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Alan Barnes

Overview

Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, mainly related to cult film and television.

Barnes was the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine from 2001 until 2005. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned The Simping Detective. He also wrote a handful of Judge Dredd stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd.

He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine.

Barnes has written or co-written a number of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions.

He has written a number of books on films, including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes, and his book The Hammer Story, co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997.

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Acting
2021 Shadow Play: Inside The Shadow of the Cat Actor Self N/A
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2019 Back From the Dead: Inside The Revenge of Frankenstein Actor N/A
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2019 The Pharaoh's Curse: Inside Blood From The Mummy's Tomb Actor N/A
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2018 The Brutal Truth: Inside The Camp on Blood Island Actor Self N/A
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2018 Ladykiller: Inside 'Doctor Jekyll & Sister Hyde' Actor Self N/A
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2018 Dark Arts: Inside 'To the Devil a Daughter' Actor N/A
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2008 Stripped for Action: The First Doctor Actor Self N/A
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2005 Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' Actor N/A
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2005 Daphne Ashbrook in the UK Actor N/A
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1997 Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised Actor N/A
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Writing
2007 Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest Writing Writer 59
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