Written by Simon Guerrier

The 100% Awesomes

2012-01-06T06:11:00.000-08:00

The 100% Awesomes is a short superhero comic written by me with art by William Potter, produced for the Autism Education Trust. It's designed to be used in school classrooms to teach kids about autism and difference.
- AET press release about the 100% Awesomes
- William Potter's website

"Last Rites"

2012-01-06T06:10:00.000-08:00

"Last Rites" is a short ghost story in The Hammer Out Book of Ghosts 2012, published in January 2012 to raise money for brain tumour charities.
- Buy The Hammer Out Book of Ghosts 2012

Blake's 7: "The Magnificent Four"

2011-11-26T03:27:00.000-08:00

The Magnificent Four is a Blake's 7 story starring Jan Chappell as Cally and Paul Darrow as Avon. It's part of the Liberator Chronicles box-set released in August 2012.
- Buy The Liberators Chronicles volume 2 from Big Finish

Cleaning Up

2011-08-26T07:36:00.001-07:00

Cleaning Up is a short film written by me, directed by Thomas Guerrier and starring Mark Gatiss and Louise Jameson.

- Guerrier brothers website

Blake's 7: "The Turing Test"

2011-07-19T10:21:00.002-07:00

“The Turing Test” is a new Blake's 7 adventure featuring members of the cast from the original TV series. It is part of “The Liberator Chronicles” box-set, released in February 2012.
- Buy the Liberator Chronicles from Big Finish

Doctor Who: "The Anachronauts"

2011-07-19T10:21:00.001-07:00

“The Anachronauts” (January 2012) is a four-episode Doctor Who story starring Jean Marsh and Peter Purves.
- Buy The Anachronauts from Big Finish

Graceless 2

2011-07-19T10:20:00.000-07:00

The second series (December 2011) of my mini-series Graceless stars Ciara Janson, Laura Doddington and Fraser James.
- Buy Graceless 2 from Big Finish

Doctor Who: "The First Wave"

2011-07-19T10:19:00.000-07:00

“The First Wave” (November 2011) is the final part of a trilogy of plays I've written starring Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Tom Allen as Oliver Harper.
- Buy The First Wave from Big Finish

Doctor Who: "The Memory Cheats"

2011-07-19T10:18:00.002-07:00

“The Memory Cheats” (September 2011) stars Wendy Padbury as the Second Doctor's companion Zoe Heriot and her daughter Charlie Hayes.
- Buy The Memory Cheats from Big Finish

Dark Shadows: “The Creeping Fog”

2011-07-19T10:18:00.001-07:00

My Dark Shadows audio play featuring David Selby as Quentin Collins plus Matthew Waterhouse and James Unsworth was released in June 2011.
- Buy The Creeping Fog from Big Finish

"Final Cut: Film critic on the edge"

2011-07-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

“Final Cut” is a nine-page comic strip written by me and illustrated by Pearlyn Quan. It appeared in The End: An Electric Sheep anthology, published in May 2011
- Buy The End from Electric Sheep
- PDF preview of “Final Cut”

Doctor Who: AAAGH!

2011-07-19T10:16:00.000-07:00

I've written a series of scripts for Doctor Who Adventures' back up comic strip AAAGH!, which began in 2011.
- Read my AAAGH! strips on my blog
- Doctor Who Adventures website

Doctor Who: “The Very Cool Bow-Tie”

2011-07-19T10:15:00.000-07:00

My comic strip “The Very Cool Bow-Tie”, illustarted by John Ross, appeared in Doctor Who Adventures 218 (May 2011).
- Doctor Who Adventures website

Doctor Who: “Letting Go”

2011-07-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

My short story “Letting Go”, read by India Fisher, was included on Short Trips Volume 2 in February 2011. It features the eighth Doctor.
- Buy Short Trips: Volume 2 from Big Finish

Doctor Who: “Quite Interesting”

2011-07-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

My comic strip “Quite Interesting”, illustrated by John Ross, appeared in Doctor Who Adventures 203 (January 2011).
- Doctor Who Adventures website

Bernice Summerfield: “Six Impossible Things”

2011-07-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

I wrote "Six Impossible Things", a short story for the anthology Present Danger, edited by Eddie Robson and published in September 2010.
- Buy Present Danger from Big Finish

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2011-07-19T10:11:00.000-07:00

In 2010, I wrote 11 two-page comic strips and 12 one-page short stories for GE Fabbri's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles magazine, published in Russia.

Doctor Who: "The Cold Equations"

2010-07-28T05:22:00.000-07:00

The Cold Equations (June 2010) is a second Companion Chronicle for Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Tom Allen as Oliver Harper, companions of the first Doctor.
- Buy The Cold Equations from Big Finish
- Steven and Oliver's first adventure, The Perpetual Bond

Doctor Who: "The Perpetual Bond"

2010-07-28T05:17:00.001-07:00

The Perpetual Bond (February 2011) is a Companion Chronicle starring Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Tom Allen as Oliver Harper - a brand new companion for the first Doctor Who.
- Buy The Perpetual Bond from Big Finish
- "Meet Oliver Harper" news story
- Tom Allen's website
- Peter Purves' website

Doctor Who: "The Slitheen Excursion" (audiobook)

2010-04-29T12:19:00.000-07:00

The unabridged audiobook of my novel "The Slitheen Excursion" is read by Debbie Chazen, directed by Neil Gardner and available to download from May 2010.
- Download "The Slitheen Excursion" from Audible

Doctor Who: "Booked Up"

2010-04-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

I wrote the script for "Booked Up", a four-page comic strip featuring the eleventh Doctor and Amy, published in Doctor Who Adventures #164 (29 April 2010). The art is by John Ross with colouring by Alan Craddock.
- Doctor Who Adventures website

Graceless

2010-03-31T07:09:00.000-07:00

Graceless (October 2010) is a three CD mini-series written by me, featuring Amy (now Abby) and Zara, who I created for the Doctor Who audio, The Judgement of Isskar.
- Order Graceless from Big Finish
- Press release: "Introducing Graceless"

Doctor Who - "The Guardian of the Solar System"

2010-03-05T04:44:00.000-08:00

"The Guardian of the Solar System" (July 2010) is my third - and final - Companion Chronicle to feature Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom.
- Buy "The Guardian of the Solar System" from Big Finish
- Announcement from Big Finish about the story
- My previous Sara Kingdom stories: Home Truths and The Drowned World
- Large version of Simon Holub's cover design

Newsjack

2010-02-13T08:45:00.001-08:00

Topical sketch show Newsjack episode 2.5 included a sketch by me, broadcast on BBC7 on Thursday 4 February 2010.

Being Human: "The Road"

2009-12-21T07:02:00.000-08:00

"The Road" (January 2010) is the first of three novels set during the second series of Being Human - about a ghost, a vampire and a werewolf who share a house in Bristol.
- Buy "The Road" from Amazon.co.uk
- Official BBC Being Human website
- Me enthusing about the series, which got me the job

Doctor Who - "Prison in Space"

2009-11-12T05:58:00.000-08:00

I adapted this unmade 1968 Doctor Who story by Dick Sharples. Performed by Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury, with Susan Brown as "Chairman Babs", it will be available as part of "The Lost Stories - The Troughton Years" box-set in December 2010.
- Preorder the Lost Stories series at a special, discounted price
- Big Finish announce more Lost Stories

"The Party in Room Four"

2009-11-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

"The Party in Room Four" is a short story included in "The Panda Book of Horror" (November 2009) published by Obverse Books, and edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas.
- Buy "The Panda Book of Horror"

Doctor Who: "Shadow of the Past"

2009-09-02T05:02:00.000-07:00

"Shadow of the Past" (March 2010) is a Doctor Who Companion Chronicle. The Third Doctor's friend Dr Liz Shaw (Caroline John) recounts one of her adventures to a young soldier (Lex Shrapnel).
- Buy "Shadow of the Past" from BigFinish.com

Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story

2009-07-01T09:38:00.000-07:00

This 320-page coffee-table hardback (August 2009) covers the history of Bernice Summerfield, a character created by Paul Cornell for his 1992 Doctor Who novel Love and War, whose adventures are still continuing in print and on audio today. I interviewed more than 100 writers, editors, actors, directors, artists and crew.
- Buy Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story from BigFinish.com
- Preview of pages 50-51 of the Inside Story

Doctor Who: "Re: Collections"

2009-04-21T02:29:00.000-07:00

"Re:Collections" (May 2009) comprises the best Doctor Who short stories from 28 volumes of Big Finish's Short Trips range. I have chosen and written introductions for stories from each of the three volumes I edited ("The Lampblack Wars" by Matthew Sweet from The History of Christmas; "The Avant Guardian" by Eddie Robson from Time Signature; "Lares Domestici" by Anna Bratton from How The Doctor Changed My Life), and had a story of mine chosen, too ("How You Get There").
- Buy Re:Collections from the Big Finish website

Doctor Who: "Best Cyberman Moments"

2009-04-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

"Best Cyberman Moments" is a half-hour documentary extra included on The Cyberman Collection (April 2009). It's written and presented by Matthew Sweet, directed and edited by Thomas Guerrier, and I was the researcher.
- Buy "The Cyberman Collection" from Amazon.co.uk
- Den of Geek review: "very good indeed ... lots of lovely, intelligently chosen clips"

Doctor Who: "Good Old Days"

2009-03-29T05:52:00.001-07:00

"Good Old Days" is a five-page, one-off comic strip starring the tenth Doctor, his friend Heather and some space-pirate meerkats and crabs, as featured in issue #108 of Doctor Who Adventures (26 March 2009).
- Script by me; art by John Ross; colours by Alan Craddock
- Subscribe to Doctor Who Adventures.

Primeval: "Fire and Water"

2009-03-10T05:42:00.000-07:00

"Fire and Water" (April 2009) is an original novel set during the third series of the television series Primeval.
- Buy "Fire and Water" from Amazon.co.uk
- Official Primeval website

Doctor Who: "The Drowned World"

2009-03-06T05:40:00.000-08:00

"The Drowned World" (July 2009) is an audio play in the Doctor Who: Companion Chronicles series. It stars Jean Marsh as the Doctor's old friend Sara Kingdom, and is a direct sequel to my Home Truths.
- Buy "The Drowned World" from BigFinish.com

Doctor Who: "Secret Army"

2009-03-06T05:38:00.000-08:00

"Secret Army" is a five-page, one-off comic strip starring the tenth Doctor and his friend Heather, as featured in issue #105 of Doctor Who Adventures (5 March 2009).
- Script by me; art by John Ross; colours by Alan Craddock; letters by Paul Vyse
- Subscribe to Doctor Who Adventures.

Written by Simon Guerrier

2009-02-28T06:37:00.000-08:00

Hello. I've set up this blog to list the various things I've written - comics, audio, short stories and novels, mostly Doctor Who. This is to free up space on my blog for wittering on about nothing.

It's a bit rough at the moment, but I'll add images and more links and titbits of detail as and when I have time.

In The Footsteps Of Gilgamesh

2009-02-28T06:32:00.000-08:00

I've been commissioned to write a story for In The Footsteps of Gilgamesh (release date to be confirmed).

Blake's 7: The Early Years - The Dust Run and The Trial

2009-02-28T06:31:00.001-08:00

I've written two episodes of the new, audio Blake's 7, about the early life of pilot Jenna Stannis, for release in late 2009.
- Buy The Dust Run and the Trial from Amazon.co.uk
- The Dust Run will be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 at 6.30 pm on Wednesday, 2 June 2010; the Trial will be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 at 6.30 pm on Thursday, 3 June 2010
- Posts by me about the plays on the Blake's 7 website

Robin Hood: "The Siege"

2009-02-28T06:29:00.000-08:00

"The Siege" (June 2009) is an audiobook set during the third TV series of the BBC's Robin Hood. It's read by Richard Armitage.
- Buy Robin Hood: The Siege from Big Finish Productions.

Doctor Who: "The Slitheen Excursion"

2009-02-28T06:28:00.000-08:00

The Slitheen Excursion (April 2009) is an original Doctor Who novel featuring the tenth Doctor and his new friend June, battling some old enemies.
- Buy The Slitheen Excursion from Amazon.co.uk
- Digital Spy interview with me

Doctor Who: "Pass It On"

2009-02-28T06:26:00.000-08:00

"Pass It On" features in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Indefinable Magic (March 2009), edited by Neil Corry.

Iris Wildthyme: "The Two Irises"

2009-02-28T06:24:00.000-08:00

"The Two Irises" (February 2009) is the third of four adventures in the second series of Iris Wildthyme (I also "acted" in both releases of the first series). Iris was created by Paul Magrs.

Doctor Who: "The Prisoner's Dilemma"

2009-02-28T06:22:00.000-08:00

"The Prisoner's Dilemma" (January 2009) is a Companion Chronicle, featuring Sophie Aldred as Ace and Laura Doddington as Zara - a character I created for "The Judgement of Isskar".

Doctor Who: "The Judgement of Isskar"

2009-02-28T06:20:00.000-08:00

"The Judgement of Isskar" (January 2009) is a four-part Doctor Who story featuring Peter Davison and introducing Ciara Janson as his new assistant Amy, and Laura Doddington as Amy's wicked sister Zara. It also features Ice Warriors.

Doctor Who: "Do You Smell Carrots?"

2009-02-28T06:19:00.000-08:00

"Do You Smell Carrots?" features in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Christmas Around the World (December 2008), edited by Xanna Eve Chown.

Doctor Who: "Home Truths"

2009-02-28T06:16:00.000-08:00

"Home Truths" (November 2008) is from Big Finish's Companion Chronicles range, which revisits the Doctor's old friends. This one features Sara Kingdom, as played by Jean Marsh.

Doctor Who: "How The Doctor Changed My Life"

2009-02-28T06:14:00.000-08:00

In 2006-07, Big Finish ran a short story competition open to anyone who'd never been paid for a work of fiction. We were looking for one winner, but the shortlist of 25 was so good, I edited them in a book: Doctor Who: Short Trips - How the Doctor Changed My Life (September 2008).

Doctor Who: "The Pirate Loop" (audiobook)

2009-02-28T06:13:00.001-08:00

In July 2008, BBC Audiobooks released an audio version of my The Pirate Loop, abridged by Steve Tribe and read by Freema Agyeman.

"The Coral Invasion of London"

2009-02-28T06:11:00.001-08:00

"The Coral Invasion of London" is a one-page comic written by me and illustrated by Tony Suleri. It was published in Adam Grose's charity comic, FLOOD (May 2008).

"Johtaja lähtee eläkkeelle"

2009-02-28T06:08:00.000-08:00

"Johtaja lähtee eläkkeelle" is a short story by me, translated into Finnish by Johanna Ahonen and published in the 2007/4 issue of Spin magazine (April 2008). The (unpublished) English version of the story is called "The Case of the Retiring Magnate".

Doctor Who: "The Great Escapes"

2009-02-28T06:06:00.000-08:00

"The Great Escapes" features in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Defining Patterns (March 2008), edited by Ian Farrington. It's got the eighth Doctor's friend Lucie Miller in it.

Bernice Summerfield: "The Wake".

2009-02-27T10:23:00.000-08:00

I wrote "The Wake" (January 2008) as the closing play of Bernice Summerfield's eighth season, and my last effort as producer.

Doctor Who: "The Pirate Loop"

2009-02-27T10:22:00.000-08:00

My novel "The Pirate Loop" (December 2007) sees the tenth Doctor and Martha Jones battle space-pirate badgers.

Bernice Summerfield: "Summer of Love"

2009-02-27T10:21:00.000-08:00

I wrote the audio play Summer of Love (August 2006) while producing Bernice Summerfield's seventh season.

Doctor Who: "There's Something About Mary"

2009-02-27T10:20:00.000-08:00

"There's Something About Mary" features in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Snapshots (June 2007), edited by Joseph Lidster.

"The Bounty Hunters"

2009-02-27T10:18:00.000-08:00

"The Bounty Hunters" is an original science-fiction short story that features in the free-to-download Pantechnicon #3 (PDF 0.7Mb) (March 2007).

Bernice Summerfield: season 8

2009-02-27T10:17:00.000-08:00

I produced the six audio plays and three books of Bernice Summerfield's eighth season (2007).

Doctor Who: "The Eighth Wonder Of The World"

2009-02-27T10:15:00.000-08:00

"The Eighth Wonder of the World" - free to read online - is one of my two stories in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Dalek Empire (December 2006), which I co-edited with Nicholas Briggs. The other story was "The Best Joke I Ever Told".

Doctor Who: "The Best Joke I Ever Told"

2009-02-27T10:13:00.000-08:00

"The Best Joke I Ever Told" is one of my two stories in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Dalek Empire (December 2006), which I co-edited with Nicholas Briggs. The other story was "The Eighth Wonder of the World".

Doctor Who: "Dalek Empire"

2009-02-27T10:10:00.000-08:00

I co-edited Doctor Who: Short Trips - Dalek Empire (December 2006) with Nicholas Briggs when his commitments on the Doctor Who TV show prevented him from doing this single-handed. I'd also already written two stories for the book - "The Best Joke I Ever Told" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World".

Doctor Who: "DS al Fine"

2009-02-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

"DS al Fine" is the story I wrote to wrap all the different stories in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Time Signature (October 2006), which I also edited.

Doctor Who: "Time Signature"

2009-02-27T10:06:00.001-08:00

I edited the anthology Doctor Who: Short Trips - Time Signature (October 2006), which builds on (and reprints) my earlier short story, "An Overture Too Early". I also wrote a story to wrap tieing up this anthology, "DS al Fine".

Sapphire and Steel: "The School"

2009-02-27T10:04:00.000-08:00

I wrote the audio play Sapphire & Steel: "The School" (July 2006), in which stars Susannah Harker and David Warner are turned into children.

Doctor Who: "Incongruous Details"

2009-02-27T10:02:00.001-08:00

"Incongruous Details" featured in Doctor Who: Short Trips - The Centenarian (July 2006). It's got the sixth Doctor and two characters from Big Finish's UNIT series meeting the shape-changing Mim - a creature I later put into my Big Finish stories.

Bernice Summerfield: Season 7

2009-02-27T10:01:00.001-08:00

I produced the six audio plays and three books of Bernice Summerfield's seventh season (2006).

Doctor Who: "The Settling"

2009-02-27T10:00:00.001-08:00

I wrote the audio play Dr Who & the Settling (May 2006), featuring the seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex meeting Oliver Cromwell.

Bernice Summerfield: "Something Changed"

2009-02-27T09:57:00.000-08:00

I edited the anthology Something Changed (January 2006), which included my opening chapter "Inappropriate Laughter" - read it for free online - and my closing one, "After Life".

Bernice Summerfield: "Parallel Lives"

2009-02-27T09:54:00.000-08:00

I edited the collection of three novellas Parallel Lives (January 2006), and wrote four pieces of linking material. You can read the first, "Parallel Lives" (I), for free.

Doctor Who: "Christmas On The Moon"

2009-02-27T09:50:00.001-08:00

"Christmas on the Moon" featured in Doctor Who: Short Trips - The History of Christmas (December 2005).

Doctor Who: "The History of Christmas"

2009-02-27T09:49:00.000-08:00

I edited the anthology Doctor Who: Short Trips - The History Of Christmas" (December 2005), and also contributed a story ("Christmas on the Moon").

Doctor Who: "The Time Travellers"

2009-02-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

"The Time Travellers" (November 2005) was my first novel. The commissioning letter came 10 years almost to the day since I'd sent my first submission to Virgin Publishing Ltd. (who did the Doctor Who books in the 90s). This features the original TARDIS crew and won a Doctor Who Magazine readers' award.

Bernice Summerfield: "The Lost Museum"

2009-02-27T09:45:00.000-08:00

The Lost Museum (September 2005) is an audio play featuring Bernice Summerfield. It also features some of my "acting".

Doctor Who: "How You Get There"

2009-02-27T09:43:00.000-08:00

"How You Get There" featured in Doctor Who: Short Trips - A Day In The Life (June 2005). The seventh Doctor and his friend Bernice Summerfield appear in it, as does the #185 bus.

Doctor Who: "Last Christmas"

2009-02-27T09:41:00.000-08:00

"Last Christmas" features in Doctor Who: Short Trips - A Christmas Treasury (December 2004). The seventh Doctor is in it.

Doctor Who: Unit - "The Coup"

2009-02-27T09:38:00.000-08:00

My first audio play was given away on a free CD with Doctor Who Magazine #351 in December 2004. "The Coup" - listen to it online for free - is a pilot episode for Big Finish's UNIT series.

Bernice Summerfield: "A Life Worth Living"

2009-02-27T09:35:00.000-08:00

I edited the anthology A Life Worth Living (September 2004). It's the first anthology I ever edited. Paul Cornell offered me the job in a pub in March 2004: he'd been meant to edit it, but was too busy writing an episode of the new Doctor Who TV series.

Doctor Who: "Categorical Imperative"

2009-02-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

"Categorical Imperative" appeared in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Monsters (August 2004). It features several of the Doctors.

Doctor Who: "The Immortals"

2009-02-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

"The Immortals" appeared in "Doctor Who: Short Trips - Past Tense" (April 2004). It's got the fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric in it.

Doctor Who: "A Good Life"

2009-02-27T09:30:00.000-08:00

"A Good Life" appeared in "Doctor Who: Short Trips - Steel Skies" (December 2003), and features the eighth Doctor and his friend Charlotte Pollard.

Bernice Summerfield: "Speaking Out"

2009-02-27T09:26:00.000-08:00

"Speaking Out" is the second of my two stories in "Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime" (September 2003), edited by Paul Cornell. The first story was "The Birthday Party".

Bernice Summerfield: "The Birthday Party"

2009-02-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

"The Birthday Party" is the first of my two stories in "Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime" (September 2003), edited by Paul Cornell. The second story was "Speaking Out".

Doctor Who: "An Overture Too Early"

2009-02-27T08:46:00.000-08:00

"An Overture Too Early" first appeared in Doctor Who: Short Trips - The Muses (September 2002). In it, the third Doctor Who has a tantalising glimpse of a future adventure. We find out about that adventure - and reprint this story - in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Time Signature.

Doctor Who: "Curriculum Vitae"

2009-02-27T08:43:00.000-08:00

"Curriculum Vitae" features in "Doctor Who: Short Trips - Companions" (March 2003). In it, Doctor Who's old friend Polly goes for a job interview.

Doctor Who: "The Switching"

2009-02-27T08:39:00.000-08:00

"The Switching" is a story in Doctor Who: Short Trips - Zodiac (December 2002), edited by Jacqueline Rayner. It features the third Doctor Who and his friends. It was my first professionally published (i.e. paid for) work of fiction.
- Buy Short Trips: Zodiac from the Big Finish website
- An audio version of the story, read by Duncan Wisbey, was released to Big Finish subscribers in November 2010.