Steve O'Brien is an SFX and Doctor Who Magazine writer who appeared on the documentaries Getting Blood from the Stones , Putting The Shock Into Earthshock and When Worlds Collide (on the Happiness Patrol DVD). He has contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who. and also co-wrote BBC Books' Whographica alongide Simon Guerrier.
He edited the fanzines Peladon and Purple Haze.