Alan Barnes
Writing
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.
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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.
Known for
Behind the camera1
- 2007Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest Writer
Acting11
- 2021Shadow Play: Inside The Shadow of the Cat as Self
- 2019Back From the Dead: Inside The Revenge of Frankenstein
- 2019The Pharaoh's Curse: Inside Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
- 2018The Brutal Truth: Inside The Camp on Blood Island as Self
- 2018Ladykiller: Inside 'Doctor Jekyll & Sister Hyde' as Self
- 2018Dark Arts: Inside 'To the Devil a Daughter'
- 2008Hammer Horror: A Fan's Guide as Self
- 2008