Simon A. Forward (born 1967 in Penzance) is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs. He currently lives and works in Penzance with his wife as a full-time writer. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character. ... Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Work

Simon's first published work was the short story One Bad Apple in BBC Books' Doctor Who anthology More Short Trips (BBC Books, 1999). Following this, Simon had a proposal for a Past Doctor Adventure accepted, and the subsequent novel, Drift, was published by BBC Books in 2002. Having a successful novel behind him, Simon contacted Gary Russell with a polite enquiry about the possibility of writing for Big Finish's range of audio adventures. The enquiry resulted in him writing the radio play The Sandman (Big Finish, 2002). Simon went on from this to write several short stories for the Big Finish Short Trips volumes, as well two subsequent audio adventures. This article is in need of attention. ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The BBC Short Trips books were collections of short stories published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 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. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gary Russell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK) is a freelance writer and former child actor. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... This is a list of audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who produced by Big Finish Productions. ... 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... The Sandman is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

In between his audio writing for Big Finish, Simon also managed to write the novella Shell Shock (Telos, 2003) for Telos Publishing Ltd.. This was part of their range of Doctor Who novellas, and is now out of print. In the same year, Simon also had another Doctor Who novel published by BBC Books, the Eighth Doctor Adventure Emotional Chemistry (BBC Books, 2003). A novella is a short, narrative, prose fiction work. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Telos Publishing Ltd. ... The Telos Doctor Who novellas are a series of spin-off novellas based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing. ... The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) 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. ...

External links

• Author's homepage
• Telos' Shell Shock page
• Big Finish productions' homepage
• Outpost Gallifrey's Simon Forward Page