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Occupation Novelist Born 16 June 1972 From Davis, California Greatest Hits

The Martian was filmed by Ridley Scott. “It was all weird,” says Weir of going from “programming computers in a cubicle” to “hanging out with Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain”. Random Fact

Weir would love to write an episode of Doctor Who. He says he’s emailed Chris Chibnall: “I’m like, ‘I’ll write it for £1 or for free, whatever you want.‘”