Gary Russell | |
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Born | Maidenhead, Berkshire, England | 18 September 1963
Nationality | British |
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Years active | 1976–present |
Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media. As an actor, he is best known for playing Dick Kirrin in the British 1978 television series The Famous Five.
Biography[edit]
Russell was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire.[citation needed] His on-screen acting career included leading roles in the BBC's adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel The Phoenix and the Carpet as Cyril, ITV's adaptations of Enid Blyton's Famous Five novels (as Dick) and the BBC's Look & Read schools series, playing Lord Edward Dark in Dark Towers. He also spent seasons performing with Prospect Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre.
He has written guide books, under the pseudonym Warren Martyn, to Frasier and The Simpsons for Virgin Publishing.[1] He was editor of Doctor Who Magazine between 1992 and 1995. He was the producer for the Doctor Who licensed audio drama tie-ins at Big Finish Productions from its inception in 1998 until July 2006, when he stepped down[2] to work for BBC Wales as a Script Editor on Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood.[3] He has written a number of Doctor Who spin-off novels and in 2000 co-wrote with executive producer Philip Segal the book Doctor Who: Regeneration (HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-710591-6), the making-of book of the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, as well as the TV movie's novelisation in 1996.
He wrote a series of The Art of The Lord of the Rings, one per film, plus a fourth featuring material that could not be fitted into the individual volumes, and contributed to Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic with Andy Serkis. He also wrote the behind-the-scenes book on the making of the Matthew Warchus directed 2007 stage musical version of The Lord of the Rings. His behind-the-scenes book Doctor Who: The Inside Story was published in October 2006, coinciding with his joining the Doctor Who production team. His most recent reference work was also for Doctor Who; published in 2007 by BBC Books, The Doctor Who Encyclopedia is a guide to the current Doctor Who series (2005–present), which has been regularly updated (most recently in 2012) and published both in hardback and via an app. He also wrote a similar encyclopedia for Torchwood and The Torchwood Archive, a semi-fictional guide to the show. He also co-produced and directed the animated mini series The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, which tied in with the current television series of Doctor Who as well as a series of award-winning animated online games also based on the show.
In 2011, having left BBC Wales, he briefly returned to Big Finish to produce the Bernice Summerfield and Gallifrey audios,[4] before moving to Australia and becoming the Executive Producer at animation company Planet 55 Studios. There he has overseen the development and production of a new children's sci-fi cartoon Prisoner Zero for ABC Television.[5] He returned to the UK in 2016.
Credits[edit]
Film and TV[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976–77 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Cyril | |
1978–79 | The Famous Five | Dick Kirrin | |
1981 | Look and Read: Dark Towers | Lord Edward Dark | |
1982 | A Shocking Accident | School Captain | Short film |
Schoolgirl Chums | Stephen | ||
1983 | Octopussy | Teenager in car[6] | Uncredited |
Stage[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | A Month in the Country | Kolya[7] | Prospect Theatre Company |
1980–81 | The Browning Version/Harlequinade | Taplow/Halbidere | Royal National Theatre, London/Baltimore |
Bibliography[edit]
Comics[edit]
- Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine No. 173, 235–237, 1991, 1996, and in Radio Times issues dated 1 June 1996 – 2 March 1997)
IDW Doctor Who comic book[edit]
At the 2007 San Diego Comic Con, IDW Publishing announced their intention to publish a new series of Doctor Who comics, which will follow the adventures of the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. The first six issues of this series, later collected as Agent Provocateur, were scripted by Russell and published in early 2008. He has also written a number of Torchwood strips for Titan Publishing.
Books[edit]
Year | Title | Notes |
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1994 | Doctor Who: Legacy | Series: Virgin New Adventures |
1995 | Doctor Who: Invasion of the Cat-People | Series: Virgin Missing Adventures |
1996 | Doctor Who: The Scales of Injustice | Series: Virgin Missing Adventures |
Doctor Who: The Novel of the Film | Novelization | |
1997 | The New Adventures: Deadfall | Series: Virgin New Adventures |
Doctor Who: Business Unusual | Series: Past Doctor Adventures | |
1998 | Doctor Who: Placebo Effect | Series: Eighth Doctor Adventures |
1999 | Doctor Who: Divided Loyalties | Series: Past Doctor Adventures |
2001 | Doctor Who: Instruments of Darkness | Series: Past Doctor Adventures |
2005 | Doctor Who: Spiral Scratch | Series: Past Doctor Adventures |
2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak | Novelization |
2008 | Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos | Series: New Series Adventures |
Torchwood: The Twilight Streets | [8] | |
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy | Novelization | |
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran | Novelization | |
2010 | Doctor Who: The Glamour Chase | Series: New Series Adventures |
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor | Novelization | |
2012 | Doctor Who: Horror of the Space Snakes | Collected in the book Doctor Who Book 5: Monstrous Missions[9] |
2014 | Bernice Summerfield: Adorable Illusion | |
2015 | Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation | Series: New Series Adventures |
2021 | Robin of Sherwood: Here Be Dragons | [10] |
Year | Title | Published in |
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1998 | "Missing, Part One: Business as Usual" | Doctor Who: More Short Trips |
"64 Carlysle Street" | Doctor Who: More Short Trips | |
2000 | "Countdown to TV Action" | Doctor Who: Short Trips and Sidesteps |
2003 | "A Boy’s Tale" | Doctor Who - Short Trips: Companions |
2004 | "Repercussions..." | Doctor Who - Short Trips: Repercussions |
2006 | "Echoes" | Doctor Who - Short Trips: The Centenarian |
2007 | "The Report" | Doctor Who - Short Trips: Snapshots |
"Do You Dream in Colour" | Doctor Who - Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Doctor Who: Regeneration | With Philip Segal |
2004 | The Art of The Lord of the Rings | |
2006 | Doctor Who: The Inside Story |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | The Chronicles of Dorian Gray: The Picture of Loretta Delphine[11] |
Directing credits[edit]
Awards[edit]
In April 2022, Gary Russell was given the inaugural Terrance Dicks Award For Writers by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society.[62]
References[edit]
- ^ Preddle, Jon (June 1997). "Gary Russell: From Peladon to Placebos". Time Space Visualiser. No. 51. The New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
I've just done my first non-fiction book, Oh No It's A Completely Unofficial Simpsons Guide for Virgin, co-authored with Gareth Roberts which has, to be frank, been more of a nightmare than it needed to be [the book was published as I Can't Believe It's An Unofficial Simpsons Guide, with Gary and Gareth writing under the pseudonyms Warren Martyn & Adrian Wood].
- ^ "All Change at Big Finish". 9 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006.
- ^ "Bride on Time!". Doctor Who Magazine (373). 13 September 2006.
- ^ "Podcasts - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com.
- ^ "planet55studios.com.au - Parked Domain". planet55studios.com.au.
- ^ "Trivia - Octopussy". Mi6-HQ.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Turgenev, Ivan (1980). A Month in the Country - Issue 2 of Monash Nineteenth-century drama series. Dramatists Play Service Inc. p. 7. ISBN 9780822207726.
- ^ "Gary Russell interview | Unreality SF".
- ^ Green, Jonathan; Russell, Gary (27 March 2012). Doctor Who Book 5: Monstrous Missions. ISBN 978-1405908047.
- ^ Russell, Gary (26 March 2021). Robin of Sherwood: Here Be Dragons. ISBN 978-1913256760.
- ^ "2.1. THE PICTURE OF LORETTA DELPHINE". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "3. WHISPERS OF TERROR". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "4. THE LAND OF THE DEAD". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "5. THE FEARMONGER". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "6. THE MARIAN CONSPIRACY". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "8. RED DAWN". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "10. WINTER FOR THE ADEPT". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "12. The Fires of Vulcan". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "13. The Shadow of the Scourge". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "2.1. The Secret of Cassandra". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "16. Storm Warning". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "18. The Stones of Venice". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "21. Dust Breeding". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "2.3. The Extinction Event". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "22. Bloodtide". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "23. Project: Twilight". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "24. The Eye of the Scorpion". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "25. Colditz". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "26. Primeval". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "27. The One Doctor". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "The Ratings War". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "1. Doctor Who: Excelis Dawns". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "30. Seasons of Fear". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "3.2. The Green-Eyed Monsters". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "3. Doctor Who: Excelis Decays". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "33. Neverland". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "34. Spare Parts". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "1.1. Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "1.2. Sarah Jane Smith: The Tao Connection". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "37. The Sandman". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "1.4. Sarah Jane Smith: Ghost Town". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "1.5. Sarah Jane Smith: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "33 1/2. The Maltese Penguin". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "38. The Church and the Crown". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "i. Real Time". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "No Place Like Home". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "3.4. The Mirror Effect". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "4.1. The Bellotron Incident". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "4.2. The Draconian Rage". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "45. Project: Lazarus". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "2. Sympathy for the Devil". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "46. Flip Flop". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "47. Omega". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "4. He Jests at Scars..." Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "48. Davros". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "12. Judge Dredd: War Planet". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "49. Master". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "50. Zagreus". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "51. The Wormery". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Living Legend". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "52. Scherzo". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Gary Russell wins The Terrance Dicks Award For Writers". Doctor Who News. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- Gary Russell at IMDb
- Gary Russell on X
- Gary Russell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Scales of Injustice E-book on the BBC website
- Interview with Russell on the BBC Doctor Who website
- Interview with Russell in the Pantechnicon Magazine
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