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| image | | image = Nev Fountain.jpg | ||
| aka = Mervyn Stone | | aka = Mervyn Stone | ||
| story = | | birth date = [[12 August (people)|12 August]] [[1969 (people)|1969]] | ||
| non dwu = ''Dead Ringers''<br />''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'' | | job title = [[Writer]] | ||
| story = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]] | |||
| time = 2001-06, 2008-14, 2018-21 | |||
| non dwu = ''[[Dead Ringers]]''<br />''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'' | |||
| imdb = 1027063 | | imdb = 1027063 | ||
| official site = | | official site = | ||
| twitter = Nevfountain | | twitter = Nevfountain | ||
}}'''Nev Fountain''' is an English author who has written for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in multiple media. | }} | ||
'''Nev Fountain''' (born [[12 August (people)|12 August]] [[1969 (people)|1969]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/1425831361143734281 Twitter]</ref>) is an English author who has written for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in multiple media. | |||
== ''Doctor Who'' == | == ''Doctor Who'' == | ||
Fountain has written three [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]], | Fountain has written three [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]], a [[Bernice Summerfield]] short story, two ''Doctor Who'' [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] short stories, and a story for ''[[The Diary of River Song: Series Three]]''. He has written several comic stories for ''[[DWM comic stories|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and ''[[DWA comic stories|Doctor Who Adventures]]''. Fountain is also an occasional contributing writer of nonfiction to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and has contributed to supplemental material on [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] ''Doctor Who'' DVD releases, and regularly appears at ''Doctor Who'' and other scifi conventions. | ||
Fountain was a | Fountain was a script editor on ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]''.<ref name="docoho">[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/06/nev-fountain-interview.html Doc Oho Reviews...: Nev Fountain Interview]</ref> | ||
== The Mervyn Stone Mysteries == | Fountain was a writer and occasional actor in the sketch comedy series ''[[Dead Ringers]]'', which often [[Doctor Who parodies|parodied]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in both its radio and television incarnations. He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''. | ||
== Other work == | |||
Outside of the ''Doctor Who'' universe, Fountain has been a frequent contributing writer to a wide variety of radio and television programmes since the mid-1990s, often joined by his longtime collaborator Tom Jamieson.<ref>[http://tomandnev.co.uk/cv.htm "Tom and Nev: Scripts - Our CV" - TomAndNev.com]</ref> | |||
=== The Mervyn Stone Mysteries === | |||
Fountain is a mystery novelist, writing ''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'' for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Books]].<ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Mervyn-Stone-Launched! "Mervyn Stone Launched!" - BigFinish.com, 12 July 2010]</ref> Written from the viewpoint of the fictional Mervyn Stone, a struggling writer (primarily known for working on a 1980s scifi TV series with a cult following) who has a tendency to end up solving murders, the series pokes fun at the worlds and interactions behind the scenes and among the fandom of things like ''Doctor Who.'' | Fountain is a mystery novelist, writing ''The Mervyn Stone Mysteries'' for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Books]].<ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Mervyn-Stone-Launched! "Mervyn Stone Launched!" - BigFinish.com, 12 July 2010]</ref> Written from the viewpoint of the fictional Mervyn Stone, a struggling writer (primarily known for working on a 1980s scifi TV series with a cult following) who has a tendency to end up solving murders, the series pokes fun at the worlds and interactions behind the scenes and among the fandom of things like ''Doctor Who.'' | ||
In support of the novels, Big Finish launched | In support of the novels, Big Finish launched a dedicated website as well as an in-universe podcast miniseries revealing some of the "real" back-story of the cult series ''Vixens from the Void.'' The podcast features Fountain, [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Nicola Bryant]]. The seven episodes make up a self-contained murder mystery story, known as ''Whatever Happened to Babel J?'' | ||
Fountain also writes [http://twitter.com/#!/mervynstone a Twitter feed in-character as Mervyn Stone]. From [[1 April (people)|1 April]] through [[24 April (people)|24 April]] [[2011 (people)|2011]] he posted ''The Pen Is Mightier Than the Nerd,'' an entire murder mystery told in real-time via Mervyn Stone's Twitter posts. Fountain posted the conclusion to Twitter live from on-stage at the 2011 Act III scifi convention while, in the narrative, Stone was announcing the mystery's solution from on-stage at the same convention.<ref>[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Mervyn-Stone-Tweets-at-Act-III "Mervyn Stone Tweets at Act III" - BigFinish.com, 14 April 2011]</ref> | |||
In February 2013 Big Finish released "The Axeman Cometh," a Mervyn Stone audio drama mystery, starring [[John Banks]] as Mervyn and Nicola Bryant as Vanity. | |||
== | == Biography == | ||
Fountain drew his own comics as a child. Among his influences he counts the [[Target Books]] ''Doctor Who'' novelisations, beginning with ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'', as well as the prose work of [[Douglas Adams]] and the comics work of [[Alan Moore]], [[John Wagner]], [[Pat Mills]], and [[Alan Grant]].<ref name="docoho" /> | |||
Fountain has collaborated with | Fountain is in a relationship with Nicola Bryant.<ref name="docoho" /> Fountain has collaborated professionally with Bryant on several occasions, including a December 2010 episode of ''Scoop''. Bryant posed for the cover of the Mervyn Stone novel ''Geek Tragedy.'' | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
=== Audio === | === Audio === | ||
==== | ==== BBC Audio ==== | ||
* ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'' | * ''[[The Flight of the Sun God (audio story)|The Flight of the Sun God]]'' | ||
==== Doctor Who Main Range ==== | |||
* ''[[Omega (BFM audio story)|Omega]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'' | * ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'' | ||
* ''[[ | * ''[[The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time (audio story)|The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time]]'' | ||
* ''[[The | * ''[[The Widow's Assassin (audio story)|The Widow's Assassin]]'' | ||
* [[The | * ''[[Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories]]'' | ||
** ''[[Blood on Santa's Claw (audio story)|Blood on Santa's Claw]]'' | |||
** ''[[The Baby Awakes (audio story)|The Baby Awakes]]'' | |||
** ''[[I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (audio story)|I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day]]'' | |||
** ''[[Brightly Shone The Moon That Night (audio story)|Brightly Shone The Moon That Night]]'' | |||
==== Lost Stories ==== | |||
* ''[[The Doomsday Contract (audio story)|The Doomsday Contract]]'' (adapted to audio by a script from [[John Lloyd (writer)|John Lloyd]]) | |||
==== The Sixth Doctor and Peri ==== | |||
* ''[[Conflict Theory (audio story)|Conflict Theory]]'' | |||
==== Destiny of the Doctor ==== | ==== Destiny of the Doctor ==== | ||
* ''[[Trouble in Paradise (audio story)|Trouble in Paradise]]'' | * ''[[Trouble in Paradise (audio story)|Trouble in Paradise]]'' | ||
==== The Companion Chronicles ==== | |||
* ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'' | |||
==== Bernice Summerfield ==== | |||
* ''[[The Revolution (audio story)|The Revolution]]'' | |||
==== The Diary of River Song ==== | |||
* ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'' | |||
==== Missy ==== | |||
* ''[[The Broken Clock (audio story)|The Broken Clock]]'' | |||
==== Vienna ==== | |||
* ''[[Bad Faith (audio story)|Bad Faith]]'' | |||
=== Prose === | === Prose === | ||
==== Short Trips ==== | ==== Short Trips ==== | ||
* ''[[ | * ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up (short story)|The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'') | ||
* ''[[The Five O'Clock Shadow (poem)|The Five O'Clock Shadow]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: A Day in the Life]]'' | |||
==== Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series ==== | ==== Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series ==== | ||
* ''[[Beedlemania]]'' | * ''[[Beedlemania (short story)|Beedlemania]]'' (in ''[[A Life of Surprises (anthology)|A Life of Surprises]]'') | ||
=== Comic strips === | === Comic strips === | ||
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic stories ==== | ==== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic stories ==== | ||
* ''[[The Green-Eyed Monster | * ''[[The Green-Eyed Monster (comic story)|The Green-Eyed Monster]]'' | ||
==== DWA comic stories ==== | ==== DWA comic stories ==== | ||
* ''[[The Man in the Moon]]'' | * ''[[The Man in the Moon (comic story)|The Man in the Moon]]'' | ||
* ''[[Store Wars]]'' | * ''[[Store Wars (comic story)|Store Wars]]'' | ||
=== | === Webcasts === | ||
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'' ( | * ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'' (script editor) | ||
== | === Documentaries === | ||
* ''[[Now, Get Out of That]]'' | * ''[[Now, Get Out of That: Doctor Who Cliffhangers (documentary)|Now, Get Out of That: Doctor Who Cliffhangers]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Last Chance Saloon (documentary)|The Last Chance Saloon]]'' | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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* [http://tomandnev.co.uk Official site of Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain] | * [http://tomandnev.co.uk Official site of Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain] | ||
* [http://nevfountain.wordpress.com/ Official blog] | * [http://nevfountain.wordpress.com/ Official blog] | ||
* {{twitter|Nevfountain}} | * [http://www.facebook.com/people/Nev-Fountain/557730099 Official Facebook]{{twitter|Nevfountain}} | ||
* [http://www. | * {{imdb name|id=1027063}} | ||
* [https://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/06/nev-fountain-interview.html Doc Oho Reviews...: Nev Fountain Interview] | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406223709/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13769.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Nev Fountain, 01 January 2004] | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 25 January 2024
Nev Fountain (born 12 August 1969[1]) is an English author who has written for Doctor Who in multiple media.
Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fountain has written three Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories, a Bernice Summerfield short story, two Doctor Who Short Trips short stories, and a story for The Diary of River Song: Series Three. He has written several comic stories for Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Adventures. Fountain is also an occasional contributing writer of nonfiction to Doctor Who Magazine and has contributed to supplemental material on 2|entertain Doctor Who DVD releases, and regularly appears at Doctor Who and other scifi conventions.
Fountain was a script editor on Death Comes to Time.[2]
Fountain was a writer and occasional actor in the sketch comedy series Dead Ringers, which often parodied Doctor Who, in both its radio and television incarnations. He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.
Other work[[edit] | [edit source]]
Outside of the Doctor Who universe, Fountain has been a frequent contributing writer to a wide variety of radio and television programmes since the mid-1990s, often joined by his longtime collaborator Tom Jamieson.[3]
The Mervyn Stone Mysteries[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fountain is a mystery novelist, writing The Mervyn Stone Mysteries for Big Finish Books.[4] Written from the viewpoint of the fictional Mervyn Stone, a struggling writer (primarily known for working on a 1980s scifi TV series with a cult following) who has a tendency to end up solving murders, the series pokes fun at the worlds and interactions behind the scenes and among the fandom of things like Doctor Who.
In support of the novels, Big Finish launched a dedicated website as well as an in-universe podcast miniseries revealing some of the "real" back-story of the cult series Vixens from the Void. The podcast features Fountain, Nicholas Briggs and Nicola Bryant. The seven episodes make up a self-contained murder mystery story, known as Whatever Happened to Babel J?
Fountain also writes a Twitter feed in-character as Mervyn Stone. From 1 April through 24 April 2011 he posted The Pen Is Mightier Than the Nerd, an entire murder mystery told in real-time via Mervyn Stone's Twitter posts. Fountain posted the conclusion to Twitter live from on-stage at the 2011 Act III scifi convention while, in the narrative, Stone was announcing the mystery's solution from on-stage at the same convention.[5]
In February 2013 Big Finish released "The Axeman Cometh," a Mervyn Stone audio drama mystery, starring John Banks as Mervyn and Nicola Bryant as Vanity.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fountain drew his own comics as a child. Among his influences he counts the Target Books Doctor Who novelisations, beginning with Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius, as well as the prose work of Douglas Adams and the comics work of Alan Moore, John Wagner, Pat Mills, and Alan Grant.[2]
Fountain is in a relationship with Nicola Bryant.[2] Fountain has collaborated professionally with Bryant on several occasions, including a December 2010 episode of Scoop. Bryant posed for the cover of the Mervyn Stone novel Geek Tragedy.
Bibliography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]
BBC Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Omega
- The Kingmaker
- The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time
- The Widow's Assassin
- Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories
Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doomsday Contract (adapted to audio by a script from John Lloyd)
The Sixth Doctor and Peri[[edit] | [edit source]]
Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]
Missy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Vienna[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prose[[edit] | [edit source]]
Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up (in Short Trips: Past Tense)
- The Five O'Clock Shadow (in Short Trips: A Day in the Life
Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series[[edit] | [edit source]]
Comic strips[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who Magazine comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
DWA comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Death Comes to Time (script editor)
