Mark Gatiss

Active - 1999 - Present | Born - Oct 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham, England | Genres - Comedy

Has collected fossils since his childhood.
Spent his gap year traveling around Europe.
Met the other members of the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe while attending Bretton Hall during the 1980s, though they didn't band together as such until 1995.
A lifetime fan of Doctor Who, he's penned several Who novels and even more Who episodes.
Has also authored quite a few non-Who novels, plus a biography of English film director James Whale.

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