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Jamie Mathieson
Jamie Mathieson at Lucca Comics and Games 2015
Born
Jamie Alan Mathieson

May 1970 (1970-05) (age 56)
OccupationTelevision scriptwriter
RelativesDaz Mathieson (brother)
Writing career
GenreScience fiction
Notable works"Mummy on the Orient Express", "Flatline", "Oxygen"
Websitewww.jamiemathieson.com

Jamie Alan[1] Mathieson (born May 1970)[2] is a British television screenwriter. A former stand-up comedian,[3] he has written for a number of UK science fiction TV shows, including Being Human, Dirk Gently and Doctor Who.[4]

Career

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Mathieson's earliest television work during the early 2000s included writing material for Catchphrase and Family Fortunes,[3] as well as a 2005 episode of My Parents are Aliens.[5] In 2008, he scripted the sci-fi comedy film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, starring Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, and Anna Faris. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 24 April 2009. He wrote the drama pilot ALT for Channel 4 in 2014, but it was not picked up for a series.[6] Following this, he successfully piloted and wrote the sci-fi miniseries Tripped for E4.[7]

It was announced in October 2014 that Mathieson would be the lead writer of French science fiction series Métal Hurlant: Origins, a sequel to Métal Hurlant Chronicles.[8] It is based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant, known in the United States as Heavy Metal and in Germany as Schwermetall.

Mathieson wrote for Doctor Who during the tenure of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, writing four episodes (one co-written with then-showrunner Steven Moffat) across series 8, 9 and 10.[9] Mathieson's work for the show garnered significant critical and fan acclaim;[10][11][3] he was voted the best writer of series 8 in a 2015 Doctor Who Magazine reader's poll, and his first contribution to air, "Mummy on the Orient Express", concurrently topped its poll for the series' best episode.[12] It additionally came third in the magazine's 2023 poll of the best Twelfth Doctor stories, with two of his other four episodes, "Flatline" and "Oxygen", immediately following it in fourth and fifth.[13] Mathieson pitched ideas for the show's eleventh series, but was turned down by new showrunner Chris Chibnall.[14]

In 2023, Mathieson independently published his first book, the short story collection The First Ten. The same year, he confirmed his intention to write a second collection, titled The Second Ten.[15]

Writing credits

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Production Notes Broadcaster/distributor
My Parents are Aliens
  • Series 7: Episode 14 - "The Tail Of The Knitted Map" (2005)
 ITV
FAQ About Time Travel
  • Feature film (2009)
 Picturehouse Entertainment
Becoming Human
  • Series 1: Episode 4 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 5 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 6 (2011)
 BBC iPlayer
Dirk Gently
  • Series 1: Episode 3
 BBC Four
Being Human
  • "Educating Creature" (2010)
  • "Type 4" (2011)
  • "The Graveyard Shift" (2012)
  • "Pie and Prejudice" (2013)
 BBC Three
Alt
  • TV Movie (2014)
 N/A
Tripped
  • Series creator (2016)
 E4
Doctor Who BBC One

References

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  1. ↑ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/HNGPGizhBRQp7KqhpEhkUZhM1zs/appointments
  2. ↑ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/HNGPGizhBRQp7KqhpEhkUZhM1zs/appointments
  3. 1 2 3 "About Me". Jamie Mathieson. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  4. ↑ The Doctor Who Team (18 August 2014). "Blogs – New Series: All the Episode Titles and More". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "The 2017 Series… Returning Writers, Cast Updates and More!". Doctor Who. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "News | Channel 4".
  7. ↑ "Tripped Programme Information | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Jamie Mathieson Tapped to Pen 'Metal Hurlant: Origins'". 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "The 2017 Series… Returning Writers, Cast Updates and More!". Doctor Who. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Doctor Who, Series 10, Oxygen". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  11. ↑ Spence, Ewan (11 October 2014), "Doctor Who series 8 episode 8 review: Mummy on the Orient Express", Forbes.
  12. ↑ "Jamie Mathieson Has Written A Book (@Jamti) on X". X (formerly Twitter). 22 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Loughlin, Kieran (22 August 2023). "Doctor Who Fans Vote For Best Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctor Episodes". CBR. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  14. ↑ Doran, Sarah. "Doctor Who: Writer Jamie Mathieson rules himself out of returning for Jodie Whittaker's first series | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "The First Ten Interview".
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