Jim Allenby has released an entertaining interview with Cutaway Comics writer and editor Ian Winterton over two episodes of his Doctor Who: What’s In The Box? podcast.
Available via Spotify, What’s In The Box? is a podcast that invites you to discuss your favourite or recommended things from the world of Doctor Who.
In Episode 63, Jim and Ian take a peek inside a very special 1973 issue of the Radio Times, and discuss a range of film and TV shows – be warned, there are spoilers for a number of the stories discussed and the titles of some escaped being bleeped out, including It’s A Sin!
Then, in Episode 64, Jim and Ian visit a Victorian theatre and take a trip to a Manchester pub, and move on to talk about Cutaway Comics and more.
Ian Winterton worked as a film journalist, interviewing many big Hollywood names, before starting to write for theatre in 2009. His award-winning play, Sherica, led him to being short-listed for the BBC’s Alfred Bradley Bursary Award and he is currently a member of BBC Writersroom’s Northern Writers Group. His stage adaptation of The Best, an unfilmed Jack Rosenthal screenplay about George Best, won a Manchester Theatre Award in 2013. Other plays include Wednesday, Big Sid – another Rosenthal adaptation – and South, the latter developed with the support of Arts Council England and the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
For the screen, Ian has several TV and film scripts in development with various production companies including BLURRED for Saffron-Cherry Productions.
Of specific interest to most downthetubes readers, of course, is his role as writer and editor at Cutaway Comics, where he’s written a variety of titles for the company including Demons of Eden, Sutekh and the forthcoming Drax: London Calling and Drax: LA Woman.
For Cutaway’s sister-company, VworpVworp, the Doctor Who fanzine, Ian wrote and directed A Meeting On The Common, an animated adaptation of the opening of the 1964 novel Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks by David Whittaker, still available on disc with VworpVworp #6.
In addition, Ian is host of Cutaway Comics’ The Bunker, another Doctor Who interview podcast. Guests thus far include Robert Shearman, Stephen Gallagher, Stephen Wyatt and Gary Russell.
The Bunker is produced by Bamalam Productions CIC, a company at which Ian is Associate Producer and Trustee. For Bamalam he has written and produced several audio dramas, including Cracking The Feathers, starring Robert Glenister and Julie Hesmondhalgh, All The Bens, starring Nathaniel Curtis, and, in partnership with the Museum of London Archaeology, Scuttled starring Christopher Eccleston and Joyce Branagh. You can listen to all these productions via Ian’s official website.
• Head over to Spotify to listen to Doctor Who – What’s In the Box?
• Ian Winterton is online at ianwinterton.co.uk
• Cutaway Comics are online at cutawaycomics.co.uk
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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