HG and the H Bomb

A documentary I produced with my brother Tom, broadcast on Radio 3 in August 2015. Samira Ahmed unearths the extraordinary role of HG Wells in the creation of the nuclear bomb 70 years ago - and how a simple, devastating idea led to the world we know today.
- HG and the H-Bomb on BBC iPlayer
- BBC Culture - "How the bomb changed everything"
- BBC News - "Was HG Wells the first to think of the atom bomb?"

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who

Written with Dr Marek Kukula of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who is published by BBC Books on 4 June 2015. It contains 15 original short stories (which I edited) based on a scientific theme, each accompanied by an essay exploring that theme in more detail.
- The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who on the Ebury website

The Fundamentalist Queen

"The Fundamentalist Queen" is a documentary I produced for Radio 3's Sunday Feature strand, presented by Samira Ahmed and first broadcast in December 2014. It tells the little-known story of Oliver Cromwell's wife Elizabeth, pieced together from the scant surviving evidence.
- Listen to "The Fundamentalist Queen" on iPlayer
- Samira Ahmed's piece for the BBC Magazine website on "The Fundamentalist Queen"
- Samira Ahmed's piece for her blog about "The Fundamentalist Queen"

Top Trumps Space

I wrote Top Trumps Space, a book of facts and activities accompanying a pack of Top Trumps playing cards. The set was published in May 2014 my Puffin Books.
- Buy Top Trumps Space from Puffin Books
- Example fact pages from Top Trumps Space
- Example puzzle pages from Top Trumps Space

Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story

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: "Best Cyberman Moments"

"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"