In what year was the writer of "Empress of Mars" born?
1966
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss ( ; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist.
 His work includes writing for and acting in the TV series "Doctor Who" and "Sherlock".
 Together with Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson, he is a member of the comedy team "The League of Gentlemen".
 He is also known for his role as Tycho Nestoris in the HBO series "Game of Thrones".
Empress of Mars
"Empress of Mars" is the ninth episode of the tenth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who".
 It is written by Mark Gatiss and was broadcast on 10 June 2017 on BBC One.
 "Empress of Mars" received generally favorable reviews from television critics.
Li Zhong
Li Zhong (李忠) (643 – January 6, 665), courtesy name Zhengben (正本), formally Prince of Yan (燕王), was a crown prince of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
 He was the oldest son of Emperor Gaozong (Li Zhi) and was created crown prince in 652 even though he was not the son of his then-wife Empress Wang.
 After Empress Wang was displaced by Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) in 655, however, Li Zhong was caught in Empress Wu's crosshairs and was forced to yield the crown prince position to his younger brother Li Hong, born of Empress Wu, in 656.
 He was later further reduced to commoner rank and put under house arrest, and when the chancellor Shangguan Yi failed in his attempt to persuade Emperor Gaozong to depose Empress Wu in 664 and was executed, Empress Wu took the opportunity to accuse Li Zhong of being complicit in Shangguan's plans.
 Around the new year 665, Emperor Gaozong ordered Li Zhong to commit suicide.
 He was posthumously honored an imperial prince, but not a crown prince, during the second reign of his brother Emperor Zhongzong. Nick Lambrou
Nick Lambrou (born 1983 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.) is an American music video director/editor.
 He made his first major label music video for Goldfinger at the age of 20.
 The following year, he directed and edited the live portion of "Live in the Lou/Bassassins" which was certified Gold by the RIAA in late 2005, along with producing and editing a B-Sides & Rarities DVD for the Deftones.
 In 2006, he created Berth, a live concert and behind the scenes segment for The Used which was also certified Gold in 2007, and a music video for Bullets and Octane's "Caving in".
 He has since been touring around the world with Thirty Seconds to Mars, documenting their 2007 international tour.
 In the summer of 2007 he accompanied 30 Seconds to Mars on a trip to the arctic where he documented their shooting of a music video on glaciers and icebergs in Greenland.
 In late 2007 he directed and edited a live concert DVD for Saosin entitled "Come Close," and edited a music video for Linkin Park's single "Given Up" in early 2008. The Waters of Mars
"The Waters of Mars" is the third episode of the 2008–2010 specials of British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", broadcast on BBC One on 15 November 2009.
 It aired on BBC America on 19 December 2009 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 11 January 2010 and in the US on 2 February 2010.
 The story is set on Mars in the year 2059 where the Doctor encounters the first human colony, Bowie Base One.
 This is commanded by Captain Adelaide Brooke who turns out to be a pivotal character in the history of humanity.
 The Doctor must decide whether to use his knowledge of her fate to change history.
 According to "Doctor Who" writer and producer Russell T Davies, the special is closely linked to the next two episodes but is not the first part of a three-part story.
 The special was dedicated to Barry Letts, the former writer and producer of "Doctor Who" who died in October 2009.
 The episode won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Man Who Loved Mars
The Man Who Loved Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Lin Carter, the first in his Edgar Rice Burroughs- and Leigh Brackett-inspired series The Mysteries of Mars.
 It was first published in paperback by Fawcett Gold Medal in March 1973.
 The first British edition was published in hardcover by White Lion in August of the same year.
 It was reissued by Wildside Press in December 1999.
 The novel has also been translated into German. Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Толстой ) (1645–1729) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, prominent during and after the reign of Peter the Great.
 He was the ancestor of all the Counts Tolstoy, including the novelist Leo Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28], 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7], 1910) and Alexei Tolstoy the writer.
 His wife was Solomonic Timofeevna Dubrovskaya born 1660 and died 1722; he had two sons with her, Ivan (born 1685) and Peter (born 1680).
 Both his sons died in exile with him the year before his own death.
 He was, however, survived by many grandchildren: the family was recalled by the Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great in 1760, and had all honors and land restored. Geronimo Villanueva
Geronimo L. Villanueva (born April 9, 1978) is a planetary astronomer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
 Some of his contributions include the identification of an ancient ocean on Mars, sensitive searches of primordial water in comets, and the search and possible discovery of organics on Mars.His work on high-resolution molecular spectroscopy of planetary and cometary atmospheres led the International Astronomical Union to name minor planet 9724 after Villanueva, while the American Astronomical Society awarded him the Urey Prize (young planetary scientist of the year) in 2015. Gentry Lee
Bert Gentry Lee (born 1942) is the chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and also a science fiction writer.
 He had engineering oversight responsibility for the twin rover missions to Mars that landed in January 2004, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in 2006, and the Deep Impact and Stardust missions.
 He was also the chief engineer for the Galileo project from 1977–1988 and director of science analysis and mission planning during the Viking projects. Rob Bell
Robert Holmes "Rob" Bell Jr. (born August 23, 1970) is an American author, speaker and former pastor.
 Bell was the founder of Mars Hill Bible Church located in Grandville, Michigan, which he pastored until 2012.
 Under his leadership Mars Hill was one of the fastest-growing churches in America.
 He is also the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Love Wins" and the writer and narrator of a series of spiritual short films called NOOMA.
 In 2011, "Time Magazine" named Bell on its list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.