Stephen Cole (or Steve Cole, 1971-) is an author best known for his work on Doctor Who.
Life[]
Born in rural Bedfordshire in 1971, Cole studied at the public University of East Anglia from 1989 to 1992 - graduating from the University with first class honors in literature and film studies. Cole briefly worked for BBC Radio Bedfordshire before becoming a junior assistant for BBC Children's Magazines. Three years after taking this job, Cole became Group Editor of Pre-School Magazines. It was while Group Editor that Cole wrote a series of pop-up poetry books for children and started writing Doctor Who novels for BBC Books.
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Writing style[]
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Notable works[]
- The Glittering Storm - a Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook showing Sarah and her friends investigating gold addicts
- The Ghost House - a Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook showing Sarah and her friends investigating two houses swapping place
Doctor Who[]
- The Ring of Steel - an audiobook
Novels and novellas[]
- Longest Day (as Michael Collier) - Cole's debut novel, shows the Eighth Doctor and Sam travelling to a planet covered in time fields
- The Taint (as Michael Collier) - the introduction of Fitz Kreiner
- Parallel 59 (with Natalie Dallaire) - shows the Doctor and Fitz being separated
- The Ancestor Cell (with Peter Anghelides) - an end to the War in Heaven saga
- The Shadow in the Glass (with Justin Richards) - shows the Sixth Doctor solving a mystery dating back to World War II
- Vanishing Point - shows the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, and Anji travelling to a planet ruled over by a being known as "the Creator"
- Ten Little Aliens - shows the First Doctor, Ben, and Polly in the Earth Empire
- Timeless - a part of the "Alternate Reality Arc"
- Frayed (as Tara Samms) - a novella showing the First Doctor and Susan travelling to a war-torn world
- To the Slaughter - shows the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, and Trix visiting the outer Solar System while it is being cleaned
- The Monsters Inside - shows the Ninth Doctor and Rose being sent to prison
- The Feast of the Drowned - shows the Tenth Doctor and Rose investigating ghosts
- The Art of Destruction - shows the Tenth Doctor and Rose in 22nd century Chad
- Sting of the Zygons - shows the Tenth Doctor and Martha facing off against the Zygons
- The Vampire of Paris - a part of the Darksmith Legacy series
- Combat Magicks - shows the Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham meeting Attila the Hun
- At Childhood's End (with Sophie Aldred and Mike Tucker) - shows the Thirteenth Doctor reuniting with Ace
- The Knight, the Fool, and the Dead - a part of the Time Lord Victorious series
Short stories[]
- Glass (as Tara Samms, in Short Trips)
- Mondas Passing (as Paul Grice, in Short Trips)
- Rights (as Paul Grice, in Short Trips)
- Dead Time (as Andrew Miller, in Earth and Beyond)
- Vigil (as Michael Collier, in Out of the Darkness)
- Totem (as Tara Samms, in More Short Trips)
- Monsters (as Tara Samms, in Short Trips and Side Steps)
- Distance (as Tara Samms, in Companions)
- Face-Painter (as Tara Samms, in A Universe of Terrors)
- Mordieu (as Tara Samms, in A Universe of Terrors)
- Separation (as Tara Samms, in 2040)
- Angel (as Tara Samms, in Seven Deadly Sins)
- Evergreen (in A Christmas Treasury)
- The Hero Factor (in The Doctor)
- The Final Darkness (in The Sycorax)
- We Can't Stop What's Coming (in The Target Storybook)
- Who-Dini? (in Star Tales)
- Under Control (in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024)
- Saviour (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- Not a Creature Was Stirring (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- Life in Oils (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- The Christmas Blessing (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- The Eternal Present (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- Gifts from Afar (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- Dark Waters (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- Into Control (in Ten Days of Christmas)
- The Roots of Evil (in The Adventures Before)
Bernice Summerfield[]
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld - a novel
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis - ties up loose ends from the Excelis Saga
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead - shows Benny meeting Ice Warriors
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau - shows Benny meeting descendants of the K-1 robot
- Many Happy Returns (one of many)
Iris Wildthyme[]
- Beguine (printed in Wildthyme on Top)
- The Devil in Mrs. Wildthyme - an audio drama
- Only Living Girls (printed in Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus)
- The Heart Pendulums (printed in Wild Thymes on the 22)
Gallifrey[]
- Square One
- Spirit
- Fractures
Young James Bond[]
- Shoot to Kill
- Heads You Die
- Strike Lightning
- Red Nemesis
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See also[]
Sources[]
- Wikipedia