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'''Adrian Rigelsford''' was born in Cambridgeshire. He was a writer and long-time fan of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and conducted interviews for periodicals including ''[[Radio Times]]'', ''Film Review'', ''Fantasy Zone and Movies'' and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


'''Adrian Rigelsford''' is a long-time fan of the series. He was born in Cambridgeshire and has written for and about Doctor Who the television series.
However, Rigelsford was the subject of some controversy. An interview he claimed to have conducted with Stanley Kubrick, that was published in ''TV Times'', was later proven to be fraudulent, with the magazine issuing an apology to Christiane Kubrick and publishing a correction.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/nov/20/features.weekend|title=What Stanley Kubrick didn't say|accessmonthday=12 May |accessyear=2019 |author=Anthony Frewin |author last name=Frewin |author first name=Anthony  |date of source= 20.11.2004|website name= www.theguardian.com|publisher= Guardian}}</ref> He was found guilty of stealing and selling a great number of photos from a research library over an eight-year period.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3839733.stm BBC News]</ref>


* His work includes;
Additionally, due to the Kubrick incident, some voiced their concerns that quotes he had attributed to figures from ''Doctor Who ''and ''Carry On'', alleged to be from final interviews, could not be verified by any other sources.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/nov/20/features.weekend|title=What Stanley Kubrick didn't say|accessmonthday=12 May |accessyear=2019 |author=Anthony Frewin |author last name=Frewin |author first name=Anthony  |date of source= 20.11.2004|website name= www.theguardian.com|publisher= Guardian}}</ref>
:* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' (Writer)
:* ''[[The Dark Dimension]]'' Writer of the 30th Anniversary direct-to-video '''unmade''' movie in 1993
:* ''[[Doctor Who: The Monsters]]'' (Writer)
:* ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' (Provided additional text)
:* ''[[Classic Who: The Hinchcliffe Years]]'' (Writer)
:* ''[[Classic Who: The Harper Classics]]'' (Writer)
:* ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' (Writer)
:* ''[[Calling the Shots]]'' (Co-writer of [[Graeme Harper]]'s experiences directing Doctor Who.


* He also conducted interviews for periodicals, including [[Radio Times]], Film Review, Fantasy Zone and Movies and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
He wrote the script for ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', an unproduced story intended to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It would have starred all the surviving Doctors to various extents.


== Selected credits ==
=== Audio ===
* ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' (writer; actor - as [[Pyran]])


=== Prose ===
==== Nonfiction ====
* ''[[Doctor Who: The Monsters]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' (additional text)
* ''[[Classic Who: The Hinchcliffe Years]]''
* ''[[Classic Who: The Harper Classics]]''
* ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel]]''
=== Documentary ===
* ''[[Calling the Shots (documentary)|Calling the Shots]]''
=== Unproduced 30th anniversary special ===
* ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]''
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 13 March 2024

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Adrian Rigelsford was born in Cambridgeshire. He was a writer and long-time fan of Doctor Who and conducted interviews for periodicals including Radio Times, Film Review, Fantasy Zone and Movies and Doctor Who Magazine.

However, Rigelsford was the subject of some controversy. An interview he claimed to have conducted with Stanley Kubrick, that was published in TV Times, was later proven to be fraudulent, with the magazine issuing an apology to Christiane Kubrick and publishing a correction.[1] He was found guilty of stealing and selling a great number of photos from a research library over an eight-year period.[2]

Additionally, due to the Kubrick incident, some voiced their concerns that quotes he had attributed to figures from Doctor Who and Carry On, alleged to be from final interviews, could not be verified by any other sources.[1]

He wrote the script for The Dark Dimension, an unproduced story intended to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Doctor Who. It would have starred all the surviving Doctors to various extents.

Selected credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prose[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nonfiction[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Unproduced 30th anniversary special[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anthony Frewin (20.11.2004). What Stanley Kubrick didn't say. www.theguardian.com. Guardian. Retrieved on 12 May, 2019.
  2. BBC News