With great pleasure, Gallifrey One is delighted to confirm today that executive producers of Doctor Who, produced by Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for BBC and Disney Branded Television, JULIE GARDNER, PHIL COLLINSON and JOEL COLLINS, will be joining us at our February 2025 convention, Gallifrey One in 35 Millimetre. This is the first time the current executive production team of Doctor Who has joined us at our convention since the television film in 1996, and we are honored to welcome them.
Julie Gardner is an award-winning television producer. As BBC’s Head of Drama at BBC Wales, she spearheaded the 2005 revival of BAFTA-winning Doctor Who and launched new series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures with Russell T Davies, and oversaw brand enhancing events such as Doctor Who at the Proms. Since co-founding Bad Wolf with Jane Tranter in 2015, she has executive produced titles including I Hate Suzie and I Hate Suzie Too, The Winter King and Red Eye. In the US, for sister company Bad Wolf America, she produced the limited series Lady in the Lake starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram, the company’s first scripted title. As BBC Commissioner, Gardner led an award-winning slate of independent programming including The Girl in the Café, Casanova, Life on Mars, Being Human, and Stuart: A Life Backwards. At BBC Worldwide Productions, she executive produced titles such as Da Vinci’s Demons and Getting On. Gardner is an honorary fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the University of West Glamorgan. She is the recipient of the Sian Phillips Award at BAFTA Cymru 2013. In 2014 she was made an MBE for her contribution to the growth of the television industry in Wales. Gardner received the Outstanding Contribution to Television Award at BAFTA Cymru 2024.
Phil Collinson trained in drama at Bretton Hall College and began his TV career as an actor before becoming a script editor and later television drama producer. In 2004 he became producer of Doctor Who, helping to steer the revival of the series to huge critical acclaim. He remained as Producer and Executive Producer of Doctor Who and its spin off series The Sarah Jane Adventures until 2008, after which time he returned to Manchester as BBC Head of Drama for the region. He subsequently developed and produced many award winning dramas including Gentleman Jack and Its A Sin for HBO, as well as produced such series as Coronation Street, Midwinter of the Spirit, Bancroft and Good Omens. He returned to the Whoniverse as Executive Producer in 2023, alongside fellow guests Julie Gardner and Joel Collins. We were delighted to welcome Phil once before to Gallifrey One, at our 2009 convention, and we are thrilled he will be joining us again.
Joel Collins is an Executive Producer at Bad Wolf, where as of 2025 he has produced 21 episodes of Doctor Who. He is currently in post-production on The War Between The Land And The Sea, the much-anticipated Doctor Who spinoff starring Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Joel began his career in 1992 as a modeller and creature designer on Babe, The Flintstones and Muppet Treasure Island, and gained experience at the world-famous Henson’s Creature Shop in London. He went on to become an award-winning production designer, playing a key role in the creative team Hammer and Tongs, designing the films The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and Son Of Rambow. Joel’s role evolved from designer to editorial creative following his close collaboration with Charlie Brooker on award-winning anthology series Black Mirror. He joined Bad Wolf in 2017, helping Jane Tranter to launch the His Dark Materials trilogy. He has won multiple awards for Production Design, VFX and Titles, and brings his vast creative experience to the shows he now produces. (Photo credit: Bad Wolf/Sekh-Fei De Lacy)
The three executive producers will appear on our stage in interviews and discussions throughout the weekend, at times to be announced closer to the convention. We are beyond thrilled to welcome members of the current production team of Doctor Who, in a unique and what will be a memorable convention experience… if you don’t have your tickets yet, they’re still available here.
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