John Peel

John Peel (born Nottingham, 1954) is a writer best known for his novels based on, and novelisations of, TV series', including Doctor Who, The Avengers and Star Trek, some of which were penned under the names Nicholas Adams, Rick North, John Vincent or J.P Trent. He was the first author to write a full length original Doctor Who novel (Timewyrm: Genesys) in 1991, beginning the popular Doctor Who: New Adventures series from Virgin Books, and is also one of the few writers to have used The Daleks extensively, having been a friend of their creator, Terry Nation (most writers were put off by the high percentage of the author's fee demanded by Nation's estate for allowing their use). He also wrote a number of comic stories for Doctor Who Monthly.