History Creator / RussellTDavies

!! Tropes found in his work.

LyingCreator: It has become well-known in the ''Who'' fandom to never trust anything Davies says.

** As with the ''Star Wars'' example above, Davies used a phony name, an anagram of ''Series/DoctorWho'', during production of the 2005 series to prevent would-be pirates from spotting the tapes. That phony name would later become [[Series/{{Torchwood}} the name of a spinoff series]].

-->--'''Frank Cottrill Boyce''', when asked what Davies' greatest contribution to British television was.

Originally from a background in children's TV, he wrote and produced a number of adult dramas between the mid 90s and the revival of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in 2005, most notably ''QueerAsFolk'', and soon became one of the most influential and popular TV writers in the UK.

* ''QueerAsFolk''

* TheUnpronounceable: In ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''Series/Cucumber'' and sibling shows Banana and Tofu

Liberally uses AuthorAppeal, and as a result, placed Wales firmly in the centre of the {{Whoniverse}} alongside London. Also became famous for finally upgrading all the HoYay subtext in ''Doctor Who'' to proper TV canon, for abolishing NoHuggingNoKissing in the series forever, and for dialing all of the above -- Wales, HoYay and tons of sex -- UpToEleven and beyond in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.

* TheUnpronounceable: In ''DoctorWho''.

* AuthorTract: In projects where he's served as showrunner, he constitutes a mild case of this (for sufficiently flexible values of 'mild'). While he does tend to harp on about homosexuality and atheism a lot, he rarely cops out, and he tries not to write inway that devalues the opposing views of either topic- being straight or religious is just as likely to be explored in one of his stories.

* AuthorTract: In projects where he's served as showrunner, he constitutes a mild case of this (for sufficiently flexible values of 'mild'). While he does tend to harp on about homosexuality and atheism a lot, he rarely cops out.

* ''DarkSeason''

* ''{{Chucklevision}}''

'''Executive producer on:'''
* ''Series/WizardsVsAliens'' (co-created with PhilFord)

* ''BobAndRose''

Davies has written several ''Doctor Who'' episodes and specials over his tenure as producer, and been responsible for rewrites on many more. He has now stepped down from the position following the conclusion of production on the DavidTennant era, handing the reins to StevenMoffat.

British producer and screenwriter, born in Swansea in 1963. He added the T to his name because there was already a Russell Davies in UK media.

Known as RTD (or sometimes "Rusty") by Whovians, he has a penchant for naming characters "Tyler" and/or "Smith". He also tends to inject {{Camp}} and {{Technobabble}} in very large doses.

Liberally uses AuthorAppeal, and as a result, placed Wales firmly in the centre of the {{Whoniverse}} alongside London. Also became famous for finally upgrading all the HoYay subtext in ''DoctorWho'' to proper TV canon, for abolishing NoHuggingNoKissing in the series forever, and for dialing all of the above -- Wales, HoYay and tons of sex -- UpToEleven and beyond in ''{{Torchwood}}''.

Liberally uses AuthorAppeal, and as a result, placed Wales firmly in the centre of the {{Whoniverse}} alongside London. Also became famous for finally upgrading all the HoYay subtext in ''DoctorWho'' to proper TV canon, and for dialing the HoYay UpToEleven and beyond in ''{{Torchwood}}''.