Guy Adams (born 6 January 1976) is an English

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, possibly best known for the novel ''The World House''. Adams is also a regular writer for Big Finish productions, who produce audio plays based on ''Doctor Who'', as well as several other properties.

Biography

Adams has also written several books for the Doctor Who franchise, including the

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'' novel, ''The House That Jack Built''. Adams's second book in his The Heaven's Gate Chronicles series, entitled ''Once Upon Time in Hell'' was published on 31 December 2013. The first book was also published in 2013 and was entitled ''The Good, The Bad and the Infernal''. He starred as a mugger on British

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'' and has also tried stand-up with his own material. Adams has also portrayed

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before embarking on creating his own original novel featuring Holmes.

Bibliography

''Clown Service''

* ''The Clown Service'' (2013) * ''The Rain Soaked Bride'' (2014) * ''A Few Words for the Dead'' (2015)

''Doctor Who'' franchise

* ''Torchwood: The House that Jack Built'' (2009) * ''Torchwood: The Men Who Sold the World'' (2011) * '' Class: Joyride'' (2016)

''Heaven's Gate''

*''The Good, The Bad, and The Infernal'' (2013) *''Once Upon a Time in Hell'' (2013) *''For a Few More Souls'' (2014)

''Life on Mars'' franchise

* ''The Rules of Modern Policing'' (2007) * ''The Wit and Wisdom of DCI Gene Hunt'' (2009)

''Sherlock Holmes'' franchise

* ''The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes'' (2009) * '' Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God'' (2012) * '' Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr. Moreau'' (2013)

''The Change''

*''London: Orbital'' (2017) *''New York: Queen of Coney Island'' (2017) *''Paris: City of Fools'' (2017)

''The World House''

* ''The World House'' (2010) * ''The World House: Restoration'' (2011)

Standalone works

* ''Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger'' (2005) * ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' (2009) * '' Kronos'' (2011) * ''Hands of the Ripper'' (2012) * ''Countess Dracula'' (2013)

Non-fiction

* ''Stranger Things: Notes from the Upside Down'' (2017)

Audio plays

For Big Finish Productions

Doctor Who – Main Range

*Fiesta of the Damned *Dalek Soul *The Quantum Possibility Engine *Conversion *Dark Universe

Doctor Who – Novel Adaptations

*All-Consuming Fire (adapted from

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The Tenth Doctor Adventures

*Sword of the Chevalier

The Tenth Doctor Chronicles

*Last Chance

The First Doctor Adventures

*The Great White Hurricane *Tick-Tock World *For the Glory of Urth

The Third Doctor Adventures

*The Transcendence of Ephros *The Rise of the New Humans *The Scream of Ghosts *Operation Hellfire

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

*Kill The Doctor! *The Age of Sutekh *The False Guardian *Time's Assassin *The World Traders *The Dreams of Avarice *Ice Heist!

The Eighth Doctor – The Time War

*In the Garden of Death

The War Doctor

*Pretty Lies

The War Master

*The Heavenly Paradigm *The Persistence of Dreams *Sins of the Father

The Diary of River Song

*The Unknown *Peepshow

Torchwood

*More Than This *Moving Target *Made You Look *Outbreak – Stage 1: Incubation:Know *Believe *We Always Get Out Alive

The Lives of Captain Jack

*The Year After I Died *Month 25 *Crush

UNIT: The New Series

*Tidal Wave *Retrieval *Telepresence *Code Silver *The Power of River Song Part 1 *The Power of River Song Part 2

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield

*Random Ghosts *The Pyramid of Sutekh *Planet X *The City and the Clock *Truant *Gallifrey

The New Counter-Measures

*Nothing to See Here

The Robots

*Circuit Breaker *Closed Loop

The Companion Chronicles

*The Plague of Dreams *The Crumbling Magician (from The First Doctor Volume 3)

Iris Wildthyme

*Iris Rides Out

Vienna

*Big Society *Retribution

Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles

*Capital *Punishment

Star Cops

*The Thousand Ton Bomb

Adam Adamant Lives!

*Vol.01: A Vintage Year for Scoundrels *Vol.02: Face Off

The Confessions of Dorian Gray

*One Must Not Look at Mirrors

Big Finish Classics

*The Shape of Things to Come (based on the book by H. G. Wells)

Big Finish Originals

*Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost

References

External resources

REVIEW : The Clown Service
at Upcoming4.me
The story behind The Rain-Soaked Bride – Online Essay by Guy Adams
at Upcoming4.me {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Guy 1976 births Living people 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English male writers English male novelists English dramatists and playwrights Place of birth missing (living people) English male dramatists and playwrights British science fiction writers Writers of Doctor Who novels