13 Facts About Andrew Cartmel

Andrew J Cartmel was born on 6 April 1958 and is a British script editor, author and journalist.

Andrew Cartmel was the script editor of Doctor Who during the Sylvester McCoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989.

Andrew Cartmel has worked as a script editor on other television series, as a magazine editor, as a comics writer, as a film studies lecturer, and as a novelist.

Andrew Cartmel took a post-graduate course in computer studies and worked on computer-aided design for Shape Data Ltd in Cambridge, England during the mid-1980s.

Andrew Cartmel then turned more to writing and managed to gain an agent on the strength of two unproduced scripts, attending workshops run by the BBC Television Drama Script Unit.

In late 1986, when he was in his late twenties, Andrew Cartmel was hired as the script editor for the twenty-fourth season of the science-fiction programme Doctor Who, having been recommended to the producer John Nathan-Turner by the producer's agent, who had seen some unproduced scripts Andrew Cartmel had written.

Andrew Cartmel worked on the programme for the next three years, overseeing the final three seasons of its original run on BBC One.

Andrew Cartmel brought in several young, new writers and despite declining ratings, tried to take the series in a new creative direction.

When production of Doctor Who was placed on indefinite hold, Andrew Cartmel became script editor on the BBC's popular medical drama series Casualty for one season.

In 2010 Andrew Cartmel worked as script editor for Big Finish Productions' The Lost Stories line, overseeing the adaptation of story ideas created for Doctor Who's unmade 27th series into audio dramas.

Andrew Cartmel has written a novel set in the world of Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner television series for Powys Media.

Common themes and techniques in Andrew Cartmel's novels include: animal rights; the use of animal perspectives; and extended metaphors of animal behaviour.

In 2007 Andrew Cartmel was a finalist in the Nicotinell 'Lose the Smoke Keep the Fire' Stand Up Comedy Auditions.