Day, Martin
Entry updated 16 January 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1968- ) UK scriptwriter and author, latterly identified with Doctor Who owing to his novel Ties to that sequence. He has also written several nonfiction books on various Television areas of interest. Of his novelizations, Doctor Who: The Sleep of Reason (2004) has received considerable praise for its tight plotting and intimate scale, as a young woman who has attempted Suicide finds herself immured in a mysterious Retreat haunted by Monsters. [JC]
Martin Day
born 24 February 1968
works
series
Doctor Who
- Doctor Who: The Menagerie (London: Virgin, 1995) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures: pb/Paul Campbell]
- Doctor Who: The Devil Goblins from Neptune (London: BBC Books, 1997) with Keith Topping [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Black Sheep]
- Doctor Who: The Hollow Men (London: BBC Books, 1998) with Keith Topping [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Black Sheep]
- Another Girl, Another Planet (London: Virgin Books, 1998) with Len Beech [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Fred Gambino]
- Doctor Who: Bunker Soldiers (London: BBC Books, 2001) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Black Sheep]
- Doctor Who: The Sleep of Reason (London: BBC Books, 2004) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: pb/Black Sheep]
- Doctor Who: Wooden Heart (London: BBC Books, 2007) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: hb/www.hen.uk.com]
individual titles
- Merlin: Lancelot and Guinevere (New York: Bantam Books, 2010) [tie to the Television fantasy series: Merlin: hb/]
nonfiction (selected)
- The Guinness Book of Classic British TV (Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1993) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Guinness Book of Classic British TV (Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1996) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: exp of the above: pb/]
- Doctor Who: The DisContinuity Guide (London: Virgin, 1995) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: Doctor Who: pb/Slatter-Anderson]
- The New Trek Programme Guide (London: Virgin, 1995) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: pb/Adrian Mitchell]
- X-Treme Possibilities (an X-Files Episode Guide) (London: Virgin, 1997) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: The X-Files: pb/Slatter-Anderson]
- The Avengers Dossier (London: Virgin, 1998) with Paul Cornell and Keith Topping [nonfiction: The Avengers: pb/]
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