Alan Stevens (writer)

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Alan Stevens is a British writer and producer who is based in the Southeast of England, where he runs his own audio production company, Magic Bullet Productions. [1]

Magic Bullet Productions audio-production company

Magic Bullet Productions is an independent audio-production company formed in 2000 by Alan Stevens, focusing on Doctor Who and Blake's 7 spinoff audios. Originally set up to produce the Kaldor City audios, in 2004 they acquired the rights to produce Lawrence Miles' Faction Paradox audio CDs.

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Stevens has produced a number of documentaries, serials and dramas for radio and independent audio release, including the Blake's 7 / Doctor Who spinoff series Kaldor City [2] and the second Faction Paradox audio series, [3] and has co-written two guidebooks for Telos Publishing, Liberation: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7 and Fall Out: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Prisoner, with Fiona Moore. [4] He writes articles for Celestial Toyroom, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, [5] and has written in the past for Doctor Who Magazine and DWB .

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References

  1. ↑ Magic Bullet Productions Archived December 20, 2010, at WebCite
  2. ↑ Outpost Gallifrey: The Expanded Universe Guide Archived March 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Faction Paradox audios to feature Sutekh in briefings Forum Archived December 20, 2010, at WebCite
  4. ↑ telos.co.uk
  5. ↑ DWASonline - Celestial Toyroom Archived December 20, 2010, at WebCite
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080316024543/http://www.turtlewind.co.uk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1200308552&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2&. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Blake's 7 - Zenith Archived December 20, 2010, at WebCite
  8. ↑ Blake's 7 - Tapes and CDs Archived December 20, 2010, at WebCite

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