Guy Adams

Guy Adams
Born	(1976-01-06) 6 January 1976 (age 50)[1] England
Occupations	Novelist, actor, news agent, comedian
Writing career
Pen name	Gregory Ashe[1]
Genre	Fantasy
Notable work	The World House

Guy Adams (born 6 January 1976) is an English^[1] author, comedian, and actor,^[2] possibly best known for the novel The World House. Adams is also a regular writer for Big Finish productions, who produce audio plays based on Doctor Who, as well as several other properties.

Biography

Adams is based in Rochester, Kent, where he lives with writer A.K. Benedict.^[3] As well as The World House, he is best known for the Heaven’s Gate trilogy, the Clown Service series and the Deadbeat novels.^[3] He has also written the Torchwood novel, The House That Jack Built.^[4]

In audio drama, Adams has written extensively for Big Finish Productions, contributing to a wide range of titles within the Doctor Who franchise. He also adapted H. G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come, as well as creating the original horror series Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost.^[3]

In comics, Adams has written Rogue Trooper, Ulysses Sweet: Maniac for Hire and Max Normal for 2000 AD; with artist Jimmy Broxton, he co-created Goldtiger, conceived as a long-lost 1960s newspaper strip.^[3]

He played a mugger on British soap opera, Emmerdale and has also tried stand-up with his own material.^[2] Adams has also portrayed Sherlock Holmes^[5] before embarking on creating his own original novel featuring Holmes.^[6]

Bibliography

Clown Service The Clown Service (2013) The Rain Soaked Bride (2014) A Few Words for the Dead (2015) Doctor Who franchise Torchwood: The House that Jack Built (2009) Torchwood: The Men Who Sold the World (2011) Class: Joyride (2016) Heaven's Gate The Good, The Bad, and The Infernal (2013) Once Upon a Time in Hell (2013) For a Few More Souls (2014) Life on Mars franchise The Rules of Modern Policing (2007) The Wit and Wisdom of DCI Gene Hunt (2009) Sherlock Holmes franchise The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes (2009) Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (2012) Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr. Moreau (2013)

The Change London: Orbital (2017) New York: Queen of Coney Island (2017) Paris: City of Fools (2017) The World House The World House (2010) The World House: Restoration (2011) The Thirteenth Floor The Thirteenth Floor: The Return of Max (2023)[7] The Thirteenth Floor Anthology (2026)[8] Standalone works Deadbeat Series Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger (2005)[9] Deadbeat - Dogs of Waugh (2007)[10] The Curse of the Werewolf (2009) Kronos (2011) Hands of the Ripper (2012) Countess Dracula (2013) Goldtiger (2016)[11] Hope Series: Hope... For the Future (2018)[12] Hope... Under Fire (2021)[13] Non-fiction Stranger Things: Notes from the Upside Down (2017)

Audio plays

For Big Finish Productions

Doctor Who – Main Range Fiesta of the Damned Dalek Soul The Quantum Possibility Engine Conversion Dark Universe Doctor Who – Novel Adaptations All-Consuming Fire (adapted from the novel by Andy Lane) The Tenth Doctor Adventures Sword of the Chevalier The Tenth Doctor Chronicles Last Chance The First Doctor Adventures The Great White Hurricane Tick-Tock World For the Glory of Urth The Third Doctor Adventures The Transcendence of Ephros The Rise of the New Humans The Scream of Ghosts Operation Hellfire The Fourth Doctor Adventures Kill The Doctor! The Age of Sutekh The False Guardian Time's Assassin The World Traders The Dreams of Avarice Ice Heist! The Eighth Doctor – The Time War In the Garden of Death The War Doctor Pretty Lies The War Master The Heavenly Paradigm The Persistence of Dreams Sins of the Father The Diary of River Song The Unknown Peepshow Torchwood More Than This Moving Target Made You Look Outbreak – Stage 1: Incubation:Know Believe We Always Get Out Alive Double - Part 1 & 2 Widdershins

The Lives of Captain Jack The Year After I Died Month 25 Crush UNIT: The New Series Tidal Wave Retrieval Telepresence Code Silver The Power of River Song Part 1 The Power of River Song Part 2 The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Random Ghosts The Pyramid of Sutekh Planet X The City and the Clock Truant Gallifrey The New Counter-Measures Nothing to See Here The Robots Circuit Breaker Closed Loop The Companion Chronicles The Plague of Dreams The Crumbling Magician (from The First Doctor Volume 3) Iris Wildthyme Iris Rides Out Vienna Big Society Retribution Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles Capital Punishment Star Cops The Thousand Ton Bomb Adam Adamant Lives! Vol.01: A Vintage Year for Scoundrels Vol.02: Face Off The Confessions of Dorian Gray One Must Not Look at Mirrors Big Finish Classics The Shape of Things to Come (based on the book by H. G. Wells) Big Finish Originals Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost

References

1. "Library summary of Guy Adams". LibraryThing. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
2. Adams, Guy. "Guy Adams about". Guy Adams. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
3. "Creators/Guy Adams". Rebellion. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
4. The House that Jack Built summary. LibraryThing. 7 May 2009. ISBN 978-1-84607-739-5. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
5. "Sherlock Holmes". Guy Adams. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. "Guy Adams: A Case of Identity". Shots. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
7. Richardson, Guy; Adams, Guy (13 September 2023). The Thirteenth Floor: The Return of Max. Artists: Frazer Irving, John Stokes, Vince Locke, Jimmy Broxton, Henrik Sahlstrom, Kyle Hotz, Tom Paterson, V.V. Glass, Abigail Harding, Kelley Jones & Andreas Butzbach. Rebellion. ISBN 9781837860180. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
8. Adams, Guy (12 February 2026). Adams, Guy (ed.). The Thirteenth Floor Anthology. Rebellion. ISBN 9781837866038. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
9. Adams, Guy (31 May 2013). Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger. Titan Books. ISBN 9781781168462. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
10. Adams, Guy (31 July 2015). Deadbeat - Dogs of Waugh. Titan Books. ISBN 9781783292813. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
11. Adams, Guy (8 March 2016). Goldtiger. Artist: Jimmy Broxton. Rebellion. ISBN 9781781084717. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
12. Adams, Guy (14 November 2018). Hope... For the Future. Artist: Jimmy Broxton; Letter: Simon Bowland. Rebellion. ISBN 9781781086582. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
13. Adams, Guy (20 January 2021). Hope... Under Firee. Artist: Jimmy Broxton. Rebellion. ISBN 9781781087718. Retrieved 21 February 2026.

External resources

• REVIEW : The Clown Service at Upcoming4.me
• The story behind The Rain-Soaked Bride – Online Essay by Guy Adams at Upcoming4.me