Phil Ford

Writing

Phil Ford

Credits
18 titles

Biography

Phil Ford is a British television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet and Doctor Who. He was head writer and co-producer of the spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures (2008–11), co-writer of "The Waters of Mars" (2009) and “Into the Dalek” (2014) with Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, respectively, and wrote the majority of the 2010s video game series Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. In 2023, his novelisation of The Waters of Mars was released as part of the revived Target Books series.

In 2012, with Davies, he created Wizards vs Aliens, which ran for three series and gave him an executive producer credit.

He won a Hugo Award, a Writers' Guild Award and was four-times BAFTA nominated.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 3

YearTitleRole
2026 Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet Film Himself
2014 Doctor Who Extra TV Self (1 ep)
2008 All About 'Thunderbirds' Film

Crew credits 15

YearTitleJob
2026 The Legend of Captain Scarlet Film Writer
2023 Tales of the Tardis TV Writer (3 ep)
2012 Wizards vs Aliens TV Executive Producer, Creator (36 ep)
2010 Mission 2110 TV Writer, Creator (26 ep)
2009 Doctor Who: Dreamland TV Writer (6 ep)
2009 Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Film Writer
2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures TV Writer (22 ep)
2006 Torchwood TV Writer (1 ep)
2005 Doctor Who TV Writer (1 ep)
2005 Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet TV Writer (21 ep)
2002 Footballers' Wives TV Writer (1 ep)
1999 Bad Girls TV Writer (18 ep)
1992 Heartbeat TV Writer (1 ep)
1984 The Bill TV Writer (4 ep)
1983 Taggart TV Writer (1 ep)
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