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Simon Guerrier (born June 1976) is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of Doctor Who and its spinoffs. Although he has written three Doctor Who novels, for the BBC Books range, his work has mostly been for Big Finish Productions' audio drama and book ranges. Guerrier has also written tie-in books for the Being Human and Primeval television series and co-authored a reference book for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.

Work

Guerrier's earliest published fiction appeared in , the first of Big Finish's Short Trips range of Doctor Who short story anthologies. To date, his work has appeared in the majority of the Short Trips collections. He has also edited three volumes in the series, , and . The second of these takes as its starting-point Guerrier's short story An Overture Too Early in . The third anthology featured stories entirely by previously unpublished writers.

After contributing two stories to the anthology Life During Wartime in Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield range of books and audio dramas, Guerrier was invited to edit the subsequent year's short story collection, A Life Worth Living, and the novella collection Parallel Lives. After contributing two audio dramas to the series, Guerrier became the producer of the Bernice Summerfield range of plays and books, a post he held between January 2006 and June 2007.

Simon Guerrier (2026). 9781844352807, Big Finish Productions. ISBN 9781844352807

His other Doctor Who work includes the audio dramas, The Settling and The Judgement of Isskar, in Big Finish's Doctor Who audio range, three Companion Chronicles and a contribution to the UNIT spinoff series. He created the spin-off Graceless, which aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra. He has also written a play in Big Finish's Sapphire and Steel range.

Style

Guerrier's work is characterised by character-driven humour and by an interest in unifying the continuity of the various Big Finish ranges through multiple references and reappearances of characters. As editor he has been a strong promoter of the work of various script writers from the Seventh Doctor era of the Doctor Who television series.

Bibliography

Doctor Who novels

The Time Travellers (2005), .
The Pirate Loop (2007), .
The Slitheen Excursion (2009), .

Primeval novels

Fire and Water (2009) ()

Being Human novels

The Road (2010), .

Sherlock Holmes novels

The Great War (2021) .

Doctor Who short stories

"Libra: The Switching: in (2002; edited by Jacqueline Rayner), .
'Curriculum Vitae" in , (2003; edited by Rayner), .
"Euterpe: An Overture Too Early" in , (2003; edited by Rayner), }. Also Reprinted in (2006; edited by Guerrier), .
"A Good Life" in (2003; edited by John Binns), .
"The Immortals" in (2004; edited by Ian Farrington), .
"Categorical Imperative" in (2004; edited by Farrington), .
"Last Christmas" in (2004; edited by Paul Cornell), .
"How You Get There" in (2005; edited by Farrington), .
"Christmas on the Moon" in (2005; edited by Guerrier), .
"Incongruous Details" in (2006; edited by Farrington), .
"DS Al Fine" in (2006; edited by Guerrier), .
"The Best Joke I Ever Told" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World" in (2006; edited by Nicholas Briggs), .
"There's Something About Mary" in (2007; edited by Joseph Lidster), .
"Great Escapes" in (2008; edited by Farrington), .
"Do You Smell Carrots?" in (2008; edited by Xanna Eve Chown), .
"Pass It On" in (2009; edited by Neil Corry), .
"Journey Out of Terror" in The Target Storybook (2019), .

Doctor Who comic strips

The Secret Army
The Good Old Days

Bernice Summerfield short stories

The Birthday Party and Speaking Out in Life During Wartime (2003; edited by Cornell), .
Inappropriate Laughter and After Life in Something Changed (2005; edited by Guerrier), .
Six Impossible Things in Present Danger (2010, edited by Eddie Robson), .
Benny and the Grieving Man in In Time (2018, edited by Xanna Eve Chown), .
Santa Benny at the Bottom of the Sea in The Christmas Collection (2020, audiobook edited by Chown), .

As editor

A Life Worth Living (2004), .
(2005), .
Parallel Lives (2005), .
Something Changed (2005), .
(2006), .
Old Friends (2006), .
(2006), .
(2009), .

Reference books

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Slayer Stats: The Complete Infographic Guide to All Things Buffy (2018; with Steve O'Brien), .

Audio Productions

Doctor Who audio drama

The Settling (2006; featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex)
The Judgement of Isskar (2009; featuring the Fifth Doctor)
The Mega (2013; featuring the Third Doctor)
The Yes Men (2015; featuring the Second Doctor}
The Black Hole (2015; featuring the Second Doctor}
The Sontarans (2016; featuring the First Doctor}
The Outliers (2017; featuring the Second Doctor}
The Home Guard (2019; featuring the Second Doctor}
The Bookshop at the End of the World (part of Shadow of the Daleks 1) (2020; featuring the Fifth Doctor)
Wicked Sisters (2020; featuring the Fifth Doctor)