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'''Alan Barnes''' is a British writer. He began at ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' as a comic writer, then edited the magazine for a number of years. He wrote the first half of the [[Eighth Doctor]] comic strip stories before becoming assistant editor under [[Gary Gillatt]] (the magazine's editor at the time).<ref name="BBC">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/08/10/13642.shtml BBC - Doctor Who - Interview: Alan Barnes (10 January 2004)] <small>accessed 4th July 2010</small></ref> In [[DWM 237|issue 237]] [[1998]] Alan Barnes was credited as "Assistant Editor". He continued to hold this position until [[DWM 217|issue 271]] in [[November]] [[1998]]. The [[DWM 272|following issue]] he began to share the position of editor with Gary Gillat. By July [[2000]], with [[DWM 293|issue 293]], Barnes had assumed full duties as sole editor (and was credited as such in the magazine's credits).
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'''Alan Barnes''' (born [[17 March (people)|17 March]] [[1970 (people)|1970]]<ref>[https://peoplepill.com/people/alan-barnes-2/ People Pill]</ref>) is a British writer. He began at ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' as a comic writer, then edited the magazine for a number of years. He wrote the first half of the [[Eighth Doctor]] comic strip stories before becoming assistant editor under [[Gary Gillatt]] (the magazine's editor at the time)<ref name="BBC">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/08/10/13642.shtml BBC - Doctor Who - Interview: Alan Barnes (10 January 2004)] <small>accessed 4th July 2010</small></ref> in [[DWM 237|issue 237]], released on 14 March 1996. He continued to hold this position until [[DWM 217|issue 271]] in November 1998. The [[DWM 272|following issue]] he began to share the position of editor with Gary Gillatt. By June 2000, with [[DWM 293|issue 293]], Barnes had assumed full duties as sole editor, and was credited as such until he was succeeded by [[Clayton Hickman]] in [[DWM 314|issue 314]] in February 2002. He later returned as contributing editor from [[DWM 577|issue 577]] in April 2022 to [[DWM 593|issue 593]] in July 2023. During this time, he was notably responsible for writing the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]'s first full adventure, {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}}.


Barnes was also editor of the ''Judge Dredd Magazine'' from 2001 to 2005.
Barnes was also editor of the ''Judge Dredd Magazine'' from 2001 to 2005.


Barnes created or more precisely "fleshed out" the character of [[Charley Pollard]], who was introduced in ''[[Storm Warning]]''. He was given the brief for ''Storm Warning'' and in it was the instruction that he had to introduce a companion called "Charley".<ref name="BBC" />
Barnes created, or more precisely, "fleshed out" the character of [[Charley Pollard]], who was introduced in ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''. He was given the brief for ''Storm Warning'' and in it was the instruction that he had to introduce a companion called "Charley".<ref name="BBC" />


''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'', a [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama, was cowritten with [[Nicholas Briggs]]. However, Barnes has said he "wrote the script from Nick's very detailed scene breakdown. Which was a fascinating experience – like painting, or something. A storyline is a fairly cold, mechanical blueprint of a thing; writing the script is about adding colour, finding ways to bring it to life." <ref>[http://www.outpostskaro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=172:an-interview-with-alan-barnes&catid=62:interviews&Itemid=98 Outpost Skaro - An interview with Alan Barnes (16 January 2010] <small>accessed 4th July 2010</small></ref>
''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'', a [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama, was cowritten with [[Nicholas Briggs]]. However, Barnes has said that he "wrote the script from Nick's very detailed scene breakdown. Which was a fascinating experience – like painting, or something. A storyline is a fairly cold, mechanical blueprint of a thing; writing the script is about adding colour, finding ways to bring it to life."<ref>[http://www.outpostskaro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=172:an-interview-with-alan-barnes&catid=62:interviews&Itemid=98 Outpost Skaro - An interview with Alan Barnes (16 January 2010] <small>accessed 4th July 2010</small></ref>
In addition to his audio and comic strip credits, Barnes has also written one television story, ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', originally a thirteen-episode animated story made up of three-and-a-half-minute episodes broadcast as part of ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''.
 
In addition to his audio and comic strip credits, Barnes has also written one television story, ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', originally a thirteen-episode animated story made up of three-and-a-half-minute episodes broadcast as part of ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''.
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]''


== Bibliography ==
=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''
* ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' (with [[Gary Russell]])
* ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'' (with Gary Russell)
* ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]''
* ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)|Brotherhood of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Izzy's Story (audio story)|Izzy's Story]]'' (in ''[[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|The Company of Friends]]'')
* ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]''
* ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]''
* ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'' (with [[Mike Maddox]])
* ''[[Daleks Among Us (audio story)|Daleks Among Us]]''
* ''[[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[And You Will Obey Me (audio story)|And You Will Obey Me]]''
* ''[[An Alien Werewolf in London (audio story)|An Alien Werewolf in London]]''
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Trial of the Valeyard (audio story)|Trial of the Valeyard]]'' (with [[Mike Maddox]])
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Trail of the White Worm (audio story)|Trail of the White Worm]]'' / ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]''
* ''[[White Ghosts (audio story)|White Ghosts]]''
* ''[[Suburban Hell (audio story)|Suburban Hell]]''
* ''[[Gallery of Ghouls (audio story)|Gallery of Ghouls]]''
* ''[[The Planet of Witches (audio story)|The Planet of Witches]]''
==== The Sixth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Red House (audio story)|The Red House]]''
==== Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress ====
* ''[[The Mummy Speaks! (audio story)|The Mummy Speaks!]]''


==== Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories ====
==== The Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Storm Warning]]''
* ''[[Neverland]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' (with [[Gary Russell]])
* ''[[The Next Life]]'' (with Gary Russell)
* ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]''
* ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'' (with [[Nicholas Briggs]])
* ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'' (with [[Nicholas Briggs]])
* ''[[Izzy's Story]]''
* ''[[Death in Blackpool (audio story)|Death in Blackpool]]''
* ''[[Castle of Fear]]''
* ''[[Nevermore (audio story)|Nevermore]]''
* ''[[Death in Blackpool]]''
 
* ''[[Nevermore]]''
==== The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller ====
* ''[[Heroes of Sontar]]''
* ''[[Island of the Fendahl (audio story)|Island of the Fendahl]]''
* ''[[Trail of the White Worm]]''
 
* ''[[The Oseidon Adventure]]''
==== Dark Eyes ====
* ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'' (with [[Mike Maddox]])
* ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]''
* ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]''
* ''[[White Ghosts (audio story)|White Ghosts]]''
 
==== ''Gallifrey'' ====
==== The Comic Strip Adaptations ====
* ''[[Weapon of Choice]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]''
* ''[[A Blind Eye]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]''
 
==== The Third Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Conspiracy in Space (audio story)|Conspiracy in Space]]''
* ''[[Kaleidoscope (audio story)|Kaleidoscope]]''
 
==== Destiny of the Doctor ====
* ''[[Enemy Aliens (audio story)|Enemy Aliens]]''
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]''
* ''[[A Blind Eye (audio story)|A Blind Eye]]''
* ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]''
* ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]''


==== ''Jago and Litefoot'' ====
==== The War Master ====
* ''[[The Bellova Devil]]''
* ''[[The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)|The Master's Dalek Plan]]''
* ''[[Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave]]''
 
==== Susan's War ====
* ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]''
 
==== Jago and Litefoot ====
* ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]''
 
==== The Churchill Years ====
* ''[[Hounded (audio story)|Hounded]]''
* ''[[I Was Churchill's Double (audio story)|I Was Churchill's Double]]''


=== Comics ===
=== Comics ===
 
==== Doctor Who Magazine ====
==== ''DWM'' comic stories ====
* ''[[The Curse of the Scarab]]''
* ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]''
* ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]''
* ''[[The Keep]]''
* ''[[The Keep (comic story)|The Keep]]''
* ''[[A Life of Matter and Death]]''
* ''[[A Life of Matter and Death (comic story)|A Life of Matter and Death]]''
* ''[[Fire and Brimstone]]''
* ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]''
* ''[[Tooth and Claw (comic story)|Tooth and Claw]]''
* ''[[Tooth and Claw (comic story)|Tooth and Claw]]''
* ''[[The Final Chapter]]''
* ''[[The Final Chapter (comic story)|The Final Chapter]]''
* ''[[The Road to Hell]]''
* ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]''
* ''[[TV Action!]]''
* ''[[The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)|The Warkeeper's Crown]]''
* ''[[Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)|Liberation of the Daleks]]''
* [[Untitled (DWM 598 comic story)|Untitled]]
* ''[[Mancopolis (comic story)|Mancopolis]]''
* ''[[The Hans of Fear (comic story)|The Hans of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Monster Makers (comic story)|The Monster Makers]]''


==== ''DWM'' backup comic stories ====
==== The Cybermen ====
* ''[[The Cybermen (comic story)|The Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Dead Heart (comic story)|The Dead Heart]]''
* ''[[Daleks Versus the Martians]]''
* ''[[The Flesh Unbound (comic story)|The Flesh Unbound]]''
* ''[[The Black Sky (comic story)|The Black Sky]]''
* ''[[The Hungry Sea (comic story)|The Hungry Sea]]''
* ''[[The Curse of the Scarab (comic story)|The Curse of the Scarab]]''
* ''[[The Dark Flame (comic story)|The Dark Flame]]''
* ''[[The Future Perfect (comic story)|The Future Perfect]]''
* ''[[The Ugly Underneath (comic story)|The Ugly Underneath]]''
* ''[[The Prodigal Returns (comic story)|The Prodigal Returns]]''


==== ''DWA'' comic stories ====
==== DWM Spring Special ====
* ''[[The Germ War]]''
* ''[[Daleks Versus the Martians (comic story)|Daleks Versus the Martians]]''
* ''[[Warfreekz!]]''
* ''[[Fried Death]]''
* ''[[Save the Humans!]]''
* ''[[Bat Attack!]]''


==== ''Doctor Who annual'' comic story ====
==== Doctor Who Yearbook ====
* ''[[Death Disco]]''
* ''[[Junk-Yard Demon II (comic story)|Junk-Yard Demon II]]'' (in ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1996]]'')


==== ''Doctor Who Yearbook'' comic story ====
==== Doctor Who Adventures ====
* ''[[Junkyard Demon II]]''
* ''[[The Germ War (comic story)|The Germ War]]''
* ''[[Warfreekz! (comic story)|Warfreekz!]]''
* ''[[Fried Death (comic story)|Fried Death]]''
* ''[[Save the Humans! (comic story)|Save the Humans!]]''
* ''[[Bat Attack! (comic story)|Bat Attack!]]''
* ''[[Triskaidekaphobia (comic story)|Triskaidekaphobia]]''
* ''[[Gangster's Paradise (comic story)|Gangster's Paradise]]''


=== ''DWM'' short story ===
==== Doctor Who Annual ====
* ''[[The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge]]''
* ''[[Death Disco (comic story)|Death Disco]]'' (in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009]]'')


=== Television ===
=== Short stories ===
==== Doctor Who Magazine ====
* ''[[The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge (short story)|The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge]]''


==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
==== Doctor Who Poster Magazine ====
* ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''
* ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]''
* ''[[The Shoreditch Incident (short story)|The Shoreditch Incident]]''
* ''[[Background (DWPM 8 short story)|Background]]''
* ''[[The Return of the Red God (short story)|The Return of the Red God]]''


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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==  External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070918175507/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/08/10/13642.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Alan Barnes, 10 January 2004]


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Alan Barnes (born 17 March 1970[1]) is a British writer. He began at Doctor Who Magazine as a comic writer, then edited the magazine for a number of years. He wrote the first half of the Eighth Doctor comic strip stories before becoming assistant editor under Gary Gillatt (the magazine's editor at the time)[2] in issue 237, released on 14 March 1996. He continued to hold this position until issue 271 in November 1998. The following issue he began to share the position of editor with Gary Gillatt. By June 2000, with issue 293, Barnes had assumed full duties as sole editor, and was credited as such until he was succeeded by Clayton Hickman in issue 314 in February 2002. He later returned as contributing editor from issue 577 in April 2022 to issue 593 in July 2023. During this time, he was notably responsible for writing the Fourteenth Doctor's first full adventure, Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"].

Barnes was also editor of the Judge Dredd Magazine from 2001 to 2005.

Barnes created, or more precisely, "fleshed out" the character of Charley Pollard, who was introduced in Storm Warning. He was given the brief for Storm Warning and in it was the instruction that he had to introduce a companion called "Charley".[2]

Orbis, a Big Finish Productions audio drama, was cowritten with Nicholas Briggs. However, Barnes has said that he "wrote the script from Nick's very detailed scene breakdown. Which was a fascinating experience – like painting, or something. A storyline is a fairly cold, mechanical blueprint of a thing; writing the script is about adding colour, finding ways to bring it to life."[3]

In addition to his audio and comic strip credits, Barnes has also written one television story, The Infinite Quest, originally a thirteen-episode animated story made up of three-and-a-half-minute episodes broadcast as part of Totally Doctor Who.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dark Eyes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Comic Strip Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Susan's War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jago and Litefoot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Churchill Years[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Cybermen[[edit] | [edit source]]

DWM Spring Special[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Yearbook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Annual[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Poster Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ People Pill
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBC - Doctor Who - Interview: Alan Barnes (10 January 2004) accessed 4th July 2010
  3. ↑ Outpost Skaro - An interview with Alan Barnes (16 January 2010 accessed 4th July 2010

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