Adrian Rigelsford (born 1969, in Cambridge) is a British writer and TV historian, most affiliated with Doctor Who.
The project eventually earned the backing of BBC1 Controller Alan Yentob, who agreed to invest in it and show the programme on BBC1.
In 2004, Big Finish Productions produced the Rigelsford-written The Roof of the World as part of their main range Doctor Who audio plays.
He was accused of unsourced and previously unheard-of quotes from William Hartnell, as well as the omission of an entire season from one of his Doctor Who reference works.
[6] In June 2004, Rigelsford was convicted of stealing 56,000 photographs from the Daily Mail/Associated Newspapers research library over an eight-year period and reselling them for approximately £75,000.