1. Gary Russell was born on 18 September 1963 and is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor.
12 Facts About Gary Russell
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Gary Russell spent seasons performing with Prospect Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre.
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Gary Russell has written guide books, under the pseudonym Warren Martyn, to Frasier and The Simpsons for Virgin Publishing.
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Gary Russell was editor of Doctor Who Magazine between 1992 and 1995.
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Gary Russell was the producer for the Doctor Who licensed audio drama tie-ins at Big Finish Productions from its inception in 1998 until July 2006, when he stepped down to work for BBC Wales as a Script Editor on Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood.
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Gary Russell wrote a series of The Art of The Lord of the Rings, one per film, plus a fourth featuring material that could not be fitted into the individual volumes, and contributed to Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic with Andy Serkis.
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Gary Russell wrote the behind-the-scenes book on the making of the Matthew Warchus directed 2007 stage musical version of The Lord of the Rings.
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Gary Russell's most recent reference work was for Doctor Who; published in 2007 by BBC Books, The Doctor Who Encyclopedia is a guide to the current Doctor Who series, which has been regularly updated and published both in hardback and via an app.
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Gary Russell wrote a similar encyclopedia for Torchwood and The Torchwood Archive, a semi-fictional guide to the show.
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Gary Russell co-produced and directed the animated mini series The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, which tied in with the current television series of Doctor Who as well as a series of award-winning animated online games based on the show.
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The first six issues of this series, later collected as Agent Provocateur, were scripted by Russell and published in early 2008.
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Gary Russell has written a number of Torchwood strips for Titan Publishing.