Stephen Gallagher

{{Short description|English screenwriter and novelist}}

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Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954) is an English screenwriter and novelist. Gallagher was born in Salford, Greater Manchester and attended Eccles Grammar School, then graduated from the University of Hull with Joint Honours in Drama and English. First worked as a documentaries researcher for Yorkshire Television and then in the Presentation Department of Granada TV, (now ITV Granada).

Career

Gallagher has written novels and television scripts, including for the BBC television series Doctor Who — for which he wrote two serials, Warriors' Gate (1981) and Terminus (1983)—as well as for the series Rosemary & Thyme and Bugs, for two seasons of which he was script consultant along with Brian Clemens. He adapted his own novel Chimera as a 90-minute dramatized audio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1985,[http://www.stephengallagher.com/radio/chimera Radio - Chimera], StephenGallagher.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021. and as a miniseries of the same name that was shown on ITV in 1991. He also directed the miniseries adaptation of Oktober, as well as writing the feature-length episode The Kingdom of Bones for the BBC series Murder Rooms.

He created and wrote a science-based series for ITV, Eleventh Hour, starring Patrick Stewart as a government science investigator and advisor. The programme was rumoured to be ITV's answer to the new series of Doctor Who, but was more in the tradition of the hard-science thriller. Gallagher's series format was acquired for a US television remake by the CSI trio of CBS, Jerry Bruckheimer and director Danny Cannon. The series aired on CBS and starred Rufus Sewell and Marley Shelton.

Life Line, broadcast in 2007, was a two-part supernatural mystery starring Ray Stevenson, Joanne Whalley and Jemima Rooper. Gallagher was later lead writer and story supervisor on NBC's 13-part series Crusoe, screened in 2008/2009, and contributed two episodes to the US version of Eleventh Hour including Medea, the season finale. In 2009 he served as Co-Executive Producer on Bruckheimer's crime show The Forgotten, starring Christian Slater. Legacy, a two-part story for season 16 of the BBC's Silent Witness, was Best Drama winner in the 2013 European Science TV and New Media Awards. He later wrote episodes of Stan Lee's Lucky Man.

Bibliography

{{Incomplete list|date=February 2019}}

=Novels=

==Original==

==Omnibus==

==Novelizations==

  • Saturn Three – 1980 (film novelisation){{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/sci-fi/38736/saturn-3-the-1980s-weirdest-sci-fi-movie|title = Saturn 3: The 1980s' Weirdest Sci-fi Movie|date = 3 February 2016}}
  • Silver Dream Racer – 1980 (film novelisation, as John Lydecker)
  • Doctor Who - Warriors' Gate – 1982 (as John Lydecker)
  • Doctor Who - Terminus – 1983 (as John Lydecker)
  • The Kids from Fame – 1983 (as Lisa Todd, based on TV series Fame)
  • The Kids from Fame II – 1983 (as Lisa Todd, based on TV series Fame)
  • Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate and Beyond – 2023 (printing longer draft of novelization, along with two new related stories){{cite web|url=https://www.stephengallagher.com/doctor-who/the-restored-novelisation/ |title=The Restored Novelisation – Stephen Gallagher }} "The Kairos Ring" and a new story, "The Little Book of Fate"{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-new-books-2023-target-newsupdate/|access-date = 20 January 2023|first = Morgan|last = Cormack|title = Doctor Who Target books add 5 new novelisations for 2023}}

=Non-fiction=

=Screenplays=

=Radio and Audio=

  • The Last Rose of Summer – 1977 (6x30’, Piccadilly Radio)
  • Hunters’ Moon – 1978 (8x30, Piccadilly Radio)
  • The Humane Solution – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre)
  • The Babylon Run – 1979 (4x30, Piccadilly Radio)
  • An Alternative to Suicide – 1979 (90’, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre)
  • A Resistance to Pressure – 1980 (90’, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre)
  • Chimera – 1985 (90’, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre)
  • The Kingston File – 1987 (90’, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre)
  • The Wonderful Visit – 1988 (45’, H. G. Wells adaptation, BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre)
  • By the River, Fontainebleau – 1988 (30’, BBC Radio 4 Fear on Four)
  • The Horn – 1989 (30’, BBC Radio 4 Fear on Four)
  • The Visitors’ Book – 1992 (15', short story, BBC Radio 4, reader Terence Edmond)
  • Life Line – 1993 (30’, BBC Radio 4, Fear on Four)
  • The Bedlam Detective – 2012 (Audiobook, Dreamscape Media, reader Michael Page)
  • The Kingdom of Bones – 2013 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble)
  • The Box – 2013 (30’, Hammer Chillers, Bafflegab Productions)
  • The Bedlam Detective – 2014 (Audiobook, Oakhill Publishing, reader Jonathan Keeble)
  • Nightmare Country – 2019 (Doctor Who: The Lost Stories, Big Finish Productions)
  • Warriors’ Gate – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader Jon Culshaw)
  • Casting the Runes – 2019 (M. R. James adaptation, Bafflegab Productions)
  • Terminus – 2019 (Audiobook, BBC Audio, reader Steven Pacey)
  • The Kairos Ring – 2021 (Audio original, BBC Audio, reader Steven Pacey)

=Theatre=

= Short fiction - Collections=

=Comics=

=Stories<ref>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>=

Key to collections: CA=Comparative Anatomy, OOHM= Out of his Mind, PM=Plots & Misadventures

class='wikitable sortable' width='90%'
width=25%|Title

!|Year

!|First published

!|Reprinted/collected

!|Notes

A Mystery for Julie Chu

|2021

|Beyond the Veil, ed Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press

|CA

|Hunting magical memorabilia

Blame the French

|2013

|Twisted Histories, ed Scott Harrison, Snowbooks

|CA

|Odysseus in a pub

By the River, Fontainebleau

|2001

|{{cite journal |date=Aug 1986 |title=By the River, Fontainebleau |journal=F&SF |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=77–90 |url= }}

|OOHM

|French Impressionist horror

Casey, Where He Lies

|1991

|Imagination 8, ed Ian Murphy, Kingfisher Press

|OOHM

|Master tape of the dead

Comparative Anatomy

|1990

|Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest

|CA

|Mystery sea cruise

Dead Man’s Handle

|1990

|Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest

|Northern Chills, ed Graeme Hurry, 1994

|Low-rent park ride haunting

DeVice

|1991

|Hotter Blood, ed Jeff Gelb

|

|BDSM goes wrong

Doctor Hood

|2003

|The Dark, ed Ellen Datlow, TOR Books

|PM

|Scientific ghost hunt

Dracula

|2018

|Dark Mirages, ed Paul Kane, PS Publishing

|

|Commissioned BBC screenplay, 2 parts

Driving Force

|1989

|Fear Magazine, ed John Gilbert, May/June 1989, July 1989 (in two parts)

|OOHM

|Meat eating car

EELS

|2007

|{{cite journal |date=Spring 2007 |title=Eels|journal=Postscripts Magazine |volume=1|issue=10 |url= }}

|CA

|Eel breeding neighbour

Eternal Flame

|2013

|Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, ed Jacob Edwards, issue 55

|

|Magic gas tank

Fancy That!

|1995

|Shivers for Christmas, ed Richard Dalby, Michael O’Mara Books

|OOHM

|Rat breeder and customer

Feeding Frenzy

|2001

|Walking in Eternity, ed Julian Eales, Factor Fiction

|

|Doctor Who charity short

God’s Bright Little Engine

|1994

|Tombs, ed Peter Crowther and Edward E Kramer, White Wolf Publishing

|OOHM

|Repairman revenant

Heroes and Villains (alt:Cheeky Boy)

|2015

|The Doll Collection, ed Ellen Datlow, TOR Books

|CA

|Creepy ventriloquism

Homebodies

|1992

|Dark at Heart, ed Karen and Joe R Lansdale, Dark Harvest

|

|Precursor to Red, Red Robin

Hounded

|2022

|Bonus e-story, Subterranean Press

|

|Scheming dogs

Hunter, Killer

|1990

|Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest

|PM

|A bit like Predator

In Gethsemane

|1995

|Heaven Sent, ed Peter Crowther, DAW Books

|CA, OOHM

|Conjuror vs Spiritualist

Jailbird for Jesus

|2003

|The Best British Mysteries, ed Maxim Jakubowski

|PM

|Convenience store, undercover cop

Life Line

|1989

|Dark Fantasies, ed Christopher Morgan, Legend

|CA, OOHM

|Haunted chat line

Like Clockwork

|1987

|{{cite journal |date=Mar 1987|title=Like Clockwork |journal=The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=21–35 |url= }}

|PM

|Body part replacement tech

Like Shadows in the Dark

|1987

|Shadows 10, ed Charles L Grant, Doubleday

|OOHM

|Precursor to The Boat House (1)

Little Angels

|2004

|Out of his Mind, collection, PS Publishing

|CA, OOHM

|Grandma’s revenge

Little Dead Girl Singing

|2002

|{{cite journal |date=Mar 1987|title=Like Clockwork |journal=Weird Tales |editor1=Darrell Schweitzer |editor2=George H Scithers |publisher=DNA Publications |volume=55 |issue=3 |url= }}

|CA, PM

|Weird Child in a contest

Magpie

|1991

|Final Shadows, ed Charles L Grant, Doubleday

|CA, OOHM

|Schoolboy revenge

Melody James

|2018

|The Brooligan Press

|

|The carny and the spy

Misadventure

|2007

|Inferno, ed Ellen Datlow, TOR Books

|CA

|Spooky leisure centre

Modus Operandi

|1989

|New Crimes, ed Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson

|OOHM

|Child and a burglary

Mousetrap

|1992

|The Little Book of Horrors, ed Sebastian Wolfe, Xanadu

|

|Short short

My Repeater

|2001

|{{cite journal |date=Jan 2001 |title=My repeater |journal=F&SF |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=122–136 |url= }}

|CA, PM

|Time travelling failures

Night Flight

|2023

|Great British Horror 8, ed Steve J Shaw, Black Shuck Books

|

|Author stalks fan

Nightmare, with Angel

|1983

|{{cite journal |date=Nov 1983 |title=Nightmare, with Angel |journal=F&SF |volume=65 |issue=5 |url= }}

|

|Arizona motel killer. Unrelated to the novel of the same title

No Life For Me Without You, Vodyanoi

|1985

{{cite journal |date=Sep 1985 |title=No Life For Me Without You, Vodyanoi |journal=F&SF |volume=69 |issue=3 |url= }}

|OOHM

|Precursor to The Boat House (2)

Not Here, Not Now

|1995

|Cold Cuts 3, ed Paul Lewis, Steve Lockley, Alun Books

|CA, OOHM

|Reckless driver comeuppance

O, Virginia

|1997

|Shades of Blonde, ed Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge

|CA, OOHM

|Parts of the stars

Old, Red Shoes

|1998

|Jack the Ripper, ed Susan Casper and Gardner Dozois, Futura

|OOHM

|Ripper office pranksters

One Dove

|2014

|Subterranean Magazine, ed William Schafer, Subterranean Press

|CA

|Edwardian crime

Out of Bedlam

|2012

|Crimetime Online

|

|Edwardian crime

Poisoned

|1997

|Kimota 6, ed Graeme Hurry

|OOHM

|Childhood accident with a twist

Restraint

|2004

|Postscripts Magazine 1, ed Peter Crowther, PS Publishing

|CA, PM

|Pursued by ex, night, road, kids

Ribbon of Darkness, Over Me

|1989

|{{cite journal |date=Aug 1989 |title=Ribbon of Darkness, Over Me |journal=F&SF |volume=77 |issue=2 |url= }}

|

|Precursor to Down River

Shepherds’ Business

|2017

|New Fears, ed Mark Morris, Titan Books

|CA

|Scottish island horror

The Adventure of the Seven Unnatural Women

|2022

|Gaslight Ghouls, ed Charles Prepolec and J R Campbell

|

|Sherlock Holmes

The Back of His Hand

|1990

|Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest

|CA, PM

|Tattoo removal shocker

The Backtrack

|2022

|Comparative Anatomy, Subterranean Press

|CA

|Buried secrets in a scrapped car

The Beautiful Feast of the Valley

|2018

|The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories, ed Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing

|CA

|Plutarch in the machine

The Blackwood Oak

|2007

|Plots and Misadventures (collection)

|

|Hunting fairies with pickup truck and cattle prod

The Boy Who Talked to the Animals

|1985

|{{cite journal |date=Feb 1985 |title=The Boy Who Talked to the Animals |journal=F&SF |volume=68 |issue=2 |url= }}

|CA

|Theme park behind the scenes

The Box

|2006

|Retro Pulp Tales, ed Joe R Lansdale, Subterranean Press

|CA

|Haunted helicopter escape

The Bucket Woman

|2006

|British Fantasy Society calendar

|

|Short short horror

The Butterfly Garden

|2006

|Joe R Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor, ed William Schafer and Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press

|CA

|Teen of the Flies

The Drain

|1990

|Fantasy Tales, ed Stephen Jones, David A Sutton

|OOHM

|Kids on a quest

The Governess

|2021

|The Brooligan Press

|CA

|Winner of the Arthur Conan Doyle Society’s inaugural award for fiction

The Horn

|1989

|Arrows of Eros, ed Alex Stewart, New English Library

|OOHM

|Dead Mistress in a snowstorm

The Kairos Ring

|2021

|BBC Audio original

|

|Dr Who spinoff novella

The Jigsaw Girl

|1986

|Shadows 9, ed Charles L Grant, Doubleday

|OOHM

|Fortune telling toy

The Plot

|2006

|Subterranean Magazine 5, ed William Schafer, Subterranean Press

|CA, PM

|Revenge on Victorian cleric

The Price

|1985

|{{cite journal |date=May 1985 |title=The Price |journal=Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine|volume=9 |issue=6 |url= }}

|CA

|Twist of fate

The Sluice

|1992

|Narrow Houses, ed Peter Crowther, Little, Brown

|OOHM

|Uncanny care home tale

The Visitors’ Book

|1991

|Darklands, ed Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press

|CA, OOHM

|Dread in a holiday home

The Wishing Ball

|1987

|Winter Chills 2, ed Peter Coleborn, British Fantasy Society

|PM

|Snuffing mom’s ex

To Dance by the Light of the Moon

|1986

|{{cite journal |date=Jan 1986 |title=To Dance by the Light of the Moon |journal=F&SF |volume=70 |issue=1 |url= }}

|CA

|Stalking the late night DJ

Twisted Hazel

|2020

|Tales of Dark Fantasy, ed William Schafer, Subterranean Press

|CA

|Young ghost made homeless

With Her in Spirit

|2013

|Thirteen (audio original), Fantom Publishing

|

|Inspired by true story

See also

References

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