Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954) is an English screenwriter and novelist. Gallagher was born in

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and attended Eccles Grammar School, then graduated from the

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with Joint Honours in Drama and English. First worked as a documentaries researcher for

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and then in the Presentation Department of Granada TV, (now

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Career

Gallagher has written novels and television scripts, including for the

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'' — for which he wrote two serials, '' Warriors' Gate'' (1981) and '' Terminus'' (1983)—as well as for the series '' Rosemary & Thyme'' and '' Bugs'', for two seasons of which he was script consultant along with

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. He adapted his own novel ''Chimera'' as a 90-minute dramatized audio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1985, and as a miniseries of the same name that was shown on ITV in 1991. He also directed the miniseries adaptation of '' Oktober'', as well as writing the feature-length episode ''The Kingdom of Bones'' for the BBC series '' Murder Rooms''. He created and wrote a science-based series for ITV, '' Eleventh Hour'', starring

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as a government science investigator and advisor. The programme was rumoured to be ITV's answer to the new series of ''Doctor Who'', but was more in the tradition of the hard-science thriller. Gallagher's series format was acquired for a US television remake by the '' CSI'' trio of CBS,

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and director Danny Cannon. The series aired on CBS and starred

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and

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. ''Life Line'', broadcast in 2007, was a two-part supernatural mystery starring Ray Stevenson, Joanne Whalley and

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. Gallagher was later lead writer and story supervisor on NBC's 13-part series '' Crusoe'', screened in 2008/2009, and contributed two episodes to the US version of '' Eleventh Hour'' including ''Medea'', the season finale. In 2009 he served as Co-Executive Producer on Bruckheimer's crime show '' The Forgotten'', starring

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. ''Legacy'', a two-part story for season 16 of the BBC's ''

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'', was Best Drama winner in the 2013 European Science TV and New Media Awards. He later wrote episodes of '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man''.

Bibliography

Novels

Original

*'' The Last Rose of Summer'' – 1978 (later revised as ''Dying of Paradise'', 1982 as by Stephen Cooper) *'' Chimera (British TV series)'' – 1982 *'' The Ice Belt'' – 1983 (as Stephen Couper) *'' Follower'' – 1984 *'' Valley of Lights'' – 1987 *'' Oktober (TV series)'' – 1988 *''Down River'' – 1989 *''Rain'' – 1990 *'' The Boat House'' – 1991 *'' Nightmare, With Angel'' – 1992 *'' Red, Red Robin'' – 1995 *'' White Bizango'' – 2002 *''The Spirit Box'' – 2005 *'' The Painted Bride'' – 2006 *'' The Kingdom of Bones'' – 2007 *'' The Bedlam Detective'' – 2012 *'' The Authentic William James'' – 2016 *'' The Babylon Run'' - 2022 *'' The Next Thing You See When You Die'' - 2024 (novella)

Omnibus

*'' Dying of Paradise: The Trilogy'' – 2022

Novelizations

*'' Saturn Three'' – 1980 (film novelisation) *'' Silver Dream Racer'' – 1980 (film novelisation, as John Lydecker) *'' Doctor Who - Warriors' Gate'' – 1982 (as John Lydecker) *'' Doctor Who - Terminus'' – 1983 (as John Lydecker) *''The Kids from Fame'' – 1983 (as Lisa Todd, based on TV series '' Fame'') *''The Kids from Fame II'' – 1983 (as Lisa Todd, based on TV series '' Fame'') *'' Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate and Beyond'' – 2023 (printing longer draft of novelization, along with two new related stories) "The Kairos Ring" and a new story, "The Little Book of Fate"

Non-fiction

*''Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore'' – 2000

Screenplays

*''Trick Shot'' – 1980 (short film) *''

'': '' Warriors’ Gate'' - 1981 (BBC) *''

'': '' Terminus'' – 1983 (BBC) *''

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: Moving Targets'' – 1988 (BBC) *'' Chimera'' – 1991 (Zenith/Anglia) *''

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: Prophecy'' – 1995 (YTV) *''

: Here Comes the Mirror Man'' – 1995 (YTV) *'' Bugs: Assassins, Inc'' – 1995 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Down Among the Dead Men'' – 1995 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Stealth'' – 1995 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Pulse'' – 1995 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Schrodinger’s Bomb'' – 1996 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: The Bureau of Weapons'' – 1996 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: A Cage for Satan'' – 1996 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Blaze of Glory'' – 1997 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: The Revenge Effect'' – 1997 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Bugs: Renegades'' – 1997 (Carnival Films/BBC) *'' Oktober'' – 1998 (Carnival Films/ITV) *'' Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes: The Kingdom of Bones'' – 2001 (BBC Films) *'' Rosemary & Thyme: The Memory of Water'' – 2004 (Carnival Films) *'' Rosemary & Thyme: The Cup of Silence'' – 2005 (Carnival Films) *'' Eleventh Hour: Resurrection'' – 1983 (Granada TV) *'' Eleventh Hour: Containment'' – 1987 (Granada TV) *'' Life Line'' – 2007 (Carnival Films) *'' Crusoe: Rum'' – 2008 (NBC/Power TV) *'' Crusoe: Gunpowder'' – 2008 (NBC/Power TV) *'' Crusoe: Sacrifice'' – 2008 (NBC/Power TV) (uncredited) *'' Crusoe: The Traveler'' – 2009 (NBC/Power TV) *'' Crusoe: The Return'' – 2009 (NBC/Power TV) *'' Eleventh Hour: Resurrection'' – 2008 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) (story by) *'' Eleventh Hour: Containment'' – 2008 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) (story by) *'' Eleventh Hour: Subway'' – 2009 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) *'' Eleventh Hour: Medea'' – 2009 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) *'' The Forgotten: Canine John'' – 2010 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) *'' The Forgotten: Patient John'' – 2010 (CBS/Bruckheimer TV) *''

: Legacy, Part 1'' – 2013 (BBC) *''

: Legacy, Part 2'' – 2013 (BBC) *'' Stan Lee's Lucky Man: Charm Offensive'' – 2016 (Carnival Films/POW! Entertainment/Sky)

Radio and Audio

*''The Last Rose of Summer'' – 1977 (6x30’, Piccadilly Radio) *''Hunters’ Moon'' – 1978 (8x30, Piccadilly Radio) *''The Humane Solution'' – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4

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) *''The Babylon Run'' – 1979 (4x30, Piccadilly Radio) *''An Alternative to Suicide'' – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4

) *''A Resistance to Pressure'' – 1980 (90’, BBC Radio 4

) *''Chimera'' – 1985 (90’, BBC Radio 4

) *''The Kingston File'' – 1987 (90’, BBC Radio 4

) *'' The Wonderful Visit'' – 1988 (45’,

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adaptation, BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre) *''By the River, Fontainebleau'' – 1988 (30’, BBC Radio 4 Fear on Four) *''The Horn'' – 1989 (30’, BBC Radio 4 Fear on Four) *''The Visitors’ Book'' – 1992 (15', short story, BBC Radio 4, reader Terence Edmond) *''Life Line'' – 1993 (30’, BBC Radio 4, Fear on Four) *''The Bedlam Detective'' – 2012 (Audiobook, Dreamscape Media, reader Michael Page) *''The Kingdom of Bones'' – 2013 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble) *''The Box'' – 2013 (30’, Hammer Chillers, Bafflegab Productions) *''The Bedlam Detective'' – 2014 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble) *''Nightmare Country'' – 2019 (Doctor Who: The Lost Stories,

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) *''Warriors’ Gate'' – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader

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) *'' Casting the Runes'' – 2019 (

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adaptation, Bafflegab Productions) *''Terminus'' – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader Steven Pacey) *''The Kairos Ring'' – 2021 (Audio original, BBC Audio, reader Steven Pacey)

Theatre

*''Cheeky Boy'' – March 2018 (portmanteau drama The Ghost Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More,

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, London)

Short fiction - Collections

*'' Out of His Mind'' – 2004 (collection of short stories, winner of the

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with an introduction by

) *'' Plots and Misadventures'' – 2007 (second collection of short stories) *'' Comparative Anatomy: the Best of Stephen Gallagher'' – 2022 (Subterranean Press, with an introduction by Stephen Volk)

Comics

*'' Faustine: Princess of Tharil'' - 2023 (Gods and Monsters, Cutaway Comics) *'' Losko of the Antonine'' - 2025 (forthcoming) (Gods and Monsters, Cutaway Comics)

StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

Key to collections: CA=Comparative Anatomy, OOHM= Out of his Mind, PM=Plots & Misadventures

References

External links

*
Stephen Gallagher's websiteStephen Gallagher's weblogStephen Gallagher profile in FEAR magazine number 15, March 1990St James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic WritersThe Hollywood Reporter: CBS, Bruckheimer Meet in Eleventh HourKirkus review of The Bedlam DetectivePublishers Weekly review of The Authentic William James
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