Dale Smith (born 1976) is a writer and playwright from Leicester but currently living and working in Manchester. He is most well-known for his novel Heritage, published by BBC Books as part of their Past Doctor Adventures range of novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. This was published in October 2002. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... Heritage (ISBN 0563538643) is a BBC Books original novel written by Dale Smith and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television on November 23, 1963. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Work

His first published works were the short stories "Front Line" and "The Gallery" published in Marvel UK's Doctor Who Magazine in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Following that, his radio play "Hello?" was broadcast on LBC and performed at the Cambridge Theatre. Subsequent plays were performed in London, Manchester and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival between 1994 and 1999. He is the winner of the Independant Radio Drama Productions (IRDP) Young Radio Playwright Competition 1994, and the Manchester Student Playwriting Competition 1998. This article is in need of attention. ... Deaths Head II: One of the initially successful, but shortlived titles launched by Marvel UK in the US. Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 1990s. ... Doctor Who Weekly #1, cover dated October 17, 1979 Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a periodical devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Radio drama, which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the widespread access to television programming, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye--in this sense, it resembles reading... LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is Britains first commercial independent local radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. ... Jerry Springer – The Opera at the Cambridge Theatre The Cambridge Theatre in London is a modern theatre, facing Seven Dials, built using steel and concrete and is notable for its elegant and clean lines of design. ... A play (noun) is a common literary form, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... A street performer on the Royal Mile (2004) Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-18, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Independant Radio Drama Productions Independant Radio Drama Productions (IRDP) started in 1987 and soon became one of the worlds leading independent producers of radio drama. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Before becoming a published Doctor Who books author, he wrote several fanfiction stories based on Doctor Who, published in several charity anthologies, fanzines and online. His most recent work can be found in the Big Finish Productions "Short Trips" collection "Solar System". The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ...

External links

• Dale Smith's homepage
• IRDP website
• Big Finish Website