Chris Chibnall

Chris Chibnall (born 1970) is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama Broadchurch (2013–2017).

A lifelong fan of the long-running BBC sci-fi Doctor Who, Chibnall has written five episodes of the series under previous showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, and was also the head writer for the first two series of the spinoff Torchwood.

In 2016, the BBC announced that Chibnall would succeed Moffat to become the showrunner and head writer of Doctor Who, beginning with the eleventh series.