Tom Spilsbury
| Tom Spilsbury | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 February 1976 Swindon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
Notable works |
Doctor Who Magazine TV Zone |
Tom Spilsbury (born in Swindon, England, in 1976) is a British writer, magazine editor and journalist. A former pupil of Bristol Cathedral School, he is currently the editor of Doctor Who Magazine, having taken over from previous editor Clayton Hickman in August 2007, with Issue 387. He first joined the magazine in 2003,[1] on Issue 330 as deputy editor, and became the first person to clock up 100 consecutive issues on staff with Issue 429 in December 2010. He later became the longest-serving editor of the title, overtaking Hickman in May 2013, and editing his 100th edition with Issue 486 in April 2015.
Prior to this, Spilsbury was editor of TV Zone magazine between 2001 and 2003. He has written for and contributed to many publications including the British magazines Starburst, Shivers, Film Review, Ultimate DVD, and Cult Times, and for DWM has interviewed subjects such as Freema Agyeman (Issues 392 and 393), Nicholas Courtney (Issue 402), Graeme Harper (Issues 380 and 392), and Steven Moffat (Issues 417/418, 447, 468/469 and 484), amongst others. He also writes the regular Public Image column, which reports on the series' ratings, as well as being co-editor of the magazine's comic strip.
He is also a contributor to BBC Worldwide/2 entertain Ltd's Doctor Who DVD range, appearing as a talking head on the Region 2 DVD releases of The Androids of Tara and The Armageddon Factor in 2007, The Rescue, The Deadly Assassin, The War Games and Enlightenment in 2009, Doctor Who (Doctor Who: The Movie) in 2010, and Inferno in 2013.
Popular Culture
In the 50th anniversary Doctor Who story The Day of the Doctor The character of Coal Hill School teacher Tom (played by Tristan Beint) was named after Tom Spilsbury [2]
Awards
In May 2016, Spilsbury accepted the certificate from the Guinness Book of Records, on behalf of Doctor Who Magazine, of World Record for the longest-running magazine based on a TV series, which it had been since 2010.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/features/interviews/tom-spilsbury.aspx
- ↑ The Fact of Fiction Doctor Who Magazine Page 82 Issue #500 July 2016. UK: Panini. Retrieved 14 June 2016
- ↑ "Doctor Who Magazine - 500th edition". Doctor Who News, News in Time and Space Ltd.
External links
| Preceded by Clayton Hickman |
Doctor Who Magazine Editor 2007–present |
Incumbent |