David Bailey is a British editor and author whose published output to date comprises a combination of short stories, audio dramas and magazine articles.

Both before and since being professionally published, Bailey contributed to a number of Doctor Who fanzines in writing and editorial capacities, including Matrix, Silver Carrier and Cottage Under Seige.

As an editor, he worked for the British magazine publisher Titan from 1997 to 2000 during which time he edited their Simpsons and Xena, Warrior Princess titles among others.

His first professionally published writing was a number of articles for the magazine Cult Times, starting in 1996. Since that time he has contributed articles to a wide range of factual publications, including consumer guides and television listing magazines.

Subsequently, he co-authored a number of guidebooks to television series such as Friends and Frasier. These were produced by Virgin Publishing.

The body of David Bailey's fiction writing, both audio and prose, has been produced for Big Finish Production's range of Doctor Who and Doctor Who derived materials. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... Titan Magazines is a division of the Titan Entertainment Group, which also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores (it should not be confused with Forbidden Planet International, which largely owns similar stores, mostly in the North of England). ... The Simpsons. ... For the dwarf planet formerly nicknamed Xena see Eris (dwarf planet). ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ... A highly successful spin-off of the the television show Cheers, Frasier is a situation comedy that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Published Fiction (Written)

In print, Bailey has contributed to several of Big Finish's Short Trips range of short story collections, and edited one of them. The full list of stories is as follows: The Big Finish Short Trips are a collection of short stories published by Big Finish Productions based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who, beginning with the collection Short Trips: Zodiac in December 2002. ...

The Canvey Angels in Short Trips: Companions, 2003, edited by Jacqueline Rayner
Soul Mate in Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors, 2003, edited by John Binns
Syntax in Short Trips: Life Science, 2004, edited by John Binns
Telling Tales in Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins, edited by Bailey
Jacqueline Rayner is a best-selling British science fiction author, most notably of the Doctor Who series of books and audio productions. ...

Published Fiction (Audio)

In audio, he has written four dramas for the company's Bernice Summerfield range, which continues the story of the character originally created as a companion for The Doctor in Virgin Publishing's New Adventures series. These are:
The Secret of Cassandra(2000)
The Skymines of Karthos(2001)
The Poison Seas(2003), and
The Heart's Desire(2005) (co-written with Neil Corry).
Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ...

Other Work

In 2006 a credit to this David Bailey appeared on photographs in a Doctor Who Magazine feature on the composer Murray Gold. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Murray Gold (born 1969, Portsmouth, England) is a British composer for stage, film, and television. ...