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Keith Andrew Topping (born in Walker
Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne

Walker is a residential suburb and Ward just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Walker's name is a hybrid of Old English and Viking Old Norse, "Wall-kjerr", where "kjerr" is Norse for "marshy woodland"....
, Tyneside
Tyneside

Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne, England....
), is an author, journalist and broadcaster most closely associated with his work relating to the BBC Television
BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927....
 series Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
 and for writing numerous official and unofficial guide books to a wide variety of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 series, specifically Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

He is also the author of two books of rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 critique. To date, Topping has written over 40 books.

Early life and background
Keith Topping's parents were Thomas Topping (1918-1991) and Lily Lamb (b.






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Keith Andrew Topping (born in Walker
Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne

Walker is a residential suburb and Ward just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Walker's name is a hybrid of Old English and Viking Old Norse, "Wall-kjerr", where "kjerr" is Norse for "marshy woodland"....
, Tyneside
Tyneside

Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne, England....
), is an author, journalist and broadcaster most closely associated with his work relating to the BBC Television
BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927....
 series Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
 and for writing numerous official and unofficial guide books to a wide variety of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 series, specifically Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

He is also the author of two books of rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 critique. To date, Topping has written over 40 books.

Early life and background


Keith Topping's parents were Thomas Topping (1918-1991) and Lily Lamb (b. 1920) and he has two older brothers, Terrence John (b. 1944) and Thomas Colin (b. 1948). Topping's family have Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, East Anglian (Snape, Suffolk
Snape, Suffolk

Snape is a small village in the England county of Suffolk, on the River Alde close to Aldeburgh. It has about 600 inhabitants. Snape is now best known for Snape Maltings, no longer in commercial use, but converted into a tourist centre together with a concert hall that hosts the major part of the annual Aldeburgh Festival....
, Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
) and Cumbrian (Crosby-on-Eden
Crosby-on-Eden

Crosby-on-Eden is the combined name for two villages within the civil parish of Stanwix Rural near Carlisle, Cumbria, England.The two small villages are by the River Eden, Cumbria north-east of Carlisle, joined by a road that previously was the line of the Stanegate Roman road ....
) roots as well as North Eastern. He is a distant relative of the Morpeth landscape artist Thomas Bowman Garvie (1859-1944). Topping could be said to be following in a family tradition through his writing as his great- great-uncle was the Tyneside journalist and columnist Albert Elliott.

Topping attended Wharrier Street Infant and Junior school between 1968 and 1975 and Walker Comprehensive School between 1975 and 1982 leaving with an 'A' level in History and 6 'O' levels.

He worked for the Civil Service
Civil service

The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis of merit which is proven by the use of competitive examinations....
 as an Administrative Officer in the, then, Department of Employment between 1983 and 2001 when he left to pursue a full-time freelance writing career.

Work


One of the leading players in British Doctor Who fandom's fan-fiction movement during the 1980s, Topping's first published fiction was the BBC Books
BBC Books

BBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC....
 "Past Doctor Adventure
Past Doctor Adventures

The Past Doctor Adventures were a series of Doctor Who spin-offs novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint....
" The Devil Goblins from Neptune
The Devil Goblins from Neptune

The Devil Goblins from Neptune is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 in 1997. The novel was co-written with his friend and frequent collaborator Martin Day
Martin Day

Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
.

The pair quickly followed this up with the acclaimed novel The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men (Doctor Who)

The Hollow Men is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 in 1998.

Following Day's move into TV scripting, Topping wrote the novels The King of Terror
The King of Terror

The King of Terror is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 (2000) and Byzantium!
Byzantium!

Byzantium! is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 (2001) solo. The latter novel is the only BBC Books Past Doctor Adventure
Past Doctor Adventures

The Past Doctor Adventures were a series of Doctor Who spin-offs novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint....
 to be set entirely within one episode of the television series Doctor Who — 1965's The Romans
The Romans (Doctor Who)

The Romans is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 16 to February 6, 1965....
 by Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner

Dennis Spooner was an England television scriptwriter and story editor, known primarily for his spy fiction and his work in 1960s children's television....
.

Topping also wrote the Telos Doctor Who novella Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship (Doctor Who)

Ghost Ship is an original novella written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 which was published in 2002 and proved so popular that it was one of only two novellas reissued as a paperback edition in 2003.

As well as writing fiction, Topping has also authored numerous programme guides to television series as diverse as The X Files, The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)

The Avengers was a British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s United Kingdom. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation, and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman....
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
, The Sweeney
The Sweeney

The Sweeney was a United Kingdom television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the Metropolitan Police Service specialising in combatting armed robbery and violent crime within the Metropolitan Police area in London....
 and The Professionals
The Professionals (TV series)

The Professionals was a United Kingdom crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mk1 Productions and London Weekend Television that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983....
. These were all published by Virgin Books
Virgin Books

Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company....
, and co-written with Martin Day
Martin Day

Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
 and Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell

Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
.

Cornell, Day and Topping also collaborated on the popular Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide, published by Virgin Books
Virgin Books

Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company....
 in 1995 and re-issued, in the US, by in 2004, a lighthearted guide to the mistakes and incongruities of the television series.

The trio had first worked together co-writing two editions of The Guinness Book of Classic British Television (1993 and 1996 respectively).

Subsequently, Topping wrote The Complete Slayer: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Every Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a number of related texts on this popular series as well as guide books to The West Wing (Inside Bartlet's White House), Angel
Ángel

?ngel is the third single from Belinda Peregr?n's debut album: Belinda. It was a massive hit in Mexico and an international hit for Belinda....
 (Hollywood Vampire), 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
 (A Day in the Life) and Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 is an United States-Canadian science fiction television series, part of the Stargate. Its story begins one year after the events of the 1994 science fiction film Stargate ....
 (Beyond the Gate), amongst others. According to the 2003 book Slayer Slang by Michael Adams (Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a publisher and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It is the largest university press in the world, being larger than all the American university presses combined with Cambridge University Press....
), Topping was the originator of the word 'vampiry' (adj. "exhibiting features of a vampire") in the January 2000 edition of his book Slayer (pg. 26).

In addition, Topping is a regular contributor of articles and reviews to several TV and genre titles including TV Zone
TV Zone

TV Zone is a United Kingdom magazine published every four weeks by Visual Imagination that covers cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction, but has since branched out to cover other drama and comedy series....
, Xposé and Shivers
Shivers (magazine)

Shivers is a United Kingdom-based magazine which has run since the early 1990s. It is dedicated to horror film genre movies, television shows and literature....
 and is a former Contributing Editor of Dreamwatch
Dreamwatch

Dreamwatch was a United Kingdom magazine covering science fiction and fantasy films, books and television programmes.Published monthly by Gary Leigh and then Titan Magazines , it was a leading genre entertainment magazine, competing with SFX magazine and Cinescape in the genre magazine market....
. He is currently working as Project Consultant on Charmed
Charmed

Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
: The Complete DVD Collection.

On radio, Topping is the Producer/Presenter of the monthly Book Club and also co-presents a daily television review slot, Monday to Friday, on The Alfie Joey Show for BBC Radio Newcastle
BBC Radio Newcastle

BBC Radio Newcastle is the BBC Local Radio service England Metropolitan Counties of England of Tyne and Wear. It broadcasts from its studios on Barrack Road in Newcastle upon Tyne....
.

He has also contributed to the BBC television series I Love the '70s
I Love the '70s (UK TV series)

I Love the '70s is a television mini-series produced by the BBC. It is the sister series to I Love the '80s and examines the pop culture of the 1970s....
 and has written for Sounds, the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times ...
 Culture Supplement and many other magazines and periodicals.

Topping writes, and occasionally performs, stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 and has written radio comedy sketches, an (unproduced) stage play and a TV pilot (with Martin Day
Martin Day

Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
) that is, currently, stuck in “Development Hell.”

Topping continues to live and work on Tyneside. He achieved a lifetimes ambition in 2005 when his book on The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, Do You Want to Know a Secret was published by Virgin Book.

Bibliography


  • The Guinness Book of Classic British TV (1993: Guinness Publishing) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-85112-543-3
  • The Avengers Programme Guide (1994: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-86369-754-2
  • The Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide (1995: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-426-20442-5
  • The New Trek Programme Guide (1995: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-86369-922-7
    • (Also published as Der Neue TREK Episoden-Führer (ISBN 3-8025-2400-4) in Germany by VGS Verlagsgescellschaft, Köln (1996))
  • The Guinness Book of Classic British TV [Second Edition] (1996: Guinness Publishing) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-85112-628-6
  • X-Treme Possibilities - A Paranoid Rummage Through The X-Files (1997: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-7535-0019-1
  • Doctor Who: The Devil Goblins From Neptune (1997: BBC Books) cowritten with Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-563-40564-3
  • The Avengers Dossier (1998: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     & Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-86369-754-2
  • Doctor Who: The Hollow Men (1998: BBC Books) cowritten with Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-563-40582-1
  • X-Treme Possibilities - A Comprehensively Expanded Rummage Through Five Years of The X-Files (1998: Virgin Books) cowritten with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-7535-0228-3
  • Shut It! A Fan’s Guide to 70s Cops on the Box (1999: Virgin Books) cowritten with Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 0-7535-0355-7.
  • Slayer: The Totally Cool Unofficial Guide to Buffy (2000: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0475-8
    • (Also published in France as Tueuse de Vampires: Le guide non officiel de Buffy by Editions Hors Collection, ISBN 2-258-05445-1 (2000))
  • Hollywood Vampire: The Unofficial Guide to Angel (Nov 2000: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0531-2
    • (Also published in France as Le Vampire D’Hollywood: Le guide non officiel de La Serie Angel by Editions Hors Collection, ISBN 2-258-05649-7 (2001))
  • Doctor Who: The King of Terror (Nov 2000: BBC Books) ISBN 0-563-53802-3
  • Slayer: The Revised and Updated Unofficial Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Mar 2001: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0553-3
  • Doctor Who: Byzantium! (Jul 2001: BBC Books) ISBN 0-563-53836-8
  • High Times: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Roswell (Oct 2001: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-630-0
    • (Also published in France as Roswell: Le Guide non officiel les 2 premières saisons by Editions Hors Collection, ISBN 2-258-05942-9 (2002))
  • Hollywood Vampire: A Revised and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Angel (Dec 2001: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7353-0601-7
  • Slayer: An Expanded and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Feb 2002: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0631-9
  • Inside Bartlet’s White House: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The West Wing (April 2002: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0612-2.
  • Doctor Who: Ghost Ship (August 2002: Telos Publishing), ISBN Standard Hardback 1-903889-08-1. ISBN Deluxe Hardback 1-903889-09-X. ISBN Paperback 1-90-3889-32-4.
  • Beyond the Gåte: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Stargate SG-1 (October 2002: Telos Publishing). ISBN 1-903889-50-2.
  • Slayer The Next Generation: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Season Six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (January 2003: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0738-2
  • A Day in the Life: The Unofficial & Unauthorised Guide to 24 (April 2003: Telos Publishing) ISBN 1-903889-53-7
  • The Complete Clash (September 2003: Reynolds & Hearn Publishing) ISBN 1-903111-70-6
  • Hollywood Vampire: A Revised and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Angel (Jan 2004: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7353-0807-9
  • Inside Bartlet’s White House: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The West Wing – Revised and Updated (April 2004: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0828-1.
  • Slayer: The Last Days of Sunnydale: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Final Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (June 2004: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0844-3
  • Slayer: A totally awesome collection of Buffy trivia (August 2004: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0985-7
  • The Complete Slayer: An Unofficial; and Unauthorised Guide to Every Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (November 2004: Virgin Books) ISBN 0-7535-0931-8
  • A Vault of Horror: A Book of 80 Great (and not-so-great) British Horror Movies 1956-1974 (Telos Publishing: October 2004) ISBN 1-903889-58-8
  • The Discontinuity Guide: The Definitie Guide to the Worlds & Times of Doctor Who (MonkeyBrain Publishing
    MonkeyBrain Books

    MonkeyBrain Books is an independent American publishing house based in Austin, Texas, specialising in books comprising both new content and reprinting online, international or out-of-print content, which show "an academic interest," but which "reach a popular audience as well."...
    : October 2004) co-written with Paul Cornell
    Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
     and Martin Day
    Martin Day

    Martin Day is a screenwriter and novelist best known for his work on various Doctor Who spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and many episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs....
     ISBN 1-93226-509-0
  • Hollywood Vampire: The Apocalypse - An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Final Season of Angel (Virgin Books: January 2005) ISBN 0-7535-1000-6
  • Do You Want to Know a Secret?: A Fab Anthology of Beatles Facts (Virgin Books: July 2005) ISBN 0-7535-1041-3
  • Hollywood Vampire: A Totally Awesome Collection of Angel Trivia (Virgin Books: August 2005) co-written with Deborah Williams. ISBN 0-7535-1007-3
  • Triqueta: The Unauthorised and Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Charmed (Telos Publishing: Feb 2006) ISBN 1-84583-002-4


Short Stories


  • In the Midst of Life We Are in Death, Et Cetera (in Drabble Who, Beccon Publications, 1993, ISBN 1-870824-21-0)
  • Chain Male (in Perfect Timing. Privately Printed, 1998)
  • Disturbance at the Heron House (in Missing Pieces, Gallifrey Publishing, 2001)
  • Skulduggery? (co-written with Suzanne M Campagna, in Lifedeath, Ambrosia Press, 2001).
  • Prisoner of Conscience. To be published in 2007.


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