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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 [[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 (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 ====
He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
====[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]====
 
Not to be confused with the Canadian author of the same name.
 
== Writing Credits ==
=== Novels ===
==== BBC Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' (with [[Frazer Hines]] and [[Mike Tucker]])
 
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]'' (as [[Michael Collier]])
* ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]'' (as [[Michael Collier]])
* ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'' (with [[Natalie Dallaire]])
* ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'' (with [[Natalie Dallaire]])
* ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' (with [[Peter Anghelides]])
* ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' (with [[Peter Anghelides]])
* ''[[Vanishing Point]]''
* ''[[Vanishing Point (novel)|Vanishing Point]]''
* ''[[Timeless]]''
* ''[[Timeless (novel)|Timeless]]''
* ''[[To the Slaughter]]''
* ''[[To the Slaughter (novel)|To the Slaughter]]''
 
==== BBC Past Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'' (with [[Justin Richards]])
* ''[[Ten Little Aliens (novel)|Ten Little Aliens]]''
 
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]''
* ''[[The Feast of the Drowned (novel)|The Feast of the Drowned]]''
* ''[[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]])
 
==== The Darksmith Legacy ====
* ''[[The Vampire of Paris (novel)|The Vampire of Paris]]''
 
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
* ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]''
 
==== Bernice Summerfield novels ====
* ''[[The Gods of the Underworld (novel)|The Gods of the Underworld]]''
 
=== Short Stories ===
==== Doctor Who Files ====
* ''[[The Hero Factor (short story)|The Hero Factor]]''
* ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''
 
==== Classified! A Confidential 3-D Dossier ====
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero (short story)|+ + Classified + + Special Intelligence File Alpha Zero]]''
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: The Doctor (short story)|+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: The Doctor]]''
* ''[[+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: Rose Tyler (short story)|+ + Classified + + Subject for Observation: Rose Tyler]]''
* ''[[Case File A01 (short story)|Case File A01]]''
* ''[[Case File A02 (short story)|Case File A02]]''
* ''[[Case File A03 (short story)|Case File A03]]''
* ''[[Case File A04 (short story)|Case File A04]]''
* ''[[Case File A05 (short story)|Case File A05]]''
* ''[[Case File A06 (short story)|Case File A06]]''
* ''[[Case File A07 (short story)|Case File A07]]''
* ''[[Case File A08 (short story)|Case File A08]]''
* ''[[Case File A09 (short story)|Case File A09]]''
* ''[[Case File A10 (short story)|Case File A10]]''
* ''[[Case File A11 (short story)|Case File A11]]''
* ''[[Case File A12 (short story)|Case File A12]]''
* ''[[Case File A13 (short story)|Case File A13]]''
* ''[[Memorandum (short story)|Memorandum]]''
 
==== The Target Storybook ====
* ''[[We Can't Stop What's Coming (short story)|We Can't Stop What's Coming]]''


==== [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] ====
==== Star Tales ====
* ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'' (with [[Justin Richards]])
* ''[[Who-Dini? (short story)|Who-Dini?]]''
* ''[[Ten Little Aliens]]''


==== [[BBC New Series Adventures#Ninth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures - Ninth Doctor novels]] ====
==== Ten Days of Christmas ====
* ''[[The Monsters Inside]]''
* ''[[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]]''


==== [[BBC New Series Adventures#Tenth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures - Tenth Doctor novels]] ====
==== Iris Wildthyme ====
* ''[[The Feast of the Drowned]]''
* ''[[Beguine (short story)|Beguine]]'' (in ''[[Wildthyme on Top (anthology)|Wildthyme on Top]]'')
* ''[[The Art of Destruction]]''
* ''[[Only Living Girls (short story)|Only Living Girls]]'' (in ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'')
* ''[[Sting of the Zygons]]''
* ''[[The Heart Pendulums (short story)|The Heart Pendulums]]'' (in ''[[Wild Thymes on the 22 (anthology)|Wild Thymes on the 22]]'')


==== Bernice Summerfield Novels ====
==== The Adventures Before ====
====[[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series|Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Novels]]====
* ''[[The Gods of the Underworld]]''


=== Audio Dramas ===
* ''[[The Roots of Evil (2024 short story)|The Roots of Evil]]''
==== [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] ====
* ''[[The Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[The Apocalypse Element]]''
* ''[[The Wormery]]'' (with [[Paul Magrs]])
* ''[[Fitz's Story]]''
* ''[[The Whispering Forest]]''
* ''[[Kiss of Death]] ''


==== Gallifrey Audio Dramas ====
=== Audio ===
* ''[[Square One]]''
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Spirit]]''
* ''[[The Land of the Dead (audio story)|The Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Fractures]]''
* ''[[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]]''


==== [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series]] ====
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[The Plague Herds of Excelis]]''
* ''[[Square One (Gallifrey audio story)|Square One]]''
* ''[[The Dance of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Spirit (audio story)|Spirit]]''
* ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]''
* ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]''


==== Other Big Finish Audio Dramas ====
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme]]''
* ''[[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 ===
=== Audiobooks ===
==== Doctor Who Audio books - the Eleventh Doctor ====
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[The Ring of Steel]]''
* ''[[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]]''


==== The Sarah Jane Adventures audio books ====
==== Doctor Who annual ====
* ''[[The Glittering Storm]]''
* ''[[Into Control (comic story)|Into Control]]''


=== Comic strips ===
== Writing Credits as Tara Samms ==
====[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]====
=== Novels ===
* [[Growing Terror]]
==== Telos Doctor Who novellas ====
* [[Hyperstar Rising]]
* ''[[Frayed (novel)|Frayed]]''
* [[Death Race Five Billion]]
* [[The Macrobe Menace]]
* [[The Hunt of Doom]]
* [[Reunion of Fear]]
* [[Wrath of the Warrior]]
* [[The Screaming Prison]]
* [[Force and Fury]]
* [[Warriors' Revenge]]
* [[Head Start]]
* [[The Millennium Blag]]
* [[Second Wave]]
* [[Operation Lock-up]]
* [[Crime After Crime]]
* [[Dusty Death]]
* [[Cold Assassin]]
* [[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 (comic story)|The End]]


== Works as Tara Samms ==
=== Short Stories ===
=== Prose fiction ===
==== Short Trips ====
==== [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]] ====
* ''[[Glass (short story)|Glass]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips (anthology)|Short Trips]]'')
* ''[[Frayed]]''
* ''[[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]]'')


==== Short Stories ====
== Writing Credits as Michael Collier ==
===== [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] =====
=== Novels ===
* ''[[Glass (short story)|Glass]]''
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Totem]]''
* ''[[Longest Day (novel)|Longest Day]]''
* ''[[Monsters]]''
* ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]''
* ''[[Distance]]''
 
* ''[[Face-Painter]]''
=== Audio ===
* ''[[Mordieu]]''
==== Out of the Darkness ====
* ''[[Separation]]''
* ''[[Vigil (audio story)|Vigil]]''
* ''[[Angel (short story)|Angel]]''
 
* ''[[Evergreen]]''
== 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]]
[[Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures audio writers]]
[[Category:Audio writers|Cole, Stephen]]
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield novelists]]
[[Category:Comic writers|Cole, Steven]]
[[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]]

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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]]

The Adventures Before[[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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