Ian Potter (writer)
Encyclopedia
Ian Potter is a UK based writer and broadcaster, best known for a series of short stories in the Big Finish Short Trips
Doctor Who
fiction range. He has also written for the BBC Radio 4
series Front Row (radio)
, The Way It Is and Week Ending
.
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In television production he worked on Ads Infinitum for BBC Two
, Trust Me I'm A Celebrity for BBC One
, and Up Late for BBC Choice
As a sound designer for the company Big Finish Productions
he worked on the releases Doctor Who - The Time of the Daleks
, Judge Dredd
- Get Karter!, Doctor Who - The Wormery
, Judge Dredd - Grud is Dead and Doctor Who - Unregenerate!
His short stories have featured in the collections
Short Trips: Zodiac
, Short Trips: Companions
, Short Trips: The Muses
, Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury
, Short Trips: Farewells
, The Panda Book of Horror
and A Romance in Twelve Parts
.
He also wrote the Radio
programme
'No Tomatoes' in 2007; a short running sketch show in which he also performed.
In 2008 he wrote the television history book The Rise and Rise of The Independents for Guerilla Books.
In 2009 he had two documentaries and a play produced for BBC Radio 4
in 2009. 'Bill Mitchell: The Man Who Wrestled Pumas... Probably', 'In Search of the Wantley Dragon' and 'Anti-Maccassars and Ylang Ylang Conditioner' and also stood in for three weeks as presenter of BBC Radio 7's The Comedy Club and contributed to the Radio 4 'Archive on 4' profile of actor and writer Ken Campbell.
Big Finish Short Trips
The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short story anthologies published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002 and ending with the loss of their license in 2009...
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
fiction range. He has also written for the BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
series Front Row (radio)
Front Row (radio)
Front Row is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The BBC describes the programme as a "live magazine programme on the world of arts, literature, film, media and music." It is broadcast each week day between 7.15 and 7.45 and has a of highlights available for download. Shows usually include...
, The Way It Is and Week Ending
Week Ending
Week Ending... was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It was devised by writer/producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by Nationwide presenter Michael Barratt.The show's title was always announced as...
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Work
Until September 2006 Potter was a television curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film and TelevisionNational Museum of Photography, Film and Television
The National Media Museum is a museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, it was the 20th most popular museum in the United Kingdom in 2009, with 613,923 visitors.The first head of the museum was Colin Ford who was succeeded by Amanda...
.
In television production he worked on Ads Infinitum for BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
, Trust Me I'm A Celebrity for BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
, and Up Late for BBC Choice
BBC Choice
BBC Choice was a BBC TV station which launched on 23 September 1998 and closed on 9 February 2003. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format, and was the first new channel from the BBC since BBC Two launched in 1964...
As a sound designer for the company Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
he worked on the releases Doctor Who - The Time of the Daleks
The Time of the Daleks
The Time of the Daleks is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
- Get Karter!, Doctor Who - The Wormery
The Wormery
The Wormery is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
, Judge Dredd - Grud is Dead and Doctor Who - Unregenerate!
Unregenerate!
Unregenerate! is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
His short stories have featured in the collections
Short Trips: Zodiac
Short Trips: Zodiac
Short Trips: Zodiac is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Stories:-External links:*Reviews...
, Short Trips: Companions
Short Trips: Companions
Short Trips: Companions is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories focus on the companions and their travels with the Doctor.-Stories:...
, Short Trips: The Muses
Short Trips: The Muses
Short Trips: The Muses is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories are based on the nine Muses.-Stories:-External links:*...
, Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury
Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury
Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection is the first Christmas book in the Short Trips range....
, Short Trips: Farewells
Short Trips: Farewells
Short Trips: Farewells is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The stories explore the theme of saying goodbye.-Stories:-External links:*...
, The Panda Book of Horror
The Panda Book of Horror
The Panda Book of Horror is a short-story anthology edited by Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs, published by Obverse Books and featuring Iris Wildthyme, a series character with a complicated publishing history....
and A Romance in Twelve Parts
A Romance in Twelve Parts
A Romance in Twelve Parts is a short story anthology edited by Lawrence Miles and Stuart Douglas, published by Obverse Books in May 2011, featuring the voodoo-style time-travelling cult Faction Paradox....
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He also wrote the Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
programme
Radio programming
Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....
'No Tomatoes' in 2007; a short running sketch show in which he also performed.
In 2008 he wrote the television history book The Rise and Rise of The Independents for Guerilla Books.
In 2009 he had two documentaries and a play produced for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
in 2009. 'Bill Mitchell: The Man Who Wrestled Pumas... Probably', 'In Search of the Wantley Dragon' and 'Anti-Maccassars and Ylang Ylang Conditioner' and also stood in for three weeks as presenter of BBC Radio 7's The Comedy Club and contributed to the Radio 4 'Archive on 4' profile of actor and writer Ken Campbell.