James Cooray Smith

James Edward Cooray Smith[1] (born in Solihull in 1978) is a British writer, critic and columnist of patrilineal Indian descent.[2] He has written for journals including New Statesman and Prospect. He has also contributed to the Doctor Who audio and DVD range.

James Cooray Smith
Born1978 (age 41–42)
Solihull, England
Pen nameJim Smith
OccupationWriter, critic
NationalityBritish
Period1996-present

Career

A graduate of University College London, Cooray Smith has written radio drama and comedy. He has contributed to numerous news, film and science fiction magazines. He has a specific interest in British television history.

Asked about his long-term habit of co-writing with a variety of people, Cooray Smith commented: "I've written things with a lot of different people, partially because I'm a great believer in third brain theory, and partially as a series of attempts to disguise my own lack of talent!"[3]

In 2017, he responded to the casting of Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who by writing an article describing those who disagreed with the lead character's sex change of being misogynistic. His article was entitled "Uncomfortable with a female Doctor Who? It’s time to admit your real motives".[4]

Bibliography

New Statesman Columns

http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/321282

Hero Collector Writer's Page

http://herocollector.com/en-gb/About/james-cooray-smith

Non-Fiction Books
  • The Life and Trials of Ally McBeal (2000) (with Mark Clapham)
  • Manhattan Dating Game: Sex and the City (2002)
  • Tim Burton (2002) (with J Clive Matthews)
  • Bond Films (2003) (with Stephen Lavington)
  • George Lucas (2003)
  • Gangster Films (2004)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Books, the Films, the Radio Series (2005) (with J Clive Matthews)
  • Quentin Tarantino (2005)
  • Who's Next? A Guide To Broadcast Doctor Who (2005) (with Mark Clapham and Eddie Robson)
  • The Black Archive #2: The Massacre (2015)
  • The Black Archive #14:The Ultimate Foe (2017)
  • The Silver Archive #3:Sapphire and Steel Assignments 5 & 6 (2018)

Short Fiction
  • "A Gallery of Pigeons"' (2009) in Secret Histories
  • "'Excalibur of Mars" (2009) in Present Danger
  • "The Found World" (2010), in Miss Wildthyme and Friends Investigate

Radio and Audio work

That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Series Four (2009) (sketch writer)

Bernice Summerfield

Kaldor City

Doctor Who DVD Production History Notes
gollark: Well, I was talking about the quad'smore'smingot one, which was in fact on whatever CNLite version.
gollark: Was it that insane? I thought we just made redstone from the computer factory's farming area.
gollark: The machines involved in that were all automatically manufactured on the Unicode Consortium main assembler array at basically zero noticeable cost.
gollark: Like the automated quad'smore'smingot machine.
gollark: Many of my cool screenshots are in fact from survival.

References
  1. https://twitter.com/thejimsmith/status/510327058149675009
  2. James Cooray Smith [@thejimsmith] (21 June 2017). "@datwhovianboi @CameronYardeJnr @Sourdust @GRALambo @edstradling That's a long way from Bhubaneswar. Interesting. M…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "A Day in Kaldor City: 8 August 2002". Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  4. Cooray Smith, James (17 July 2017). "Uncomfortable with a female Doctor Who? It's time to admit your real motives". Prospect Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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