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'''Stephen Cole''', who has also published work under the [[pseudonym]]s '''Michael Collier''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SteveColeBooks/status/783570553277931521 |title= @SteveColeBooks |author= |date of source=5 October 2016 |website name=[[Twitter]] |accessdate=5 October 2016 |quote=BBC Books boss insisted I had to write under pseudonym; Mike lent his name, old uni friend, now journo & novelist in Latvia}}</ref> '''Tara Samms, Andrew Miller '''and '''Paul Grice''' (born [[1971 (people)|1971]]<ref>[https://peoplepill.com/people/stephen-cole-1/ People Pill]</ref>) is an author of science fiction and children's novels. He was in charge of merchandising at BBC Enterprises between 1997 and 1999, deciding which stories should be released on video. He was also range editor of [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] and the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]], for which he commissioned [[Lawrence Miles]]'s ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''.


'''Stephen Cole''' (who has also published work under the [[pseudonym]] '''Tara Samms''') is an author of science fiction and children's novels. He was in charge of merchandising at BBC Enterprises between [[1997]] and [[1999]], deciding which stories should be released on video. He was also range editor of the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]], and commissioned [[Lawrence Miles]]'s ''[[Alien Bodies]]''.
He wrote the script for the home video ''[[Ian Chesterton: An Introduction (home video)|Ian Chesterton: An Introduction]]''.


==Works==
He is perhaps most famous for his book series ''Astrosaurs''. More recently, he succeeded Charlie Higson as the author of the James Bond spin-off book series, ''Young Bond'', on which he is credited as '''Steve Cole'''.
===Prose fiction===
====Doctor Who Novels====
====[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]====
*''[[Parallel 59]]'' (with [[Natalie Dallaire]])
*''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' (with [[Peter Anghelides]])
*''[[Vanishing Point]]''
*''[[Timeless]]''
*''[[To the Slaughter]]''


====[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]====
He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
*''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'' (with [[Justin Richards]])
*''[[Ten Little Aliens]]''


====[[BBC New Series Adventures#Ninth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures - Ninth Doctor novels]]====
Not to be confused with the Canadian author of the same name.
*''[[The Monsters Inside]]''


====[[BBC New Series Adventures#Tenth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures - Tenth Doctor novels]]====
== Writing Credits ==
*''[[The Feast of the Drowned]]''
=== Novels ===
*''[[The Art of Destruction]]''
==== BBC Novelisations ====
*''[[Sting of the Zygons]]''
* ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' (with [[Frazer Hines]] and [[Mike Tucker]])


====Bernice Summerfield Novels====
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
====[[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series|Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Novels]]====
* ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]'' (as [[Michael Collier]])
*''[[The Gods of the Underworld]]''
* ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]'' (as [[Michael Collier]])
* ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'' (with [[Natalie Dallaire]])
* ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' (with [[Peter Anghelides]])
* ''[[Vanishing Point (novel)|Vanishing Point]]''
* ''[[Timeless (novel)|Timeless]]''
* ''[[To the Slaughter (novel)|To the Slaughter]]''


===Audio Dramas===
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
====[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]]====
* ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'' (with [[Justin Richards]])
*''[[The Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Ten Little Aliens (novel)|Ten Little Aliens]]''
*''[[The Apocalypse Element]]''
*''[[The Wormery]]'' (with [[Paul Magrs]])
*''[[Fitz's Story]]''
*''[[The Whispering Forest]]''
*''[[Kiss of Death]] ''


====Gallifrey Audio Dramas====
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
*''[[Square One]]''
* ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]''
*''[[Spirit]]''
* ''[[The Feast of the Drowned (novel)|The Feast of the Drowned]]''
*''[[Fractures]]''
* ''[[The Art of Destruction (novel)|The Art of Destruction]]''
* ''[[Sting of the Zygons (novel)|Sting of the Zygons]]''
* ''[[Combat Magicks (novel)|Combat Magicks]]''
* ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'' (with [[Sophie Aldred]] and [[Mike Tucker]])


====[[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series]]====
==== The Darksmith Legacy ====
*''[[The Plague Herds of Excelis]]''
* ''[[The Vampire of Paris (novel)|The Vampire of Paris]]''
*''[[The Dance of the Dead]]''
*''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]''


====Other Big Finish Audio Dramas====
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
*''[[The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme]]''
* ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]''


===Audiobooks===
==== Bernice Summerfield novels ====
====Doctor Who Audio books - the Eleventh Doctor====
* ''[[The Gods of the Underworld (novel)|The Gods of the Underworld]]''
*''[[The Ring of Steel]]''


====The Sarah Jane Adventures audio books====
=== Short Stories ===
*''[[The Glittering Storm]]''
==== Doctor Who Files ====
* ''[[The Hero Factor (short story)|The Hero Factor]]''
* ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''


===Comic strips===
==== Classified! A Confidential 3-D Dossier ====
*[[Growing Terror]]
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero (short story)|+ + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero]]''
*[[Hyperstar Rising]]
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: The Doctor (short story)|+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: The Doctor]]''
*[[Death Race Five Billion]]
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: Rose Tyler (short story)|+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: Rose Tyler]]''
*[[The Macrobe Menace]]
* ''[[Case File A01 (short story)|Case File A01]]''
*[[The Hunt of Doom]]
* ''[[Case File A02 (short story)|Case File A02]]''
*[[Reunion of Fear]]
* ''[[Case File A03 (short story)|Case File A03]]''
*[[Wrath of the Warrior]]
* ''[[Case File A04 (short story)|Case File A04]]''
*[[The Screaming Prison]]
* ''[[Case File A05 (short story)|Case File A05]]''
*[[Force and Fury]]
* ''[[Case File A06 (short story)|Case File A06]]''
*[[Warriors' Revenge]]
* ''[[Case File A07 (short story)|Case File A07]]''
*[[Head Start]]
* ''[[Case File A08 (short story)|Case File A08]]''
*[[The Millennium Blag]]
* ''[[Case File A09 (short story)|Case File A09]]''
*[[Second Wave]]
* ''[[Case File A10 (short story)|Case File A10]]''
*[[Operation Lock-up]]
* ''[[Case File A11 (short story)|Case File A11]]''
*[[Crime After Crime]]
* ''[[Case File A12 (short story)|Case File A12]]''
*[[Dusty Death]]
* ''[[Case File A13 (short story)|Case File A13]]''
*[[Cold Assassin]]
* ''[[Memorandum (short story)|Memorandum]]''
*[[Designs of the Dust]]
*[[A Suitable Showdown]]
*[[Carnage Zoo]]
*[[Flight and Fury]]
*[[The Living Ghosts]]
*[[Extermination of the Daleks]]
*[[The House at the End of the World]]
*[[The End]]


==Works as Tara Samms==
==== The Target Storybook ====
===Prose fiction===
* ''[[We Can't Stop What's Coming (short story)|We Can't Stop What's Coming]]''
====[[Telos Doctor Who Novella]]====
*''[[Frayed]]''


====Short Stories====
==== Star Tales ====
=====[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]=====
* ''[[Who-Dini? (short story)|Who-Dini?]]''
*''[[Glass]]''
*''[[Totem]]''
*''[[Monsters]]''
*''[[Distance]]''
*''[[Face-Painter]]''
*''[[Mordieu]]''
*''[[Separation]]''
*''[[Angel (short story)|Angel]]''
*''[[Evergreen]]''


[[fr:Stephen Cole]]
==== Ten Days of Christmas ====
* ''[[Under Control (short story)|Under Control]]''
* ''[[Saviour (short story)|Saviour]]''
* ''[[Not a Creature Was Stirring (short story)|Not a Creature Was Stirring]]''
* ''[[Life in Oils (short story)|Life in Oils]]''
* ''[[The Christmas Blessing (short story)|The Christmas Blessing]]''
* ''[[The Eternal Present (short story)|The Eternal Present]]''
* ''[[Gifts from Afar (short story)|Gifts from Afar]]''
* ''[[The Big Store (short story)|The Big Store]]''
* ''[[Dark Waters (short story)|Dark Waters]]''
* ''[[Into Control (short story)|Into Control]]''
 
==== Iris Wildthyme ====
* ''[[Beguine (short story)|Beguine]]'' (in ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]'')
* ''[[Only Living Girls (short story)|Only Living Girls]]'' (in ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'')
* ''[[The Heart Pendulums (short story)|The Heart Pendulums]]'' (in ''[[Wild Thymes on the 22 (anthology)|Wild Thymes on the 22]]'')
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Land of the Dead (audio story)|The Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]''
* ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'' (with [[Paul Magrs]])
* ''[[Fitz's Story (audio story)|Fitz's Story]]''
* ''[[The Whispering Forest (audio story)|The Whispering Forest]]''
* ''[[Kiss of Death (audio story)|Kiss of Death]]''
* ''[[Masquerade (audio story)|Masquerade]]''
* ''[[Alien Heart (audio story)|Alien Heart]]''
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Square One (Gallifrey audio story)|Square One]]''
* ''[[Spirit (audio story)|Spirit]]''
* ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]''
 
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis]]''
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau]]''
* ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]''
 
==== Iris Wildthyme ====
* ''[[The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme (audio story)|The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme]]''
 
=== Audiobooks ===
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[The Ring of Steel (audio story)|The Ring of Steel]]''
 
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
* ''[[The Glittering Storm (audio story)|The Glittering Storm]]''
* ''[[The Ghost House (audio story)|The Ghost House]]''
 
=== Comics ===
==== Doctor Who: Battles in Time ====
* ''[[Growing Terror (comic story)|Growing Terror]]''
* ''[[Hyperstar Rising (comic story)|Hyperstar Rising]]''
* ''[[Death Race Five Billion (comic story)|Death Race Five Billion]]''
* ''[[The Macrobe Menace (comic story)|The Macrobe Menace]]''
* ''[[The Hunt of Doom (comic story)|The Hunt of Doom]]''
* ''[[Reunion of Fear (comic story)|Reunion of Fear]]''
* ''[[Wrath of the Warrior (comic story)|Wrath of the Warrior]]''
* ''[[The Screaming Prison (comic story)|The Screaming Prison]]''
* ''[[Force and Fury (comic story)|Force and Fury]]''
* ''[[Warriors' Revenge (comic story)|Warriors' Revenge]]''
* ''[[Head Start (comic story)|Head Start]]''
* ''[[The Millennium Blag (comic story)|The Millennium Blag]]''
* ''[[Second Wave (comic story)|Second Wave]]''
* ''[[Operation Lock-up (comic story)|Operation Lock-up]]''
* ''[[Crime After Crime (comic story)|Crime After Crime]]''
* ''[[Dusty Death (comic story)|Dusty Death]]''
* ''[[Cold Assassin (comic story)|Cold Assassin]]''
* ''[[Designs of the Dust (comic story)|Designs of the Dust]]''
* ''[[A Suitable Showdown (comic story)|A Suitable Showdown]]''
* ''[[Carnage Zoo (comic story)|Carnage Zoo]]''
* ''[[Flight and Fury (comic story)|Flight and Fury]]''
* ''[[The Living Ghosts (comic story)|The Living Ghosts]]''
* ''[[Extermination of the Daleks (comic story)|Extermination of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The House at the End of the World (comic story)|The House at the End of the World]]''
* ''[[The End (comic story)|The End]]''
 
==== Doctor Who annual ====
* ''[[Into Control (comic story)|Into Control]]''
 
== Writing Credits as Tara Samms ==
=== Novels ===
==== Telos Doctor Who novellas ====
* ''[[Frayed (novel)|Frayed]]''
 
=== Short Stories ===
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[Glass (short story)|Glass]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]'')
* ''[[Totem (short story)|Totem]]'' (in ''[[More Short Trips]]'')
* ''[[Monsters (short story)|Monsters]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'')
* ''[[Distance (short story)|Distance]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]'')
* ''[[Face-Painter (short story)|Face-Painter]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]'')
* ''[[Mordieu (short story)|Mordieu]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: The Muses]]'')
* ''[[Separation (short story)|Separation]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'')
* ''[[Evergreen (short story)|Evergreen]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]'')
* ''[[Angel (short story)|Angel]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins]]'')
 
== Writing Credits as Michael Collier ==
=== Novels ===
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]''
* ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Out of the Darkness ====
* ''[[Vigil (audio story)|Vigil]]''
 
== Post-production credits ==
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Wormery (audio story)|The Wormery]]'' - music (with [[Jason Loborik]])
 
==  External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406223040/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13698.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Stephen Cole, 01 January 2004] <!-- Link broken-->
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041105001347/http://gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=cole Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Stephen Cole''' (archived)]
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Prose writers|Cole, Stephen]]
[[fr:Stephen Cole]]
[[Category:Audio writers|Cole, Stephen]]
[[Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures audio writers]]
[[Category:Comic writers|Cole, Steven]]
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield novelists]]
[[Category:Doctor Who short story writers]]
[[Category:Reference writers]]
[[Category:Comic writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who television writers]]
[[Category:Main Range writers]]
[[Category:IW audio writers]]
[[Category:Gallifrey audio series writers]]
[[Category:BFBS audio writers]]
[[Category:Excelis Saga writers]]
[[Category:NSA audio writers]]
[[Category:NSA novelists]]
[[Category:TDL novelists]]
[[Category:Telos Doctor Who novelists]]
[[Category:Iris Wildthyme short story writers]]
[[Category:Behind the Sofa contributors]]
[[Category:Big Finish producers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who novelists]]
[[Category:Time Lord Victorious writers]]
[[Category:Big Finish post production]]
[[Category:Doctor Who novelisation writers]]

Latest revision as of 21:09, 5 April 2024

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Stephen Cole, who has also published work under the pseudonyms Michael Collier,[1] Tara Samms, Andrew Miller and Paul Grice (born 1971[2]) is an author of science fiction and children's novels. He was in charge of merchandising at BBC Enterprises between 1997 and 1999, deciding which stories should be released on video. He was also range editor of BBC Past Doctor Adventures and the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures, for which he commissioned Lawrence Miles's Alien Bodies.

He wrote the script for the home video Ian Chesterton: An Introduction.

He is perhaps most famous for his book series Astrosaurs. More recently, he succeeded Charlie Higson as the author of the James Bond spin-off book series, Young Bond, on which he is credited as Steve Cole.

He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

Not to be confused with the Canadian author of the same name.

Writing Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

BBC Past Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Darksmith Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Classified! A Confidential 3-D Dossier[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Target Storybook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Star Tales[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ten Days of Christmas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Battles in Time[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Writing Credits as Tara Samms[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Telos Doctor Who novellas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writing Credits as Michael Collier[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Out of the Darkness[[edit] | [edit source]]

Post-production credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

 External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ @SteveColeBooks. Twitter (5 October 2016). Retrieved on 5 October 2016. “BBC Books boss insisted I had to write under pseudonym; Mike lent his name, old uni friend, now journo & novelist in Latvia”
  2. ↑ People Pill
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