The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike.

* Russell Thorndike in 1923

In the Further Adventures of Doctor Syn from the Doctor Syn-Series by Russell Thorndike one of the episodes introduces a Bow Street Runner who comes to Dymchurch-under-the-Wall to capture the Scarecrow, the notorious leader of a gang of smugglers.

Three authors who specifically used the marsh as settings for their works were E. F. Benson, author of the Mapp and Lucia novels ; Russell Thorndike, author of the Doctor Syn novels ; and the children's writer Monica Edwards, author of the Romney Marsh books in which Rye Harbour becomes " Westling ", Rye is renamed " Dunsford ", and Winchelsea is known as " Winklesea ".

* Russell Thorndike ( 1885 – 1972 ), who set his Dr Syn novels about smuggling on the marshes.

Doctor Syn on the High Seas is the second in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn is the fourth in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Doctor Syn Returns is the third in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn is the fifth in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn is the sixth in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Shadow of Doctor Syn is the seventh and last in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike.

Inspiration from this gave rise to Dymchurch being the setting of the Doctor Syn novels, based on smuggling, by Russell Thorndike.

At the instigation of her brother, the author Russell Thorndike, she then trained as an actress.

* The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, 1964 multi-episode serial by Walt Disney based on a series of novels by Russell Thorndike

Members of the PPU have included Vera Brittain, Benjamin Britten, Clifford Curzon, Alex Comfort, Eric Gill, Ben Greene, Laurence Housman, Aldous Huxley, George Lansbury, Kathleen Lonsdale, Reginald Sorensen, George MacLeod, Sybil Morrison, John Middleton Murry, Peter Pears, Max Plowman, Arthur Ponsonby, Bertrand Russell, Siegfried Sassoon, Donald Soper, Sybil Thorndike, Michael Tippett and Wilfred Wellock.

* Doctor Syn, a character in novels by Russell Thorndike

Arthur Russell Thorndike ( 6 February 1885, Rochester, Kent – 7 November 1972 ) was a British actor and novelist, best known for the Doctor Syn of Romney Marsh novels.

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During Doctor Who Confidential Russell T Davies explained how he believes Davros to have survived the Crucible's destruction in some way, not specifically showing his death for this reason.

However, a number of writers of the novels and audio plays are also writing for the new television series, and Russell T Davies refers to the comic strips, audio plays and novels in an essay describing the Time War, written for the Doctor Who Annual 2006.

Television series executive producer Russell T Davies wrote in Doctor Who Magazine # 356 that there is no connection between the War of the books and the Time War of the television series.

* Placebo Effect ( Doctor Who ), an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who

For example, in Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, created by Russell T Davies, a drug used to erase the memory of characters is called " retcon "; the use of the drug is often referred to by characters as " retconning ".

Russell T Davies, responsible for the latest Doctor Who revival in its earlier seasons, began working in the BBC children's department in the 1990s.

* Russell T Davies, revived the Doctor Who franchise and created its spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures

* In an untitled story by Gary Russell featured in the first issue of IDW Publishing's Doctor Who comic book ( published February 2008 ), the Tenth Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to destroy a sword and later sacrifices it in order to defeat a Sycorax hunter.

In the Past Doctor Adventures novel Divided Loyalties by Gary Russell, a young Mortimus is portrayed as a friend of the Doctor's, and a member of a cabal of rebellious young Gallifreyans at the Academy known as " the Deca ".

In the Doctor Who Annual 2006, a section by Russell T Davies says that during the Time War, the Time Lords used Bowships ( used against the Great Vampires in an ancient war ), Black Hole Carriers and N-Forms ( war machines first mentioned in the Virgin New Adventures novel " Damaged Goods ", written by Davies ).

* Although working from the original Adams script, portions of the Big Finish version were reworked by Gary Russell to make the story fit into Doctor Who continuity.

The revival of Doctor Who led by the openly gay writer Russell T Davies has also seen nods towards the slash fans beyond the omnisexual Captain Jack Harkness and other characters from the spin-off Torchwood.

* Russell G Mawby, BS PhD Michigan, MS Purdue Chairman Emeritus, W K Kellogg Foundation ; Hon DSc California State University, NUI ; Hon DL North Carolina, Tuskagee Institute, Michigan ; Hon DCL Newcastle ; Hon Doctor of Agriculture, Purdue.

Doctor Russell Thacher Trall of New York noted that there were delegates present from the Women's State Temperance Society and moved that the word " ladies " be inserted in the motion, which then carried.

) This is a small, yet significant piece to the series, as six years later Russell T Davies revived Doctor Who.

An article by Russell T Davies in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 states that Skaro, like Gallifrey, was devastated at the end of the Time War.

While the canonical status of the novels is uncertain, Russell T Davies intimated in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 article that various Dalek stories take place as parts of the Time War, such as Genesis of the Daleks, which he refers to as " the first strike ".

In his " Production Notes: Doodles in the Margins of Time " in 2007, Doctor Who executive producer Russell T Davies cites " The Zeppo " along with Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Lower Decks " as an influence on his 2006 Doctor Who episode " Love & Monsters ".

* Writer Russell T Davies introduced Captain Jack Harkness, of British series ' Doctor Who and Torchwood, with the intention of properly introducing bisexuality to the British public.

* Dr. Syn Website Comprehensive Dr. Syn website with history, picture & book information about Russell Thorndike's infamous character

* Russell Thorndike-Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh

Lydd is the ' birthplace ' of the fictional character Doctor Christopher Syn, aka the scarecrow, aka Captain Clegg: created by author Russell Thorndyke