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Toby Whithouse
, b. 1970
Toby Whithouse is an English-born actor, comedian, and scriptwriter for TV. A regular in the BBC drama series The House of Eliott (1991-4), he also co-starred in Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1997) with Gene Wilder, in London’s West End. Whithouse began writing scripts during the long breaks in acting jobs, and penned Jump Mr Malinoff, Jump (2000) for the Soho Theatre. He then wrote an episode for the ITV drama Where the Heart Is (2004) and BBC One’s Hotel Babylon (2006), before becoming a noted writer for the revived series of Doctor Who (from 2005). Whithouse wrote the fan-favourite School Reunion (2006), which included longstanding 1970s character Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen) and reintroduced the robot dog K-9 (created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin). The Vampires of Venice (2010), God Complex (2011), A Town Called Mercy (2012), and the two-part story Under the Lake/Before the Flood (2015) followed. He has also written an as-yet unnamed storyline for the 2017 season of the series. Work for the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood (2006) then placed him in a good position to create the BBC Three comedy/horror drama Being Human (2008-2013). Since that series ended, Whithouse has worked on the Cold War spy thriller The Game (2014).
Bio prepared by Richard Scully, University of New England, rscully@une.edu.au
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