Paul Wilmshurst
Born: 15th December 1961 (as Paul Dominic Wilmshurst)
Episodes Broadcast: 2014
London-born Paul Wilmshurst became an avid viewer of Doctor Who
during his childhood in the mid-Sixties. He completed a degree in
English at Cambridge University and a post-graduate diploma in
journalism at City University, London. This led Wilmshurst to employment
on news and factual programmes, initially as a researcher and later as a
director. He was able to transition to documentaries during the early
Nineties, often working as both a producer and a director on shows like
Without Walls, White Tribe and The Gambler. Early
in the twenty-first century, Wilmshurst began to make drama
documentaries like Secrets & Lines and Hiroshima, both of
which he also wrote. His success led to a move away from fact-based work
onto dramas such as Trial & Retribution. Wilmshurst was both a
producer and a director on the children's series Runaway and
Combat Kids, having scripted the former.
Meanwhile, Wilmshurst had become a fan of Doctor Who all over
again via its twenty-first-century revival, which he watched with his
children. In 2010, he met with its producer, Marcus Wilson, to discuss
the possibility of working on the show. However, scheduling conflicts
meant that it would be almost half a decade before Wilmshurst was able
to accept a Doctor Who assignment. He wound up making three
stories for Peter Capaldi's initial year as the Twelfth Doctor: the
controversial Kill The Moon, the
atmospheric Mummy On The Orient
Express, and the 2014 Yuletide special, Last Christmas. Wilmshurst's
other credits during the decade included Strike Back, Da
Vinci's Demons, Indian Summers and Jamestown. During
the Twenties, his projects included several episodes of The Last
Kingdom.
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