm Harvest'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace An ace is a playing ca ...

'' (1999), and ''

Loving the Alien "Loving the Alien" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. It was the opening track to his sixteenth studio album ''Tonight''. One of two tracks on the album written solely by Bowie, an edited version of the song was released as a singl ...

'' (2003). In 2003, Tucker and Perry also wrote the

novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...

Companion Piece ''Companion Piece'' is an original novella written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Catherine Katherine, also sp ...

'' for Telos Publishing Ltd.'s range of

Doctor Who novellas Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...

, introducing a new companion, Catherine Broome.

External links

Outpost Gallifrey's Robert Perry page

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Robert Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British science fiction writers British soap opera writers British television writers British male novelists 21st-century British short story writers 21st-century British male writers 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British novelists Writers of Doctor Who novels Welsh television writers Welsh science fiction writers Welsh short story writers British male television writers