Simon Messingham is a British science fiction writer, and a comedy writer and performer, who has written six ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' novels and another ''Doctor Who'' story released as a BBC Audio Drama. Messingham has also witten an original novel, Sirens, which was released in 2017. He also wrote and performed in the

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programmes ''The Dave Saint Show'' and ''Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement'' Messingham is also an actor. He went to drama school and have worked in the theatre.

Selected bibliography

Doctor Who novels

Virgin New Adventures The ''Virgin New Adventures'' (NA series, or NAs) are a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. They continued the story of the Doctor from the point at which the televisio ...

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Strange England ''Strange England'' is an original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by ...

'' (1994)

Past Doctor Adventures The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprin ...

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Zeta Major The ''Past Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes known by the abbreviation ''PDA'' or ''PDAs'') were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books impri ...

'' (1998) *'' Tomb of Valdemar'' (2000) *'' The Indestructible Man'' (2004)

Eighth Doctor Adventures The ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of Doctor Who spin-offs, spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published unde ...

*'' The Face-Eater'' (1999) *'' The Infinity Race'' (2002)

New Series Adventures The ''New Series Adventures'' are a series of novels relating to the long-running BBC science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. The 'NSAs', as they are often referred to, are published by BBC Books, and are regularly published twice a y ...

*'' The Doctor Trap'' (2008)

Short fiction

Audio books

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The Day of the Troll ''The Day of the Troll'' is an exclusive to audio '' Doctor Who'' story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the fifth entry in the series to be produced. Written by author Simon Messingham and read by series star Dav ...

(BBC, 2009)

References

External links

Interview with Messingham
BBC ''Doctor Who'' website * Living people Alumni of Bretton Hall College British science fiction writers Writers of Doctor Who novels 21st-century British short story writers 21st-century British male writers 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists British male novelists Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-novelist-stub