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Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin offs in other media. As an actor, he is best known for playing Dick Kirrin in the British 1978 television series The Famous Five.

Russell was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His on screen acting career included leading roles in the BBC's adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel The Phoenix and the Carpet as Cyril, ITV's adaptations of Enid Blyton's Famous Five novels (as Dick) and the BBC's Look & Read schools series, playing Lord Edward Dark in Dark Towers. He also spent seasons performing with Prospect Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre. He has written guide books, under the pseudonym Warren Martyn, to Frasier and The Simpsons for Virgin Publishing. He was editor of Doctor Who Magazine between 1992 and 1995. He 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. He has written a number of Doctor Who spin off novels and in 2000 co wrote with executive producer Philip Segal the book Doctor Who: Regeneration (HarperCollins, ), the making of book of the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, as well as the TV movie's novelisation in 1996. He 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. He also wrote the behind the scenes book on the making of the Matthew Warchus directed 2007 stage musical version of The Lord of the Rings. His behind the scenes book Doctor Who: The Inside Story was published in October 2006, coinciding with his joining the Doctor Who production team. His most recent reference work was also for Doctor Who; published in 2007 by BBC Books, The Doctor Who Encyclopedia is a guide to the current Doctor Who series (2005–present), which has been regularly updated (most recently in 2012) and published both in hardback and via an app. He also wrote a similar encyclopedia for Torchwood and The Torchwood Archive, a semi fictional guide to the show. He also 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 also based on the show. In 2011, having left BBC Wales, he briefly returned to Big Finish to produce the Bernice Summerfield and Gallifrey audios, before moving to Australia and becoming the Executive Producer at animation company Planet 55 Studios. There he has overseen the development and production of a new children's sci fi cartoon Prisoner Zero for ABC Television. He returned to the UK in 2016.

Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine No. 173, 235–237, 1991, 1996, and in Radio Times issues dated 1 June 1996 – 2 March 1997)

At the 2007 San Diego Comic Con, IDW Publishing announced their intention to publish a new series of Doctor Who comics, which will follow the adventures of the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. The first six issues of this series, later collected as Agent Provocateur, were scripted by Russell and published in early 2008. He has also written a number of Torchwood strips for Titan Publishing.

+ Audio dramas Year Title Notes 1999 Doctor Who: Whispers of Terror 2000 Doctor Who: The Land of the Dead Doctor Who: The Fearmonger Doctor Who: The Marian Conspiracy Doctor Who: Red Dawn Doctor Who: Winter for the Adept Doctor Who: The Fires of Vulcan Doctor Who: The Shadow of the Scourge Bernice Summerfield: The Secret of Cassandra 2001 Doctor Who: Storm Warning Doctor Who: The Stones of Venice Doctor Who: Dust Breeding Bernice Summerfield: The Extinction Event Doctor Who: Bloodtide Doctor Who: Project: Twilight Doctor Who: The Eye of the Scorpion Doctor Who: Colditz Doctor Who: Primeval Doctor Who: The One Doctor 2002 Doctor Who: The Ratings War Doctor Who: Excelis Dawns Doctor Who: Seasons of Fear Bernice Summerfield: The Green Eyed Monsters Doctor Who: Excelis Decays Doctor Who: Neverland Doctor Who: Spare Parts Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback Sarah Jane Smith: The TAO Connection Doctor Who: The Sandman Sarah Jane Smith: Ghost Town Sarah Jane Smith: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre Doctor Who: The Maltese Penguin Doctor Who: The Church and the Crown Doctor Who: Real Time Also writer.2003 Doctor Who: No Place Like Home Bernice Summerfield: The Mirror Effect Bernice Summerfield: The Bellotron Incident Bernice Summerfield: The Draconian Rage Doctor Who: Project: Lazarus Doctor Who: Sympathy for the Devil Doctor Who: Flip Flop Doctor Who: Omega Doctor Who: He Jests at Scars Also writer. Doctor Who: Davros Judge Dredd: War Planet Doctor Who: Master Doctor Who: Zagreus Also writer with Alan Barnes. Doctor Who: The Wormery Doctor Who: Living Legend Doctor Who: Scherzo

In April 2022, Gary Russell was given the inaugural Terrance Dicks Award For Writers by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society.