Alan Barnes (born 17 March 1970^[1]) is a British writer. He began at Doctor Who Magazine as a comic writer, then edited the magazine for a number of years. He wrote the first half of the Eighth Doctor comic strip stories before becoming assistant editor under Gary Gillatt (the magazine's editor at the time)^[2] in issue 237, released on 14 March 1996. He continued to hold this position until issue 271 in November 1998. The following issue he began to share the position of editor with Gary Gillatt. By June 2000, with issue 293, Barnes had assumed full duties as sole editor, and was credited as such until he was succeeded by Clayton Hickman in issue 314 in February 2002. He later returned as contributing editor from issue 577 in April 2022 to issue 593 in July 2023. During this time, he was notably responsible for writing the Fourteenth Doctor's first full adventure, Liberation of the Daleks ^[+]Alan Barnes, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2022-2023)..

Barnes was also editor of the Judge Dredd Magazine from 2001 to 2005.

Barnes created, or more precisely, "fleshed out" the character of Charley Pollard, who was introduced in Storm Warning. He was given the brief for Storm Warning and in it was the instruction that he had to introduce a companion called "Charley".^[2]

Orbis, a Big Finish Productions audio drama, was cowritten with Nicholas Briggs. However, Barnes has said that he "wrote the script from Nick's very detailed scene breakdown. Which was a fascinating experience – like painting, or something. A storyline is a fairly cold, mechanical blueprint of a thing; writing the script is about adding colour, finding ways to bring it to life."^[3]

In addition to his audio and comic strip credits, Barnes has also written one television story, The Infinite Quest, originally a thirteen-episode animated story made up of three-and-a-half-minute episodes broadcast as part of Totally Doctor Who.

Credits[]

Television[]

Doctor Who[]

• The Infinite Quest

Audio[]

Doctor Who Main Range[]

• Storm Warning
• Neverland
• Zagreus (with Gary Russell)
• The Next Life (with Gary Russell)
• The Girl Who Never Was
• Brotherhood of the Daleks
• Izzy's Story (in The Company of Friends)
• Castle of Fear
• Heroes of Sontar
• Gods and Monsters (with Mike Maddox)
• Daleks Among Us
• Last of the Cybermen
• And You Will Obey Me
• An Alien Werewolf in London

Special Releases[]

• Trial of the Valeyard (with Mike Maddox)

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[]

• Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure
• White Ghosts
• Suburban Hell
• Gallery of Ghouls
• The Planet of Witches

The Sixth Doctor Adventures[]

• The Red House

Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress[]

• The Mummy Speaks!

The Eighth Doctor Adventures[]

• Orbis (with Nicholas Briggs)
• Death in Blackpool
• Nevermore

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller[]

• Island of the Fendahl

Dark Eyes[]

• The White Room

The Comic Strip Adaptations[]

• Doctor Who and the Iron Legion
• Doctor Who and the Star Beast

The Third Doctor Adventures[]

• Conspiracy in Space
• Kaleidoscope

Destiny of the Doctor[]

• Enemy Aliens

Gallifrey[]

• Weapon of Choice
• A Blind Eye
• Panacea

The War Master[]

• The Master's Dalek Plan
• Shockwave

Susan's War[]

• The Shoreditch Intervention

Jago and Litefoot[]

• The Bellova Devil

The Churchill Years[]

• Hounded
• I Was Churchill's Double

Comics[]

Doctor Who Magazine[]

• Endgame
• The Keep
• A Life of Matter and Death
• Fire and Brimstone
• Tooth and Claw
• The Final Chapter
• TV Action!
• The Warkeeper's Crown
• Liberation of the Daleks
• Untitled
• Mancopolis

The Cybermen[]

• The Dead Heart
• The Flesh Unbound
• The Black Sky
• The Hungry Sea
• The Curse of the Scarab
• The Dark Flame
• The Future Perfect
• The Ugly Underneath
• The Prodigal Returns

DWM Spring Special[]

• Daleks Versus the Martians

Doctor Who Yearbook[]

• Junk-Yard Demon II (in Doctor Who Yearbook 1996)

Doctor Who Adventures[]

• The Germ War
• Warfreekz!
• Fried Death
• Save the Humans!
• Bat Attack!
• Triskaidekaphobia
• Gangster's Paradise

Doctor Who Annual[]

• Death Disco (in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009)

Short stories[]

Doctor Who Magazine[]

• The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge

Doctor Who Poster Magazine[]

• Background
• The Shoreditch Incident
• Background
• The Return of the Red God

Documentary appearances[]

• Stripped for Action: The Second Doctor
• On Target
• Serial Thrillers

Footnotes[]

 External links[]

• BBC.co.uk website interview with Alan Barnes, 10 January 2004