Sophie Aldred has had a long and varied career in television and theatre but is best known to American audiences as Ace, the trustworthy, staunchly loyal, explosives-happy companion of the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who, starring alongside Sylvester McCoy in such classic tales as "Remembrance of the Daleks", "The Curse of Fenric", "Ghost Light", "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", and the final story of the show's original 26-year run, "Survival".

After graduating with a degree in Drama from University of Manchester, Sophie embarked on a career in children's theatre and television. She has presented educational programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams, long-running BBC series Words and Pictures and also CITV paranormal show It's a Mystery in 1996. She also played the character Minnie The Mini Magician from Series 8 onwards on CITV's ZZZap! between 1999 and 2001. Aldred has presented and sung in several BBC Schools Radio series, including Singing Together, Music Workshop, Time and Tune and Music Box. She has also performed on radio and in the theatre.  Throughout the 2000s she has worked extensively as a voice-over artist for television advertisements, and has also provided voices for animated series such as Bob the Builder and Dennis & Gnasher.

Sophie continued her portrayal of Ace, alongside Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, in the long-running series of Doctor Who audio dramas by Big Finish.

Sophie's appearance at TG 2011 is work schedule permitting.

Mike Dopud was born in Montreal, Canada, the second son of a Yugoslavian family. Mike speaks three languages fluently (English, French, and Serbian). Graduating with a degree in Physiology and International Business Administration from Southern Illinois University where he was a four-year letterman, Dopud went on to a pro-football career in the Canadian Football League that was cut short by a knee injury. After rehabilitating his knee, he found himself back on skates playing pro hockey for the in the Minor Leagues.  When further injury ended his sports career, Mike turned his talents to acting.

Because of his athletic background, Dopud began his career as a stuntman, including early work on Stargate SG-1. As either a stunt performer or coordinator, Dopud has appeared in films such as The Chronicles of Riddick, I Robot, Fantastic Four, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Watchmen, 300, 2012 and Tron: Legacy among many others.

As an actor, Mike can be seen in recurring roles in Battlestar Galactica, Smallville and MTV's original series Kaya as well as roles in Caprica, Blade: The Series, Flashpoint, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and many others.

Mike returned to the Stargate franchise with two appearances in SG-1: in the 2005 episode "Full Alert" and in "Bounty" in 2007. In 2008 he appeared as Kyrik in the Stargate Atlantis Seaon Four episode "Tracker". In 2010 Mike began a recurring association, appearing as Varro, one of the Lucian Alliance, at the conclusion of Stargate Universe Season One. He continued into Season Two, becoming the love interest of one of the main cast members.

Mike's appearance at TG 2011 is work schedule permitting.

Kelly Yates is a self-taught artist whose love for comics began at age 12. After studying exercise sports science, commercial art and computer graphics in college, he and some friends in the Greensboro, NC area formed Tsunami Studios. His work for DC comics includes titles such as The Green Arrow Secret Files and The JLA/JSA Secret Files, and he's illustrated a series of character trading cards for Marvel Comics. He has also worked for companies such as Hanes Brands as the manager of the Marvel Comics license and K-Mart International as an illustrator on their children's clothing line. Most recently, his work can be seen in IDW's miniseries Doctor Who: The Forgotten. As a long-time fan of the show, Kelly says that "Doctor Who is one of my dream projects." In 2009, Image Comics will launch Kelly's own series, Amber Atoms, which he describes as "a modern-day female Flash Gordon." And he hopes to work on Doctor Who again in the future.

www.kellyyatesart.com

Kelly's appearance at TG 2011 is still tentative, work schedule permitting.

Melissa Scott was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she discovered science fiction as the direct result of breaking her arm during junior high gym class. She was banished to the library, and there the assistant librarian suggested she might enjoy “what’s his name, Heinlein—or that Andre Norton guy.” He was right. She devoured everything available at school, and then discovered the collection created by the Little Rock Public Library’s À Son Goût Trust, which had been established to purchase “books people like to read”—SF, Fantasy, and Westerns.

Scott studied history at Harvard College, where she was involved with the now-defunct college-sanctioned SF ‘zine that spawned the Harvard/Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, and was introduced to a new round of media SF, particularly Doctor Who. She earned her PhD from Brandeis Univesity in the comparative history program with a dissertation titled “The Victory of the Ancients: Tactics, Technology, and the Use of Classical Precedent.” She also sold her first novel, The Game Beyond, and quickly became a part-time graduate student and and—almost—full-time writer.

Over the next twenty years, she published eighteen original novels and a handful of short stories, as well as tie-in novels for both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Proud Helios) and Star Trek: Voyager (The Garden). She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1986, and won Lambda Literary Awards in 1995, 1996, and again in 2001 with long-time partner and collaborator, the late Lisa A. Barnett. She has also been short-listed for the Tiptree Award. In the summer of 2009, good friend and fellow writer Jo Graham invited her to participate in a new project: a six-book series of tie-in novels for Stargate: Atlantis, to begin where the fifth season had ended. Scott was immediately hooked by the idea, and she, Graham, and Amy Griswold have been working on the project ever since.

http://mescott.livejournal.com/

Diana Botsford writes science fiction for a variety of mediums including books, film, television, theatre and comics.  Prior to moving to the novel form, she wrote, produced and directed for 12 years in the television and film industry.  Her screenwriting credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Spiral Zone, and a variety of children’s series for CBS, NBC and independent networks.  As a visual effects director Botsford has enjoyed the opportunity to play techno junkie while telling people like George Clooney how to stand in front of a bluescreen.  She has produced multiple series for television such as the CBS series Harts of the West and Nightgames.  Her theatrical credits include visual effects directing and supervision for a wide variety of films including Nightmare of Elm Street VI, Tank Girl, From Dusk Til Dawn, Terminator 2 and many independent films. As Associate Producer for D.I.C. Enterprises and then later as VP of Family Programming for Kushner-Locke, she produced over 1,000 hours of animation for shows that included Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, M*A*S*K Force, Spiral Zone, and the Columbia/Tristar film Pound Puppies & the Legend of Big Paw. Botsford served as Executive Producer on the SF short Apollo which was a recent selection at the Athens, Greece International Science Fiction Film Festival.

In addition to Botsford's two Stargate: SG-1 novels — The Four Dragons (2010) and Drift (2011) — her recently completed written work includes the SF novel Critical Past and the comic book series The Fracture.  As head of the Screenwriting Program at Missouri State University, she attempts to corrupt her students’ minds on a daily basis while educating them on the finer points of storytelling.

http://www.dianabotsford.com/

David Read is co-editor of the biggest independantly-run Stargate website on the globe, Gateworld.net. David became interested in science fiction when his dad introduced him to the original Star Trek at only three years old. Until the age of six Trek and Public Television were the only programming he was allowed to watch, solidifying his attraction to the genre. He joined GateWorld.net as an editor for the Stargate Omnipedia at the end of SG-1 Season Six, and over the years has worked to make himself an invaluable co-editor with GateWorld partner Darren Sumner. He now participates in interviews, news and podcasts for the website. He currently freelances for Fox Home Entertainment—Stargate’s DVD distributor—as well as the official Stargate magazine, and currently works for Propworx, a company developing a series of official auctions of Stargate properties.

www.gateworld.net
www.stargateartifacts.com

Heidi Arnhold is a Sequential Artist and Illustrator currently rockin’ it in Atlanta, GA. Since she graduated with a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006, Heidi has been privileged to illustrate comics for several properties: Tokyopop’s Legends of the Dark Crystal: The Garthim Wars, Star Trek Uchu, Legends of the Dark Crystal: Trial by Fire, and an upcoming contribution to Archaia’s Fraggle Rock anthology. Heidi greatly looks forward to wherever her career will take her next!

When she’s not face hugging her desk, she can often be found spending time with her rabbits, singing in choir, or watching Hulu and eating pizza at the same time.

www.heidiarnhold.com

Louis Robinson currently makes his living as a professional singer/songwriter and can be found regularly performing and working with other singer/songwriters in the area. Before coming to America, he worked for the BBC for many years, in a number of capacities in both television and radio. He wrote, produced, composed and directed many different productions. In the '70s, he worked in the film editing department, contributing to such shows as The Brothers (starring Colin Baker and Kate O'Mara), The Onedin Line, Doomwatch (created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, famous for also creating the Cybermen), and of course, Doctor Who. After leaving the BBC for two years, he returned in 1984 as Program Associate of the hit show Telly Addicts. He worked on the entire run of that show, from the development of its pilot in 1984 to the final episode in 1996. Robinson is also a Sherlock Holmes expert, and enjoys giving presentations on that subject. Visit www.louisrobinson.com.

Debbie Viguié is the New York Times Bestselling author of over a dozen novels. She is the co-author (with Nancy Holder) of the Young Adult series Wicked, the bestselling five-book series that includes Witch, Curse, Legacy, Spellbound and July 2009's Resurrection. The Wicked series is currently under option by DreamWorks for a possible film adaptation. In September 2010 the authors launched a brand new Young Adult series with the book Crusade. Much of Debbie’s work has a dark edge to it, including her retold fairy tales, her latest being Violet Eyes, a retelling of "The Princess and the Pea". In addition to her epic dark fantasy work Debbie also writes thrillers including The Psalm 23 Mysteries and the upcoming Kiss trilogy. When Debbie isn’t busy writing she enjoys spending time with her husband, Scott, visiting theme parks. They live in Florida with their cat, Shrödinger. Visit Debbie online at
www.debbieviguie.com.

Scott Viguié holds two doctorate degrees and is an archaeologist and an attorney who has done extensive research on myths and their impact on modern archaeology and modern storytelling. He wrote his dissertation on the importance of using and understanding mythology in archaeological research and analysis. He has done extensive writing in both his chosen fields. When he’s not rigorously pursuing the truth, he enjoys watching and reading science fiction and fantasy. He appreciates the history and mythology woven together in the Doctor Who and Stargate shows. Scott is also one of the producers of the Articles of the Shadow Proclamation, a Doctor Who podcast which can be downloaded on iTunes or from www.shadowproclamation.net. When Scott is not busy with his work he can be found enjoying theme parks with his wife, Debbie, being a technical adviser for her books, or working on his own book examining world-wide laws and regulations governing both professional and amateur archaeology.

Jana Oliver has the perfect job—she listens to the voices in her head and then writes their stories. Her latest creation is the young adult Demon Trappers series sent in a dystopian Atlanta populated by Hellspawn, Deaders and scheming necromancers. The series has gone international, with editions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Brazil. The first book was published in early 2011 as The Demon Trapper's Daughter (St. Martin’s Press – U.S.) and as Demon Trappers: Forsaken (Macmillan Children’s Books – U.K.)

Jana’s foray into time travel and alternate history resulted in the multi-award winning Time Rovers Series (Dragon Moon Press). Set in 1888 London, the series deftly blends time travel, shape-shifters and Jack the Ripper.

When she’s not daydreaming, she can be found savoring a growing collection of single malt scotch. Visitors are always welcome at her website:
www.janaoliver.com

Andy Runton has always loved to draw and always loved comics. After college and a career in corporate America, he finally followed his heart and hasn't looked back since. In 2001 he created the breakout all-ages series of graphic novels, Owly, which features a kind-hearted little owl who's always searching for new friends and adventure. The Owly series has earned praise from fans and critics alike, winning multiple awards including the Howard E. Day Memorial Prize, the Harvey Award, two Ignatz Awards, and the 2006 Eisner Award for Best Publication for a Younger Audience. He relies on a mixture of symbols, icons, and expressions to tell Owly's silent stories, and his work showcases his love of wildlife and the outdoors.

Click here to watch an animated short featuring Owly and his best friend Wormy, written and storyboarded by Andy and created by Sprite Animation Studios.

www.andyrunton.com

Mike Langford—a writer and actor of bizarre and wacky twists—is best known for creating and producing Professor Satyre's Sci-Fried Sideshow, exhibiting the wildest parodies of SF classics in captivity, since 1999. In dementia such as "Andy Griffith's Twilight Zone", "Come to Salvador Dollywood", and "Ed Wood's Blade Runner", Mike can be blamed for scripting and giving voice to dozens of characters. His retro-weirdness has   ranged across the stage, the printed page, films, and radio for over a fortieth of a millennium. As a student at UGA, Mike created the cult film classic: "Beat the Sh*t Out of All Monsters". Next, he wrote several SF shorts for anthologies and co-edited two poetry anthologies: Once Upon A Midnight, a modern tribute to Poe, and The Usual Suspects Meet Frankenstein, for which he also produced an audio book. On WREK-FM, Mike co-hosted the subGenius radio show, "Bob's Slacktime Funhouse". Mike has written and performed numerous roles with Sketchworks and with Atlanta Radio Theater Company. With The Mighty Rasillon Art Players, he played both Theoden and Denethor in "The Return of the King and I" and a  Stan Lee character for "The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants". On Sunday nights at The Java Monkey in Decatur, you might catch Mike reciting "Kubla Khan", as Boris Karloff, or one of his own poems—such as "The Haunted Refrigerator"—as if read by Peter Lorre and Mr. Magoo.

Bobby Nash is a writer of novels, comic books, short stories, and graphic novels. Novels by Bobby include Evil Ways and Fantastix: Code Red. Bobby’s short story and anthology work includes Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 [Airship 27 Prod./Cornerstone Books], Startling Stories Magazine [Wild Cat Books], Sentinels Widescreen Special Edition [White Rocket Books], Full Throttle Space Tales Vol. 2: Space Sirens [Flying Pen Press], Sentinels: Alternate Visions [White Rocket Books], Domino Lady: Sex As A Weapon [Moonstone Books], Shadow One: Shades Of Gray [BEN Books], Real Magicalism [Daemon Press], and A Fistful of Legends [Express Westerns]. Upcoming 2010 titles include The Green Hornet Chronicles [Moonstone Books], Secret Agent X [Airship 27 Prod./Cornerstone Books], Ravenwood: Stepson of Mystery [Airship 27 Prod./Cornerstone Books], Tales From The Zero Hour: Weird Tales [Blinding Force productions], Mortis Tree, Lance Star: Sky Ranger novel Cold Snap, and more. Comic books and graphic novels by Bobby include Life In The Faster Lane, Fuzzy Bunnies From Hell [FYI Comics], Bubba The Redneck Werewolf [Brass Ball Comics], Demonslayer [Avatar Press], Threshold [Avatar Press], Doc Dresden: The Immortal [Odyssey Comics], Jungle Fantasy [Avatar Press], The Garden [Planetary Stories], and Fantastix [FYI Comics]. Upcoming 2010 titles include Yin Yang [Arcana Comics], I am Googol [Point G Comics], Life In The Faster Lane [BEN Books], and more. Bobby lives in Bethlehem, Georgia. For more information on Bobby Nash please visit him at www.bobbynash.com and http://bobby-nash-news.blogspot.com.

Anthony Taylor is a writer and producer. His most recent book is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Complete Series - Volume 2, which includes reprints of the vintage Gold Key comic book stories. He also wrote The Future was FAB: The Art of Mike Trim, chronicling artist Mike Trim's career designing models and special effects for Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, UFO, and illustrating the cover for Jeff Wayne's musical War of the Worlds album. Anthony was one of the forces behind the documentary film Full Boost Vertical: The Supercar Story, the definitive behind the scenes look at the Supermarionation television series. He was a monthly columnist for Toy Shop Magazine for 12 years covering garage kits and sci-fi collectibles. In addition, Anthony was a regular contributor and editor for the British magazine Sci-Fi & Fantasy Models International, and contributed a chapter on the Flying Sub miniatures from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea for the book From Sketch to Screen. His articles have appeared in Famous Monsters of Filmland, FilmFax, Amazing Figure Modeler, Effects Special, Modeler's Resource, and many other magazines. Anthony also designed and co-edited CultTVMan's Ultimate Modeling Guide to the Jupiter II as well as CultTVMan's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies, available at http://www.culttvman.com/.

For more information on The Future was FAB: The Art of Mike Trim, visit the artist's website at http://www.miketrimart.com/.

James Palmer is an author, editor, short story writer, copywriter and journalist. He has written articles, interviews, reviews, columns, fiction and poetry for Strange Horizons, RevolutionSF, Vision: A Resource for Writers, The Agony Column, Blood Blade and Thruster: The Magazine of Speculative Fiction and Satire, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, Tangent Online, Continuum SF, SciFaikuest, and Fantasy and Fear. He also wrote the introduction to the White Rocket Books reprint of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Warlord of Mars. James has two stories in anthologies being published by Airship 27 Productions, including Van Allen Plexico Presents Gideon Cain and the forthcoming Mars McCoy—Space Ranger Vol. II.

James also the editor of Voices for the Cure, a speculative fiction anthology to benefit the American Diabetes Association. Voices features stories by Mike Resnick, Cory Doctorow, Robert J. Sawyer, Eugie Foster, Mur Lafferty, and Davy Beauchamp, and is published by White Rocket Books.

A recovering comic book addict, James lives in Northeast Georgia with his wife and
daughter, and is currently hard at work on a novel and pulp fiction stories for Airship 27 and Pro Se Productions. For more info, check out
www.jamespalmerbooks.com.

Based out of Trinity, NC, Dan Johnson has written for a number of publications about comics, horror, science fiction and pop culture in general, including Alter Ego, Back Issue, Comic Book Marketplace, Con-Tour, Filmfax, Hogan's Alley, Monster Memories, Monster News and Scary Monsters Magazine, as well as the online publications Monster Kid and Monster News Online. Dan’s first graphic novel, Herc and Thor, was published by Antarctic Press in 2006. In early 2007, he joined the Campfire Comics writing staff and has written several adaptations of classic novels for the company, including Robinson Crusoe and Oliver Twist. Besides working for Campfire Comics, Dan is a regular contributor to the Dennis the Menace comic strip and is also working on his first project for Viper Comics.

Davey Beauchamp is the creator of the Writers for Relief anthonlogy series, the Agency 32 series and the Amazing Pulp Adventures Podcast along with Podcastings Rich Sigfrit. When he isn't writing he is getting his Masters of Library and Information Science Degree from UNCG and works at the Lexington Public Library in Davidson County as their Teen Specialist and Technology Guru. visit the podcast at Pulpadventures.net

Mark Maddox was born in Panama City, Florida in 1961 and began drawing at an early age, inspired by artists like Jack Kirby, James Bama and many others. Feeling he could not get enough of the art he admired, he rendered his own to fill the gap.

As a child he knew he would be an artist in his professional career. His family moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1975 and upon graduating high school, he received education in commercial art from Lively Vocational Technical Center and fine art from Florida State University.

Mark has done illustrations for Cornerstone Publishing, Adamant Entertainment, Bookmarks Magazine, Homes & Land Publishing, Meridian Art Group, Flying Labs Software and White Rocket Books. Recent work includes covers for Moonstone Comics with such titles as Kolchak: The Night Stalker Files, The Heap and the upcoming Flint series based on the 1960's spy. He has also done covers and illustrations for Little Shoppe Of Horrors Magazine, Black Coat Press, Undying Monsters Magazine, Hammer: Fantasy & Sci-Fi from Hemlock Books, Philip Nutman's Cities Of Night and more. He is a Pulp Factory Award winner for his Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective cover and a Rondo Nominee.

He now resides in Athens, Georgia with his lovely wife, Carlyn, and two beautiful children. 

Berta Platas was born in Havanna, Cuba, but since moving to America has lived in Miami, Pittsburg, New York and Charlotte, in that order. She now calls Atlanta home. She is married to the sexiest dude on the planet, has four kids and works days in a marketing position. And somehow she also has time to write. Her romance novels include Cinderella Lopez and Lucky Chica and she's contributed stories and essays to fiction and non-fiction anthologies. She describes herself as "an avid Stargate fan". And she loves martinis. Together with Michelle Roper, under the pen name Gillian Summers, they write the modern Young Adult fantasy series The Faire Folk Trilogy, about a young girl from California called Keelie Heartwood who discovers her part-elfen heritage. The series includes The Tree Shephard's Daughter (September, 2007), Into the Wildewood (June, 2008) and The Dread Forest's Secret (June 2009). In June of 2010, mere weeks after TimeGate, they'll be releasing the first book in the second Faire Folk Trilogy, The Shadows of the Redwood.

Michelle Roper co-writes with Berta Platas under the pseudonym of Gillian Summers. As Gillian, they write about the adventures of Keelie Heartwood starting with the Faire Folk Trilogy.  Keelie’s story continues in  the  SHADOWS OF THE REDWOOD, the first book in the  Scions of Shadow trilogy which will be released on June 1st, 2010. When not writing about Keelie and her mischievous feline companion, Knot, Michelle is busy walking her two Siberian Huskies, Arwen and Raven and seeking their input on plotting, characterization, and world building. 
www.bertaplatas.com
www.gilliansummers.com

The Earth Station One Podcast is a podcast celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi and Fantasy.  We never know what really what we will be talking about, but we know it will be entertaining, and hope you enjoy. It’s time to let your inner geek out to play. Join Mike Faber, Dan Rynn, Mike Gordon and Judy Faber as they dive headfirst into the world of their favorite topics, and see what we can find to get into trouble with!

Eric L. Watts has been active in Star Trek fandom for more than thirty years and is one of the most well-known Star Trek fans in the Southeast.  He brings a wealth of convention-running experience, fan club management and insider knowledge to the TrekTrax Atlanta con committee.

Mr. Watts started watching Star Trek in the early 1970s, attended his first Star Trek convention in 1978 and started his first fan club, The United Federation of Trekkers (Columbia SC), in 1980.  During his presidency, the UFT became South Carolina's largest Star Trek fan club, with more than 100 members.  He served as president and newsletter editor for eight years and was often interviewed in the local media during the heyday of the first four Star Trek motion pictures.

In 1992, Mr. Watts joined Dragon*Con to create a new track of programming devoted exclusively to Star Trek.  "TrekTrak" debuted in 1993 and over the next 17 years became one of Dragon*Con's largest, highest-profile and most widely acclaimed programming tracks.  His signature event, the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, was one of America Online's "Top 11 Most Offbeat Beauty Pageants" two consecutive years and has been featured in Shock, Spin, Discover and Maxim magazines and on the Fox News, Today Show and countless other web sites.  In 2002, Mayor Shirley Franklin proclaimed September 2 of that year as "TrekTrak Day" in the City of Atlanta.

In 2006, Mr. Watts was elected Commanding Officer of the USS Republic NCC-1371, the STARFLEET International chapter in Atlanta.  The Republic had less than 10 members when he was elected but by the end of 2009, had over 100 members and was the largest STARFLEET chapter in the world.  In 2007, Mr. Watts won the prestigious STARFLEET International Commanding Officer of the Year Award and over the last four years, has won ten Region 2 awards in newsletter, web site, member recruitment and mothership categories.  The Republic was featured on the front cover of the April 2010 issue of the STARFLEET International newsletter, The Communiqué.

Mr. Watts served as a production assistant on the set of Star Trek: New Voyages for the episode "World Enough and Time" and will play the role of the iconic Harry Mudd in an episode of Star Trek: Phase II called "The Sky Above... The Mudd Below" in the fall of 2011.

Jason "PK" Levine works for Steve Jackson Games as the Assistant GURPS Line Editor, where he helps to create new supplements for the company's flagship roleplaying game. He has a much smaller hand in the company's card and board games (such as Munchkin and Revolution), from playtesting the undeveloped ones
to demoing those available in stores. He and his wife, both fully ordained reverends in the Church of the SubGenius, live in north Georgia with a handful of animals and in-laws.

Andy Vetromile is a freelance editor and writer in the RPG business who lives in the Atlanta area. He has worked for numerous game companies and is currently editing GURPS Starships for Steve Jackson Games, Inc. One of his short stories appeared in Final Flesh Anthology from Eden Studios. The book won the Origins Award.

Joseph Lidster

Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964) is a London-born British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon (10 episodes) and Dark Knight. He is best known to the TimeGate audience for writing the Doctor Who serials "Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Battlefield", two of the true classics from the Seventh Doctor era. He has also written three spin-off novels in the Virgin Publishing New Adventures range (Transit, The Also People and So Vile a Sin), a new Bernice Summerfield novel and several short stories for the Big Finish anthology series Short Trips.

He is currently heading up B7 Enterprises, working as lead writer and script editor on the audio revival of the classic British space opera Blake's 7, with possible live action and animated projects in development.

www.blakes7.com

Andrew Cartmel is a television writer, novelist and playwright. He was born in London.

He worked for BBC television for three years as script editor of Doctor Who during the Sylvester McCoy era, responsible for bringing classic tales like "Remembrance of the Daleks", "Ghost Light" and "The Curse of Fenric" to the screen. He also script edited Casualty for the BBC and was lead writer and script editor on the TV drama Dark Knight, for Channel Five. He is currently writing for Torchwood.

His novels include The Wise and Warlock (Virgin Books) and Atom Bomb Blues (BBC).

Cartmel wrote two non-fiction Doctor Who titles: Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who and the memoirs of his time working on the show, Script Doctor: The Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-89.

His stage plays, produced on the London fringe, include End of the Night and Under the Eagle, hailed by Time Out London as ‘bitingly funny’.

In 2011, Big Finish will be releasing audio adaptations of the previously unmade fourth season of the Seventh Doctor, with stories written by Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch and featuring what would have been the final appearance of Ace in the television series.

Mark Ayres  is a television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who. Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light, and The Curse of Fenric. In 1994 he scored a stand-alone Doctor Who movie, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (written by Terrance Dicks), which starred Sophie Aldred as Mari. He later provided the score for the 1999 Comic Relief special "The Curse of Fatal Death", written by Stephen Moffat.

Ayres was also involved in the last days of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cataloguing and archiving their recordings for future use. As part of the BBC's unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team, Ayres has also done much of the audio restoration work for the later VHS Doctor Who releases, as well as many of the DVD releases, and all of the "Missing Soundtrack" CD releases since 1999. Additionally, he edited the "Special Edition" of The Curse of Fenric, which restored much footage which was originally cut for time, along with some new special effects and a complete remix of the soundtrack. It is available along with the original on the BBC DVD release.