Jonathan Clements - Script Work

Script Work

He left to work as a scriptwriter on an abortive Astro Boy movie project, and wrote several episodes of Halcyon Sun for Kuju Entertainment, before serving as a writer or translator on TV programs, including Japanorama (BBC Three), Saiko Exciting (Sci-Fi Channel) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (BBC Two). He was also an interviewee and consultant on the documentary Koxinga: A Hero's Legacy (National Geographic Channel), which drew heavily on his book Pirate King. Much of his fiction work is CD audio drama or radio under the auspices of Big Finish Productions, including the Strontium Dog series, starring Simon Pegg, and the Doctor Who spin-off Sympathy for the Devil, starring David Warner and David Tennant.

  • Down to Earth (London: Big Finish, 2002; web, BBCi, 2005) (Strontium Dog)
  • Trapped on Titan (London: Big Finish, 2002) (Judge Dredd)
  • Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil (London: Big Finish, 2003) (Doctor Who)
  • Fire From Heaven (London: Big Finish, 2003 web, BBCi, 2005) (Strontium Dog)
  • 99 Code Red (London: Big Finish, 2003) (Judge Dredd)
  • Pre-Emptive Revenge (London: Big Finish, 2004) (Judge Dredd)
  • Solo (London: Big Finish, 2005) (Judge Dredd)
  • Snake Head (London: Big Finish, 2005) (Doctor Who: UNIT)
  • Red Devils (London: Noise Monster, 2005) (Space 1889)
  • Immortal Beloved (London: Big Finish, 2007; radio, BBC7, 2008) (Doctor Who)
  • Brave New Town (London: Big Finish, 2008; radio, BBC7, 2009) (Doctor Who)
  • The Destroyer of Delights (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Doctor Who)
  • The Tiger's Tail (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Robin Hood)
  • The Deer Hunters (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Robin Hood)
  • Secret of the Sword (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Highlander)
  • Survival of the Fittest (London: Big Finish, 2010; radio, BBC Radio 4 Extra, 2012) (Doctor Who)
  • The Devil's Playground (London: Big Finish, 2010) (Judge Dredd)
  • Year Zero (London: Big Finish, 2010) (Bernice Summerfield)

Other work includes the script for the comic Tastes Like Chicken in the Judge Dredd Megazine, as well as assorted short stories both there and in Doctor Who anthologies. His most famous work, Schoolgirl Milky Crisis, was the name for a fictional TV series that Clements often used in his Newtype USA columns in order to avoid breaking various non-disclosure agreements regarding real titles that he had worked on as a writer, director or translator. The name was later used as the title to a collection of Clements's articles and speeches.

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