Alan Barnes

Alan Barnes (born 17 March 1970^[1]) is a British writer. He began at Doctor Who Magazine as a comic writer, then edited the magazine for a number of years. He wrote the first half of the Eighth Doctor comic strip stories before becoming assistant editor under Gary Gillatt (the magazine's editor at the time).^[2] In issue 237, released on 14 March 1996, Alan Barnes was credited as "Assistant Editor". He continued to hold this position until issue 271 in November 1998. The following issue he began to share the position of editor with Gary Gillat. By July 2000, with issue 293, Barnes had assumed full duties as sole editor (and was credited as such in the magazine's credits).

Barnes was also editor of the Judge Dredd Magazine from 2001 to 2005.

Barnes created, or more precisely, "fleshed out" the character of Charley Pollard, who was introduced in Storm Warning. He was given the brief for Storm Warning and in it was the instruction that he had to introduce a companion called "Charley".^[2]

Orbis, a Big Finish Productions audio drama, was cowritten with Nicholas Briggs. However, Barnes has said that he "wrote the script from Nick's very detailed scene breakdown. Which was a fascinating experience – like painting, or something. A storyline is a fairly cold, mechanical blueprint of a thing; writing the script is about adding colour, finding ways to bring it to life." ^[3] In addition to his audio and comic strip credits, Barnes has also written one television story, The Infinite Quest, originally a thirteen-episode animated story made up of three-and-a-half-minute episodes broadcast as part of Totally Doctor Who.

Bibliography Edit

Audio Edit

Big Finish main range Edit

• Storm Warning
• Neverland
• Zagreus (with Gary Russell)
• The Next Life (with Gary Russell)
• The Girl Who Never Was
• Brotherhood of the Daleks
• Izzy's Story (in The Company of Friends)
• Castle of Fear
• Heroes of Sontar
• Gods and Monsters (with Mike Maddox)
• Daleks Among Us
• Trial of the Valeyard (with Mike Maddox)
• Last of the Cybermen
• And You Will Obey Me
• An Alien Werewolf in London

Big Finish special relaeases Edit

• Trial of the Valeyard (with Mike Maddox)
• The Red House (in The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure)

Fourth Doctor Adventures Edit

• Trail of the White Worm
• The Oseidon Adventure
• White Ghosts
• Suburban Hell
• Gallery of Ghouls
• The Planet of Witches

Eighth Doctor Adventures Edit

• Orbis (with Nicholas Briggs)
• Death in Blackpool
• Nevermore

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller Edit

• Island of the Fendahl

Dark Eyes Edit

• The White Room (in Dark Eyes 2)

The Comic Strip Adaptations Edit

• Doctor Who and the Iron Legion
• Doctor Who and the Star Beast

Destiny of the Doctor Edit

• Enemy Aliens

Gallifrey Edit

• Weapon of Choice
• A Blind Eye
• Panacea

The War Master Edit

• The Master's Dalek Plan
• Shockwave

Susan's War Edit

• The Shoreditch Intervention

Jago and Litefoot Edit

• The Bellova Devil

The Churchill Years Edit

• Hounded
• I Was Churchill's Double

Comics Edit

Doctor Who Magazine Edit

• The Dead Heart
• The Flesh Unbound
• The Black Sky
• The Hungry Sea
• The Curse of the Scarab
• The Dark Flame
• The Future Perfect
• The Ugly Underneath
• Daleks Versus the Martians
• Endgame
• The Keep
• A Life of Matter and Death
• Fire and Brimstone
• Tooth and Claw
• The Final Chapter
• TV Action!
• The Warkeeper's Crown
• The Prodigal Returns

Doctor Who Yearbook Edit

• Junk-Yard Demon II (in Doctor Who Yearbook 1996)

Doctor Who Adventures Edit

• The Germ War
• Warfreekz!
• Fried Death
• Save the Humans!
• Bat Attack!
• Triskaidekaphobia
• Gangster's Paradise

Doctor Who Annual Edit

• Death Disco (in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009)

Short stories Edit

Doctor Who Magazine Edit

• The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge

Television Edit

Doctor Who Edit

• The Infinite Quest

Footnotes Edit

 External links Edit

• BBC.co.uk website interview with Alan Barnes, 10 January 2004