Elliot is a freelance writer, having previously worked for Starlog and written for the sites ‘Den of Geek’, ‘Shadowlocked’, ‘Doctor Who TV’, ‘Red Shirts Always Die’ and ‘TrekThis’, as well as for Encore, the magazine for the theatre professional. He scripted the full cast audio drama Doctor Who – Cryptobiosis for Big Finish in 2005 and in 2013, his first novel Cold Runs the Blood was published. He also has contributions in Seasons of War: Tales from a Time War (2015), Grave Matters (2015), Doctor Who – A Time Lord for Change (2016), The Librarian (2017), The Wretched Man (2020) and Sherlock Holmes and the Woman Who Wasn’t (2022). For many years he enjoyed a working relationship with the West End production of The Definitive Rat Pack and in 2017 co-wrote Just Dino – A Recollection of Dean Martin with Bernard H Thorpe, which was expanded and re-released the following year as Dean Martin – Recollections. Further volumes, Dean Martin’s Movie Moments, Dean Martin – A Discography and For The Good Times – The Dean Martin Compendium followed, with the quarterly periodical The Dean Martin Association Journals starting October 2022. He has written a number of official Robin of Sherwood continuation novellas and is a long-term regular columnist for the San Francisco-based magazine Search. He also writes for the site ‘The Doctor Who Companion’. His latest novel World War When was released on 22 January 2022. In August 2022 he founded Memory Hive, specialising in documenting people's life stories and experiences.