Andy LambertAndy Lambert has been creating Doctor Who art very successfully for the past two decades, and his pictures have adorned the covers of books as well as the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. His Facebook Page is well worth a visit, and there's also a link to a second site where you can download his artwork for your own private use.
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Guy LambertGuy Lambert is a freelance TV writer and producer, mostly specialising in Children's work. He's written and produced content for Sky One, TWI, Disney, CBBC, Nick Jr and CSC Media. In his spare time, he mostly tweets about Doctor Who - including one weekend where he watched and tweet-reviewed the entire Colin Baker era using the hashtag #Colinathon. Guy also runs a service helping aspiring presenters, and is attempting to write his own TV drama and film scripts. The former is so far proving much more successful than the latter!
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When he was still at school, Richard began to contribute to Doctor Who Magazine and for four years was their main features writer, regularly meeting those making the programme in this era and witnessing many studio recordings. When he left University, he joined the BBC as a floor assistant, working his way up the ranks to become a producer and director. He worked on Blue Peter for ten years, four of them as Editor, winning a BAFTA (as well as a gold Blue Peter badge!), writing and editing a string of the famous 'annuals' and the official book celebrating the programme's 50th anniversary. During this time, there were many Doctor Who items!
He now divides his time between writing and television work. He is the author of Inside Updown, the definitive story of the classic TV series Upstairs, Downstairs and JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner. In 2012, he produced and directed a 90 minute documentary celebrating the BBC TV Centre, Tales of Television Centre. He is married and lives with his family in St Albans. |
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Cindy A. Matthews |
Cindy Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer and copy editor. Her writer's guide, The Curse of the Manuscript Eating Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print under the title, Defeating the Slushpile Monster. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at http://www.cindyamatthews.com
Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published science fiction and fantasy stories. Her novel, Loving Who, is about an enthusiastic group of Doctor Who fans trying to make a fan film. Loving Who is available in e-formats from Mojocastle Press and in print from Amazon as well as Kindle formats. Cindy also writes sf/fantasy and paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. You can read excerpts from her novels at her web sites: http://www.cynthianna.com andhttp://www.celinechatillon.com |
Ian McArdellIan is a cradle Doctor Who fan, born in the gap between Planet of the Spiders and Robot. With two elder brothers, he was exposed to the show at a young age and soon became hooked.
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Local fandom followed, along with conventions, semi-regular attendance to monthly fan gatherings at London's 'Fitzroy Tavern' and a reasonable amount of dressing up in costume. He kept the faith in the wilderness years and with an interest in TV and special effects, ended up with an unglamorous career in the world of television transmission.
These days, as a father of four, he is learning to appreciate the show in a whole new light. He steadfastly refuses to choose a favourite Doctor and believes there is plenty to love in all eras of the show. He is also firmly of the opinion that we never had it so good! Ian writes and reviews Doctor Who and other Cult programmes for Cultbox. |
Richard McGinlay
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Richard McGinlay contributed features and reviews to Dreamwatch magazine during its first five years as a high-street publication. Since then, he has been a regular reviewer and feature writer for Sci-Fi Online and its sister site Review Graveyard. Most of his writing has been about his favourite show, Doctor Who, though he has also covered other genre series, including the various Star Treks, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes and comic-book superheroes. He has also contributed to the TV guide Satellite Times and the fanzine Skaro in print and, most recently, The Avengers Declassified online.
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Daniel J McLaughlin
Daniel J McLaughlin is a first year journalism student at The University of Salford, full-time Whovian, part-time misanthropist and all round nice guy. Whilst he is ignoring his university work to watch his endless collection of Doctor Who DVDs, Dan presents on Shock Radio with the surreal satire show, How To Survive The Daily Mail. He has a phobia of bees and wasps, he is particularly fond of the Blues and his sideburns are indeed real.
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Nick Mellish |
Nick Mellish is prone to self-depreciation and is a bit crap at it. When not listening to Sparks or Big Finish plays, he works with pre-school children and writes a lot. He co-wrote 'Memoirs of an Edwardian Adventurer' with the far more talented Will Brooks, has penned articles in the Shooty Dog Thing and Outside In books for the far more talented Paul Castle and Robert Smith? respectively, writes an article reviewing the Target Novelisations for the fanzine Whotopia, which seems to be well received by people including his editors Bob Furnell and Jez Strickley (who are far more talented than him), and penned a story for The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars, one of the range of quarterly publications from Obverse Books, where he was edited and mentored throughout...
He blogs a bit, where he regularly posts short stories, and aspires to get some friends who are far less talented than he is in a bid to boost his confidence. |
Robert MorrissonA proud Scot (and equally proud Brit!), from Inverness, called Bob by my friends! I always cite Tom Baker as my favourite Doctor, but Patrick Troughton and Matt Smith both come close! Jamie is undoubtedly my favourite companion! I love Doctor Who with a passion, enjoy Star Trek, and Gerry Andersons' shows, and I’m interested in natural history, astronomy and history. I love a good film or comedy too! I’ve a zoology degree from the University of Aberdeen, and would love to write for a living. I've written stories since I was young, was highly commended in a local writing competition, A Winter's Tale, in 2005, and most recently completed two Open University courses, Creative Writing (2009/10) and Advanced Creative Writing (2010/11). I write poetry regularly and my first poetry book, 'Can't Talk, Can Think, Can Write!', was published in December 2011.
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Al NoAl No remains Welsh, short and just one honorary doctorate away from true glory.
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Peter Nolan
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Up until this point, Peter Nolan's greatest literary achievement has been having a spec treatment for Big Finish rejected as having a plot resolution that was "a bit too improbable" which, for a Doctor Who story, is saying something (though, in all honesty, if you can't have Peter Davison riding into town to save the day at the head of a stampeding herd of mammoths on audio, when can you, eh?). Trapped in the epic trans-Atlantic grey area that is Ireland, organized fandom has been something that happens to other people on either side of him. He's married to wonderfully understanding woman who restricts herself to only mentioning once or twice her day her spending a book signing with Tom Baker and he's proud father to a brilliant eight year old who casually asks questions like "if you had to switch off one of Voyager I's five remaining instruments to save power, which would it be?" and who is currently patiently sitting through an epic Doctor Who marathon with his old man.
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Danny OzDanny Oz used to be called Danny Heap until he regenerated. He is probably the only non-West Australian who will ever win The Silver Swan Award for his services to WA Science Fiction Fandom. He has tracked snakes, written fiction, run conventions, and danced naked on the Nullarbor because someone has to.
He started Melbourne’s yearly Continuum Convention, a fan-run, not-for-profit SF event. An ex-butcher and drover, and current stay at home dad, he also plays Father Christmas on a yearly basis. Was part of the Who3D team approached by the BBC Wales Research and Development Department in Dec 2002, to use the internet to try to produce a 3D animated TV show, in this case a new version of Doctor Who. Development went on for over a year before finally closing down. |
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Andrew Pixley is a former telecoms design engineer now working in the field of data development. He has enjoyed writing about the many television and radio series which he is so fond of in fanzines since 1981. He has also written for magazines such as Doctor Who Magazine, TV Zone, SFX, Starburst and PrimeTime, and has worked as a researcher for various television documentaries and books as well as DVDs from Network and CDs from AudioGO.
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