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william gallagher -lrb- writer -rrb-

william gallagher is a british writer and journalist .
he has written doctor who audio plays for the big finish range , the stage play manhattenhenge -lrb- 2008 -- 2009 -rrb- and the rhubarb radio series attachment -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
his book on alan plater 's `` the beiderbecke affair '' was published by the british film institute and palgrave macmillan on 28 september 2012 .
on publication of the book , he released an author video about the writing of it and a series of beiderbecke podcasts : video interviews and audio commentaries for selected episodes of the beiderbecke saga .
from 2005-2010 he wrote and presented uk dvd review , a podcast that peaked in the top 25 of all itunes podcasts in all categories worldwide -lrb- bbc news reports -rrb- .
he has written for publications including the independent , the los angeles times .
his journalism appears in radio times magazine and website , plus bbc news online .
in march 2011 he announced on his ` self distract ' blog that he was writing a four-part doctor who audio for big finish which is called wirrn isle .
it was released in march 2012 and starred colin baker .
in february 2013 his third big finish story , doctor who : spaceport fear , was released .
the two-hour radio comedy drama stars colin baker as the doctor and bonnie langford as mel with guest star ronald pickup .
a fourth , doctor who : scavenger is due in march 2014 .
since december of 2014 , gallagher has written app reviews and other features on macnn.com .
