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Alan Barnes (writer)
Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, mainly related to cult film and television. Biography Barnes is from Newcastle upon Tyne. He was the editor of ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' from 2001 until 2005. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned ''The Simping Detective''. He also wrote a handful of ''Judge Dredd'' stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd. He worked for five years at ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing ''Fact of Fiction'' series of articles to the magazine. Barnes has written or co-written a number of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays for Big Finish Productions. He has written a number of books on films, including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes, and his book ''The Hammer Story'', co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997. Bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a "Judge (2000 AD), street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. Over the years, ''Judge Dredd'' has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture with an uncanny trend to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Geraghty
Martin Geraghty is a comic book artist who lives and works in the UK. Biography His first commission was for the Marvel UK comic Overkill but the comic folded before his story was published. He began drawing for Doctor Who Magazine in 1993 and has continued to draw regularly for it ever since. Outside of comics Martin works in advertising.Pg 226 ''End Game'', Bibliography *''Doctor Who'' ** ''End Game'' (212 pages, ) collects: *** "End Game" (with Alan Barnes, in ''Doctor Who Magazine ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the followi ...'' #244-247) *** "The Keep" (with Alan Barnes, in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' #248-249) *** "Fire and Brimstone" (with Alan Barnes, in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' #251-255) *** "Wormwood" (with Scott Gray, in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' #266-271) ** ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bellova Devil
''Jago & Litefoot'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It stars Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter as Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot, their characters from the 1977 TV story ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang''. ''The Mahogany Murderers'' was an entry in the Companion Chronicles range of audio plays and effectively acted as a pilot for this series. Justin Richards is the script editor. Thirteen series were released between 2010 and 2017, along with a handful of special releases and, in 2021, a fourteenth series adapting episodes originally planned before Baxter's death. Each series consists of a box set of 4 hour-long plays. Between the fourth and fifth series, the duo travelled with the Doctor ( Colin Baker) for a pair of adventures, '' Voyage to Venus'' and ''Voyage to the New World'', as single-disc releases. Additionally, a pair of Short Trips were released in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevermore (audio Drama)
''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie. History In 2001, Paul McGann became involved with Big Finish Productions producing adventures as the Eighth Doctor, a role he originated in the 1996 TV movie ''Doctor Who'', as part of their ongoing '' Main Range''. However, in 2007, due to the popularity of several of these titles on BBC Radio 7 (now known as BBC Radio 4 Extra), the BBC partnered with Big Finish to produce a series called ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' for BBC Radio 7 beginning with ''Blood of the Daleks'', co-starring Sheridan Smith as the Doctor's latest companion Lucie Miller and featuring a guest appearance from a then fairly unknown Hayley Atwell. This range would go on for a further three seasons of stories, with Lucie initially departing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death In Blackpool
''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It sees the return of Paul McGann reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie. History In 2001, Paul McGann became involved with Big Finish Productions producing adventures as the Eighth Doctor, a role he originated in the 1996 TV movie ''Doctor Who'', as part of their ongoing '' Main Range''. However, in 2007, due to the popularity of several of these titles on BBC Radio 7 (now known as BBC Radio 4 Extra), the BBC partnered with Big Finish to produce a series called ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' for BBC Radio 7 beginning with ''Blood of the Daleks'', co-starring Sheridan Smith as the Doctor's latest companion Lucie Miller and featuring a guest appearance from a then fairly unknown Hayley Atwell. This range would go on for a further three seasons of stories, with Lucie initially departing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen in the 21st century series. He is also the executive producer of Big Finish Productions, for which he has produced, directed and written several audio plays, as well as acting in many of them. Education Briggs went to Rose Bruford College with Barry Killerby, who is better known as Mr Blobby. Career ''Doctor Who'' Some of Briggs' earliest ''Doctor Who''-related work was as host of ''The Myth Makers'', a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors, writers and directors involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with '' Wartime'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Company Of Friends
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brotherhood Of The Daleks
''Brotherhood of the Daleks'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was released in late 2008. Plot The Doctor and Charley land in an alien jungle filled with a brotherhood of socialist Daleks. In the fourth episode the Daleks sing a Dalek version of "The Red Flag" sung to the tune of "O Tannenbaum." Cast * The Doctor — Colin Baker *Charley Pollard — India Fisher *Mugrat — Michael Cochrane *Tamarus — Harriet Kershaw *Valion — Derek Carlyle *Nyaiad — Jo Castleton *Jesic — Alison Thea-Skot *Septal — Steve Hansell *The Daleks — Nicholas Briggs Cast notes *Derek Carlyle has previously appeared in '' The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow''. Continuity *Charley has met the Daleks twice before with the Eighth Doctor in ''The Time of the Daleks'' and at Folkestone in ''Terror Firma''. In the latter story she met Davros as well. *The memory recalled in this story is Charley and C' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weapon Of Choice , a band led by Lonnie Marshall
* ''Weapons of Choice'' (album), a 2006 album by Treat
* "Weapon of Choice" (song), a 2000 song by Fatboy Slim
* "Weapon of Choice", a 2007 song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from '' Baby 81''
Weapon of Choice may refer to: * Weapon of choice, a weapon commonly associated with a certain group or individual Music * Weapon of Choice (band) Weapon of Choice is a band from Los Angeles fronted by bass player Lonnie Marshall. They play a mixture of rock, alternative, funk, hip hop, jazz and reggae called 'Nutmeg': a term created by Marshall. Other uses [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Never Was
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Life (audio Drama)
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Russell
Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs in other media. As an actor, he is best known for playing Dick Kirrin in the British 1978 television series ''The Famous Five (1970s TV series), The Famous Five''. Biography Russell was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His on-screen acting career included leading roles in the BBC's adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' as Cyril, ITV (TV network), ITV's adaptations of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (novel series), Famous Five novels (as Dick) and the BBC's ''Look & Read'' schools series, playing Lord Edward Dark in ''Dark Towers''. He also spent seasons performing with Prospect Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre. He has written guide books, under the pseudonym Warren Martyn, to ''Frasier'' and ''The Simpsons'' for Virgin Publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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