Clayton James Hickman (born 5 January 1977, in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

) is a British scriptwriter, magazine editor, journalist and designer.

Magazine work and ''DWM''

Hickman's first published work was in '' SFX''. Hickman officially joined the magazine industry in 1999, when he moved to London, England to become the Editorial Assistant on ''

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'' for Visual Imagination. He remained there until August 2000. During this period he also wrote for ''

Cult Times Visual Imagination Ltd. was a British company that produced genre magazines. It was founded in 1985 by Stephen Payne and originally only published the science-fiction magazine ''Fantasy Image''. After Payne bought the magazine ''Starburst'' fro ...

'', ''Xena Magazine'', ''

TV Zone ''TV Zone'' is a British magazine that was published every four weeks by Visual Imagination that covered cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction, but branched out to cover other drama and comedy series. History ''TV Zone' ...

'' and '' Doctor Who Magazine''. Hickman joined

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' '' Doctor Who Magazine'' as Assistant Editor to Alan Barnes in 2000, and ascended to editor in January 2002 until August 2007. This period saw the return of '' Doctor Who'' to regular television production and many necessary changes to the almost 25-year-old magazine. As well as preparing twice-yearly Special Editions for DWM, between 2005 and 2009 Hickman was also editor of Panini's annual publication ''The Doctor Who Storybook''. He also oversaw the creation of the company's range of '' Doctor Who'' graphic novels, on which he worked as editor and designer for the first 10 volumes. In 2010, with the cancellation of the ''Storybook'', he was approached by

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to edit a new, lavish hardback for the Christmas market – ''The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011''. The book sold well and fetched excellent reviews on the market. He was later asked to produce a 2012 volume.

Scriptwriting

As a writer, Hickman has contributed to Big Finish's '' Doctor Who'' range of audios and short story collections in collaboration with Gareth Roberts. The most notable of the contributions were ''

The One Doctor ''The One Doctor'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Plot The Sixth Doctor and Mel come up against an impostor Doctor and his companion Sally-Anne. Dur ...

'' (2001) and ''

Bang-Bang-a-Boom! ''Bang-Bang-a-Boom!'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. The title is a parody of Lulu's 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry '' Boom Bang-a-Bang'' ...

'' (2002). Also with Roberts he co-wrote ''

From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" is a special one-off episode from ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It was the first ''Doctor Who'' spin-off to produce a special for Comic Relief and was broadcast on 13 March 2009 a ...

'', the 2009

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mini-episode of ''

The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC ...

''. The following year, both Hickman and Roberts were given a full script commission. This commission eventually became ''

Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith ''Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith'' is the sixth and final serial of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It first aired in two parts on CBBC on 15 and 16 November 2010. It is the last story ...

'' the two-part finale to the fourth season, transmitted on 15 and 16 November 2010. A further collaboration between Hickman and Roberts for the fifth season of ''

'' had reached script stage when news of

Elisabeth Sladen Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series ''Doctor Who'', appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside ...

's illness reached the production team and work was halted. Hickman was one of the writers for the first series of

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' 2012

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drama '' Aliens vs Wizards''. This was his first solo TV writing credit.

Television work

On TV, Hickman was one of the judges for the "Companion Academy" segment of the BBC children's show ''

Totally Doctor Who ''Totally Doctor Who'' is a children's television series produced by the BBC that was originally broadcast between 13 April 2006 and 29 June 2007, accompanying the second and third revived series of ''Doctor Who''. At the time of its original b ...

'' during its first run in 2006. He also appeared as a commentator for over 15 episodes across the first two series of the

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show ''

Doctor Who Confidential ''Doctor Who Confidential'' is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Each episode was broadcast on BBC T ...

''. Other media work related to '' Doctor Who'' includes two appearances on Channel 4's ''

Richard & Judy ''Richard & Judy'' (also known as ''Richard & Judy's New Position'') is a British television chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4 from 26 November 2001 to 22 Augus ...

'', one on Radio 4's ''Today'', one appearance on a never-ending loop for ''50 Ways to Leave Your TV Lover'' on Sky, and a 1986 appearance on the first ever ''Really Wild Show'' where he got to look at some poisonous tree frogs with

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DVD work

Since 2002, Hickman has been the regular cover artist for BBC Worldwide/ 2 entertain Ltd's

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releases of classic ''Doctor Who'' stories. He participated in a fan commentary on the DVD release of ''

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'' and moderated the DVD commentaries for ''

The Time Meddler ''The Time Meddler'' is the ninth and final serial of the second season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Written by Dennis Spooner and directed by Douglas Camfield, the serial was broadcast on BBC1 in four ...

'', ''

The Keys of Marinus ''The Keys of Marinus'' is the fifth serial in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC TV/BBC1 in six weekly parts from 11 April to 16 May 1964. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Joh ...

'' and ''

Frontier in Space ''Frontier in Space'' is the third serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The serial was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 24 February to 31 March 1973. It was the last serial to ...

''. For the DVD release of ''

The Masque of Mandragora ''The Masque of Mandragora'' is the first serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 25 September 1976. The serial is set in the fi ...

'' Clayton Hickman and Gareth Roberts provided a sketch titled "Beneath the Masque of the Mask of Mandragora". He has also appeared as a 'talking head' on more than ten '' Doctor Who'' DVD Special Features.

Design work

As a designer, Hickman contributed many of the early covers to Big Finish Productions' audio and book ranges. In 2003, he designed the BBC's official 40th Anniversary '' Doctor Who'' logo. In 2010, Hickman collaborated on a range of 1980s-themed '' Doctor Who'' merchandise designs for BBC Worldwide. He was the designer of

' 2008 book ''The Writer's Tale'' and its greatly expanded paperback update, published a year later. In January 2009, Hickman had the honour of designing the very first "iconic image" of

Matt Smith Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series '' Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series '' House of the Dr ...

and the

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with extreme secrecy. The image was released to the press the next day, accompanying the announcement that Smith would be playing the Eleventh Doctor. Hickman designed the DVD covers for

' BBC children's dramas '' Dark Season'' and ''

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'', as well design work for

Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss (; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the television series ''Doctor Who'', ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock'', and ''Dracu ...

' novel ''

The Devil in Amber ''The Devil in Amber'' is the second novel in a series featuring the fictional spy, Lucifer Box. It was published on 6 November 2006. Plot summary Box is feeling his age as he goes about the business of a Royal Academy assassin in 1920s New Yo ...

'' He also designed the DVD covers for Gatiss' BBC Four dramas ''

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'' and ''

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''. Hickman was also a design consultant on the poster for the 2005 film '' The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' and designed the program cover of their 2006 stage show '' The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You''. Other design work includes the DVD cover and booklet for the BBC's release of ''

Adam Adamant Lives! ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' is a British adventure television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on BBC 1, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. The series was created and produced by several alumni from ''Doctor Who''. Proposing that an adventur ...

'' and photo-manipulation work for the 2012 '' Sherlock'' episode "

The Hounds of Baskerville "The Hounds of Baskerville" is the second episode of the second series of the BBC crime drama series '' Sherlock'', which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and was first broadcast by BBC One on 8 January 2012. It was writ ...

Other

In 2010-11 Hickman was an advisor to the design team behind the BBC's London Olympia-based The Doctor Who Experience. For the post-ride exhibition, he selected the archive images used for display and was the main copywriter for the project. Hickman was also script editor for the 2010 BBC graphic novel ''The Only Good Dalek'' by

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and Mike Collins. In conjunction with writer Gareth Roberts, Hickman also provided dialogue for both the 2010 Doctor Who Live stage production, and the '' Doctor Who''-themed introduction to ITV1's 2011 NTA awards ceremony which featured Matt Smith.

References

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