Doctor Who_ Ghost Ship - Keith Topping [36]
'Where else has there ever been for us to go?' asked Osbourne. Then, I understood. All these echoes of the past, the present and the future were still trapped. Having created the problem, Osbourne was now, had always and would always be a part of it. And I realised this as he too vanished before my eyes like a puff of smoke.
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
The author would like to thank his publishers, David Howe and Stephen James Walker, for giving him the tremendous opportunity to write Ghost Ship and for their generous support and encouragement during the creation of this novella.
My sincere thanks to two of my oldest, dearest and most long-suffering friends Ian Abrahams and Martin Day (true gentlemen and dudes, both). Rave on. Also, to Suzanne Campagna, Paul Cornell, Tony and Jane Kenealy, Diana Dougherty, Alan Lamb, Mike Lee, Shaun Lyon, Steve 'The Hat' Purcell, Dave McIntee, Kathy Sullivan, Jim Swallow, my excellent proof-reader Susannah Tiller, GeoffWessel (geezer), successive English teachers Alice Burnside, Mick Lovell, Billy Maxwell, Mick McCann and Anne Fulton who got me to a level of, you know, vague literacy. And my family, for everything else not covered elsewhere.
About the Author
Bohemian womaniser, revolutionary spirit and general all-round sleazeball, Keith Topping is a journalist and author of over twenty books including two editions of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, numerous guides to TV series as diverse as The X-Files, Star Trek, The Avengers and Roswell for Virgin Books, four BBC Doctor Who novels (including the award-winning The Hollow Men) and the best-selling Slayer: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Inside Bartlet's White House. He has written for many TV and genre magazines including Starburst and Shivers and is a former Contributing Editor of DreamWatch, specialising in coverage of US series such as Buffy, Angel, Stargate SG-1 and The West Wing.
Keith was born on sunny Tyneside on the same day in 1963 that his beloved Newcastle United lost 3-2 at home to Northampton Town. Things have improved a bit since then. He began his journalistic career whilst he was still working for the civil service (he has since escaped), writing for music, TV and football fanzines. He regularly appears on local radio and also contributed to the BBC television series I ♥ the 70s. He is currently co-scripting, with Martin Day, a proposed TV series for an independent production company. His hobbies include socialising with friends, foreign travel, very loud pop music, trashy British horror movies, current affairs and military history. His autobiography, I've Had Her, will be published posthumously.