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Jonathan Morris (born inTaunton,England), is an author who writes various kinds ofDoctor Who spin-off material. In 2023 he stood for election to Winchester City Council as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the St Barnabas Ward and won with 58% of vote.^[1]

His path to prominence in writing professionalDoctor Who fiction was notable in part because he was commissioned to write a novel after only his first attempt under theBBC's "Open Submission" policy.^[2][3]

He has written for theEighth Doctor Adventures andPast Doctor Adventures. He has also written forBig Finish Productions' range of audio and printed material.^[4] AmonghisDoctor Who literary credits are short stories in theBig Finish Short Trips anthologies; the novelsFestival of Death,Anachrophobia,andThe Tomorrow Windows; and the audio adventuresBloodtide,Flip-Flop,Max Warp,The Haunting of Thomas Brewster,A Perfect World,Mary's Story,Hothouse,The Cannibalists,The Eternal Summer,Protect and Survive and1963: The Space Race.Festival of Deathreceived 2000's "Best Past Doctor Novel" award from the readers ofDoctor Who Magazine. Morris contributed "The Clanging Chimes of Doom" toShort Trips: A Christmas Treasury, "Lant Land" toShort Trips: Life Science, "The Thief of Sherwood" toShort Trips: Past Tense, and "Mauritz" toShort Trips: A Universe of Terrors. Hisdebut novel,Festival of Death, was placed seventh in the Top 10 ofSFX magazine's "Best SF/Fantasy novelisationor TV tie-in novel" category of 2000.

In 2005, he wrote the narration script for the documentary "Paris in the Springtime", a homage toDouglas Adams' work onDoctor Who, which was included in the BBC DVDrelease of the serialCity of Death.

In addition to hisDoctor Who work, he has also written for Big Finish'sJudge Dredd range, contributing the title,I Love Judge Dredd.For theBernice Summerfield series of anthologies he has contributed the short stories "The Spartacus Syndrome" (inA Life of Surprises) and "The Traitors" (inLife During Wartime). In 2011, he contributed to theirDark Shadows range withThe Blind PainterandOperation Victor.

In 2005, some of his writing was included in the televised Britishsketch/situation comedy fusion,Swinging.

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