Adam RayA hard working student and young author from South West London. Son to a long-suffering Doctor Who widow Mum and self confessed Who-A-Holic Dad. Brother to a bonkers cat. At birth it was prophecised that I would one dave save the world... Or blow it up.
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Darren Rigby-O'Neill
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Darren Rigby-O'Neill has watched Doctor Who since "the one with the maggots". He's never lost the faith in the 40 years since. Not even during the 1980's and "the one with the shrieking Bonnie Langford" (although he was close to self harming). Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen were his Doctor and companion.
For over twenty years he has worked as a Civil Servant. He is not a professional writer, and just enjoys writing on various forums and his own blogs for the hell of it. He likes to quote the rock cliche "If anybody else enjoys what I do, it's a bonus". He spends much of his time wondering why the band Saint Etienne aren't more successful and in a valiant attempt to raise their profile, tries to shoehorn a mention of them into anything he's involved in. Like this paragraph. He also likes cats. Not as much as he likes Doctor Who. If there was a cat companion on Doctor Who he would explode. Which would be horrible. |
Michael Russell
Living a happy life with my hubby. Wrote a novel and a children's book. Starting a second novel soon. Atheist ex-fundamentalist, widower, former inner-city teacher. My man says I'm a gorilla because of all the bananas and coconuts I eat.
Links: I have two ebooks: I Don't Fit, a surreal and fanciful children's story, and First Floor on Fire, an angry inner city novel. Both are also available on amazon.co.uk and on Nook.
Links: I have two ebooks: I Don't Fit, a surreal and fanciful children's story, and First Floor on Fire, an angry inner city novel. Both are also available on amazon.co.uk and on Nook.
Dez SkinnDez Skinn is the legendary UK comics icon, founding editor of Doctor Who Weekly (now Doctor Who Magazine) and creator and current honorary editor-in-chief of Starburst Magazine.
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Andrew Stark
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Glasgow born, Andrew Stark achieved his life-long ambition at the age of five by getting his parents to move to Cardiff, the home of Doctor Who, though due to the inherent wibbly-wobbly nature of time he managed to achieve this 33 years before Doctor Who itself. A fan since the early 70s, one of Andrew’s most crushing disappointments was travelling all the way to the Longleat 1983 Celebration only to be denied entrance for the small matter of not possessing a ticket. This blow to his psyche was exacerbated several years later when Andrew discovered his father had given away his entire set of Target novelisations to a family friend whilst he was at university, a revelation for which Andrew is still receiving counselling. These days, when not following the exploits of the Doctor, Andrew spends a lot of time baking and going to the gym, two activities which are almost exactly as counterproductive as you might expect.
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I'm a graphic designer and freelance digital artist. After concentrating on design work for over a decade, in 2010 I rekindled my love of science-fiction and fantasy art, and began producing my own work, leading to my first piece going on public display in the autumn of 2011. I'm producing works regularly and on the look out for commissions. A lifelong Doctor Who fan, I grew up in awe of Peter Davison's Doctor in the early 80s. This also led to me being an obsessive Dalek collector. I launched fan-site, sevenzero.net in 2002, and self-published a limited edition run of my own Who memoir, Who Where & When, in 2011.When I'm not painting or watching Classic Doctor Who, I'm reading sci-fi novels by authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick. I'm also passionate about music, particularly electronic. I'm a cat lover and enjoy fine food and wine.
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Neil Thomas |
Neil Thomas is an actor currently based in West Sussex.
Doctor Who captured Neil’s imagination at the age of 4 and now 30 years later, the show is still doing the same. At the time of writing, Neil has seen every Doctor Who story from the fifth Doctor onwards. However, there are still many Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee and T. Baker adventures that he has yet to see. Neil explains, “Ever since I began purchasing the videos in the early 90’s, I’ve loved buying a random story and sitting down on a Sunday morning to enjoy it. I know that in a few years, I will have seen almost all of them, so I’ve decided that the final 4 classic stories I ever watch will indeed be classics.” Neil has picked a story from each of these eras that he is purposely saving until last. These final stories are: The Time Meddler, The War Games, The Daemons & The Seeds Of Doom. Good idea or madness? Well it takes all sorts to make a galaxy. |
Karolyn Timarkos
Karolyn Timarkos has worked as a radio announcer, journalist, graphic designer, website designer, lion and tiger park guide, photographer, and in numerous roles within the hospitality and tourism industries. Her talents include being able to watch an entire season of Doctor Who in one sitting, and persisting in a passion for surfing even though after many years she can still only catch white wash. She loves cats, WOMAD festivals, the Oxford Comma, and travelling. She dislikes smokers, political correctness, and people who don't know the difference between “your” and “you’re”. She is the author of the young adult fantasy series The Atlas Chronicles.
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Blane TraynorBlane William Traynor is one of those aspiring artistic types you hear about. His work has been used by several podcasts and published online in Dark Fiction Magazine and The Fan Can. If he practices really, really hard then one day he might actually get good at it. His passions include badgers, ice lollies and really long baths. In that order.
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Scott Varnham |
Scott Varnham has written a story for a Sherlock Holmes anthology (Sherlock's Home - The Empty House) and articles for Kasterborous.com and Starburst Magazine. His plans are to become a freelance writer and hopefully a published author, and has made significant strides towards both. He is willing to give the classic series of Doctor Who a go but isn't wildly enthusiastic about it, and as such is ready to face any death threats that you can throw at him. You can find this and other controversial views on his Twitter page.
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I'm a fun-loving, intelligent, egotistical 17 year old with a massive adoration of shows from 'before my time' particularly old episodes of both Doctor Who and Coronation Street. When I'm not hanging around the streets like a yob or doing college work (studying Maths, English and German at Sixth Form), I procrastinate by creating Doctor Who videos for youtube - give 'em a watch, they're not too bad, even if I do say so meself. I do love a good laugh and have been told I am rather amusing (although I've never understood why). I also want a cat, but no-one will let me have one. And I do a spot on impression of Deirdre Barlow. That's about it, really.
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Greg WalkerPicture: It's me with a snowwoman. Hayley, her name was.
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Paul Watts |
Paul owes an awful lot to Doctor Who. His love of reading came from visiting Redruth library to borrow the Target books, and his passion for illustration came from wanting to draw all manner of monsters from the series.
It was worth it all as, over time, this put him on the path to obtaining various qualifications in design and illustration. It also led him to making some of the best friends a man could ever hope for - and not one of them remotely normal. He now divides his time as a published illustrator and writer, and as a Dementia/Alzheimer’s Care Assistant. He is Cornish, which is as close to being a renegade from an alien world as anyone is likely to get. |
Born in the small country town of Celina, Ohio, Wayne is the co-founder of the Cincinnati-based film and television production company Historical Productions. As one-half of the executive team, he has written and produced the independent docu-film Johnny - The True Stroy of a Civil War Legend as well as the short films The Envelope and the soon-to-be-released Revenge of the Savage Robot. Later this year will see the release of Wayne's directorial debut with the full-length film Legend, a horror film starring actor David Michael Plowman and singer Angela Manning. Formed in 1996 by Wayne and fellow screenwriter R. David Burns, Historical Productions continues to be one of the top Independent film companies in the midwest US, with many more projects to come in the near future. He has also authored the book Johnny - The Story Behind the Making of the Film and is co-writing the Orie Alexander series of childrens novels.
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Jon Witchell |
Jon has been a fan of Doctor Who since he was very young, getting hooked onto the programme through his mum, courtesy of 1990s VHS releases. His earliest memories are of giant maggots (The Green Death), and robots vs. Daleks (Destiny of the Daleks); he later became a fan as he discovered more stories through the 2000s UK Gold repeats. Since leaving school, he has completed two degrees in Theatre & Performance – a BA and Master of Research, both at Plymouth University. Jon is into writing and scriptwriting; he wrote a short fan-fiction epilogue to The War Games which was published on the now non-existent Outpost Gallifrey website. In September, he is presenting a paper at the Doctor Who: Walking in Eternity conference at Herts University, where he will be discussing the representation of gender and sexuality in the series. He is hoping to begin a television-based PhD within the next year or so, however need we say any more about which topic he is hoping to base it on?
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