Simon A. Forward (born 1967 in

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) is an author and dramatist most famous for his work on a variety of '' Doctor Who'' spin-offs. He lives and works in Penzance (with his two cats) as a full-time writer.

Work

Forward specialises in sci-fi novels such as Doctor Who. His most recent work is Evil Unlimited for the Kindle. Simon's first published work was the

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''One Bad Apple'' in

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' ''Doctor Who'' anthology ''

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'' (BBC Books, 1999). Following this, Simon had a proposal for a

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accepted, and the subsequent novel, '' Drift'', was published by BBC Books in 2002. Having a successful novel behind him, Simon contacted

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about the possibility of writing for Big Finish's range of audio adventures. The enquiry resulted in him writing the audio play '' The Sandman'' (Big Finish, 2002). Simon went on from this to write several short stories for the Big Finish Short Trips volumes, as well two subsequent audio adventures. Forward also wrote the

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'' ( Telos Publishing Ltd., 2003). This was part of their range of ''Doctor Who'' novellas and is now out of print. In the same year, Simon also had another ''Doctor Who'' novel published by BBC Books, the Eighth Doctor Adventure '' Emotional Chemistry'' (BBC Books, 2003). 2009 saw two novelisations of the BBC television series ''

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'', followed by a third in 2010. 2010 also saw the independent publication of an original SF Comedy, Evil UnLtd, in ebook form. In 2016, Forward was invited by editor Andy Frankham-Allen at Candy Jar Books to contribute to the successful "Lethbridge-Stewart" series of authorized spinoff novels, focusing on the DOCTOR WHO character of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the years between his initial meeting with the Doctor (during the television episode "The Web of Fear") and the creation of UNIT. Forward wrote the novel "Blood of Atlantis" (Candy Jar Books, 2016) published as the ninth Lethbridge-Stewart title.

External links

Author's homepage

Big Finish productions' homepage
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