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Terrance William Dicks (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019) was an

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and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the

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science-fiction series '' Doctor Who'', working as a writer and also serving as the programme's script editor from 1968 to 1974. The Doctor Who News Page described him as "arguably the most prolific contributor to ''Doctor Who''". He later became a script editor and producer of classic serials for the BBC. Dicks wrote many children's books during the 1970s and 1980s. He also maintained his association with ''Doctor Who'' by adapting televised stories into

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s for

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and in later years contributing to many documentaries and DVD commentaries for the series.

Early career

Born in East Ham, Essex (now part of Greater London), Dicks was the only son of William, a tailor's salesman and Nellie (née Ambler), a waitress. His parents later ran a

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, the Fox and Hounds, in

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. He excelled in English at East Ham Grammar School and consumed literature ranging from classics to pulp thrillers and adventure stories. He won a scholarship to study English at Downing College, Cambridge, and later performed two years of

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in the

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with the Royal Fusiliers. Following his discharge from the armed forces, he worked for five years as an advertising copywriter, and started to write radio play scripts for the

...
in his spare time. His breakthrough into television came when friend

Malcolm Hulke Malcolm Ainsworth Hulke (21 November 1924 – 6 July 1979) was a British television writer and author of the industry "bible" ''Writing for Television in the 70s''. He is remembered chiefly for his work on the science fiction series ''Doctor Wh ...

, whom he met when he rented a room from him, asked for his help with the scripting of " The Mauritius Penny", an episode of the second series of ABC's action-adventure '' The Avengers'', for which Dicks was awarded a co-writer's credit. Dicks went on to co-write a further two ''Avengers'' episodes with Hulke: the second, " Intercrime", was later re-worked for the sixth and final series.

''Doctor Who''

In 1968, Dicks was hired as assistant script editor on the BBC

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TV series '' Doctor Who''. He was appointed head script editor the following year and earned his first writing credit for the programme when he and Hulke co-wrote the 10-part serial ''

The War Games ''The War Games'' is the seventh and final serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. In the serial, an unnamed alien r ...

'', which concluded the series' sixth season and the

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's (

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) tenure. The serial introduced the concept of the

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and initiated the Doctor's exile to Earth, which would be a major theme of the

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's tenure. Dicks had, however, been the uncredited co-writer of the earlier serial ''

The Seeds of Death ''The Seeds of Death'' is the fifth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Written by Brian Hayles and an uncredited Terrance Dicks and directed by Michael Ferguson, it originally aired ...

'' (1969), having extensively re-written Brian Hayles' original scripts. Dicks formed a highly productive working relationship with incoming ''Doctor Who'' producer

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, serving as script editor on all of Letts's five seasons as series producer from 1970 to 1974. During his tenure as script editor on ''Doctor Who'', Dicks oversaw a number of additions to the program's mythology that still exist in the modern era including the following: * The development of the Time Lords and their society. * The name Gallifrey (augmented from ''Doctor Who'' writer Robert Holmes' "Galfrey"). * The creation of companions Liz Shaw, Jo Grant, and Sarah Jane Smith. * The term "regeneration". ''(Planet of the Spiders)'' * An established race of villainous monsters turn to the side of good. (the Ice Warriors in ''The Curse of Peladon'' by Brian Hayles) * Sontarans (from writer Robert Holmes). * The Dematerialisation Circuit is vital for the operation of the TARDIS. * The concept that the TARDIS is indestructible. * The TARDIS can be remote controlled. * The TARDIS has a Telepathic Circuit (in ''The Time Monster)'' * The TARDIS might be sentient (''The Time Monster'' and ''Planet of the Spiders'') * The Blinovitch Limitation Effect used as a plot device to explain away paradoxes. ''(Day of the Daleks)'' * Multi-Doctor stories. ''(The Three Doctors)'' During Dicks' tenure, the program also delved into social and political concepts. Sometimes these were straightforward and other times they were metaphors. Concepts and topics included the respect for all life (''The Silurians)'', Great Britain joining the European Economic Community (in metaphor in ''The Curse of Peladon''), apartheid (''The Mutants''), global pollution (''The Green Death'') and equality for women (with the inclusion of Sarah Jane Smith as companion). In 1972, Dicks embarked on a parallel career as an author with the publication of his first book, ''The Making of Doctor Who'' (a history of the production of the TV series), which was co-written by Hulke. After stepping down as script editor, Dicks continued his association with ''Doctor Who'', writing four scripts for his successor, Robert Holmes: these were ''

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'' (1975,

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's first outing as the

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), ''

The Brain of Morbius ''The Brain of Morbius'' is the fifth serial of the 13th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 January 1976. The screenwriter credit is given ...

'' (1976, for which Dicks was credited under the pseudonym Robin Bland after his displeasure at Holmes' re-writes prompted him to request that it be shown "under some bland pseudonym"), ''

Horror of Fang Rock ''Horror of Fang Rock'' is the first serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 September 1977. The serial is set on the fict ...

'' (1977) and ''

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'' (1980). ''State of Decay'' was in fact a re-written version of a story originally titled ''The Vampire Mutations'', which had been due for production during season 15 until the BBC decided that the vampiric theme would clash with the plot of its new adaptation of Bram Stoker's ''

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'', which was due for transmission at roughly the same time, and replaced it with ''Horror of Fang Rock''. His final ''Doctor Who'' script was ''

The Five Doctors ''The Five Doctors'' is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', produced in celebration of the programme's 20th anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago ...

'' (1983), a feature-length episode for the programme's 20th anniversary. His other work for ''Doctor Who'' included two stage plays, '' Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday'' (1974) and ''

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'' (1989), and an

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for Big Finish Productions titled '' Comeback'' (2002), which was the first to feature former Doctor's companion

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in a significant capacity. He went on to contribute several additional scripts to Big Finish including audio adaptations of his two-stage plays, a

Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Colin Baker. Although his televisual time on the series was comparatively brief and turbulent, Ba ...

-era story for the "Companion Chronicle" range, and a

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story, in 2011, which was the final script of his career. The first serial aired after his death, the 2020

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-era story " Spyfall", was dedicated to him.

Books

Dicks contributed heavily to

' series of

s of the ''Doctor Who'' TV serials, writing 67 of the titles published by the company. As Dicks explains in an interview in the documentary ''Built for War'' (included on the 2006 DVD release of ''

The Sontaran Experiment ''The Sontaran Experiment'' is the third serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 22 February and 1 March 1975. The serial is set on Earth more than 10 ...

''), he served as the unofficial editor of the Target Books range. In this role, he would attempt to enlist the author of the original scripts to write the novelisation whenever possible, but if they refused or had other commitments, Dicks would usually undertake the work himself (although he also recruited other writers, including former ''Doctor Who'' actor Ian Marter and former series producer

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). On one occasion, he enlisted Robert Holmes to novelise his script for ''

The Time Warrior ''The Time Warrior'' is the first serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 15 December 1973 to 5 January 1974. The serial introduced Eli ...

'', but when Holmes gave up after writing only one chapter, it was left to Dicks to complete the work. Dicks would have better success in recruiting the original writers for the later ''Doctor Who'' serials, and was required to adapt only one

story himself ('' The Mysterious Planet''; he again replaced Holmes, who had died in 1986). Dicks' name appears on the cover of no

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novelisations. His plans to publish a novelisation of his stage play ''

'' were not realised. As of September, 1980, Terrance Dicks' ''Doctor Who'' novelisations had sold three-and-a-half million copies and had been translated into ten different languages. During the 1990s, Dicks contributed to

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's line of full-length, officially licensed, original ''Doctor Who'' novels, ''

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'', which continued the series' storyline following the TV cancellation in 1989. Dicks wrote three ''Doctor Who'' novels for Virgin, and continued to write occasionally for the franchise after

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assumed the licence in 1997. He wrote the first of the ''

Eighth Doctor Adventures The ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books impr ...

'', titled ''

The Eight Doctors ''The Eight Doctors'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was the first of the Eighth Doctor Adventures range and features the Eigh ...

'', which was, for a time, the best-selling original ''Doctor Who'' novel. '' World Game'', featuring the

, is set during the so-called "

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". Later contributions to the range were the ''Quick Reads'' books '' Made of Steel'' and ''

Revenge of the Judoon ''Revenge of the Judoon'' is a BBC Books original novella written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Tenth Doctor and his companion Martha Jones. This paperb ...

'', both featuring the

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and

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. His final ''Doctor Who'' short story, "Save Yourself", was published posthumously by BBC Books in October 2019. A compilation of his work chosen by fans entitled The Essential Terrance Dicks Volumes 1 & 2 was published in August 2021.

Other television work

Dicks also wrote for the ATV soap opera '' Crossroads''. He co-created and wrote for the short-lived BBC science-fiction TV series ''

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'' (1973), and wrote for the ITC science-fiction series '' Space: 1999'' (1976). During the early 1980s, Dicks served once more as script editor to producer

on the BBC's ''Sunday Classics'' strand of

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s and literary adaptations. When Letts returned to directing in 1985, Dicks succeeded him as the producer of the ''Sunday Classics'', overseeing productions such as '' Oliver Twist'', ''

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'' and '' Vanity Fair'', before retiring from the BBC in 1988 to resume his career as a novelist.

Children's fiction and non-fiction

It was through his work on ''Doctor Who'' books that Dicks became a writer of children's fiction, penning many successful titles during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976, he wrote a trilogy for

, ''The Mounties'', concerning a

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recruit. They were followed from 1979 to 1983 another trilogy, ''Star Quest'', which was later re-printed by Big Finish Productions. Beginning in 1978, Dicks penned ''The Baker Street Irregulars'' inspired by the Sherlock Holmes characters; the series eventually ran to 10 books, the last published in 1987. In 1981, he commenced work on a series of six children's horror novels with ''Cry Vampire''. In 1987, Dicks started a new series for very young children titled ''T. R. Bear'', resulting in a further seven books. There followed the ''Sally Ann'' series, about a

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, ''Magnificent Max'', about a cat, and ''The Adventures of Goliath'' (Dicks' longest series, at 18 books), about a

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. Another five books concerning a St. Bernard dog make up the ''Harvey'' series. ''Jonathan's Ghost'' and its three sequels were published in 1988, and the three-part ''MacMagic'' series followed in 1990. ''The Littlest Dinosaur'' was published in 1993 and ''The Littlest on Guard'' in 1994. Other works that Dicks published in 1994 include ''Woof! The Never Ending Tale'', the ''Cold Blood'' series and the ''Chronicles of a Computer Game Addict'' series (both in four parts). Between 1998 and 2000, Dicks penned ''Changing Universe'' trilogy. In 2000 and 2001, Dicks produced the 12-book series, ''The Unexplained''. As well as his numerous fictional works, Dicks also penned several non-fiction books for children, including ''Europe United'', ''A Riot of Writers'', ''Uproar in the House'', ''A Right Royal History'' and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ghastly''.

Personal life

Dicks lived in Hampstead, London. In 1963, he married Elsa Germaney, a teacher and later a Quaker recording clerk. They had three sons: Stephen, Jonathan and Oliver. Dicks died in London on 29 August 2019 after a short illness.

Bibliography

*''Great March West'' (1976) *''Massacre in the Hills'' (1976) *''War Drums of the Blackfoot'' (1976) *''The Case of the Missing Masterpiece'' (1978) *''Spacejack'' (1978) *''The Case of the Blackmail Boys'' (1979) *''Roboworld'' (1979) *''The Case of the Cinema Swindle'' (1980) *''The Case of the Crooked Kids'' (1980) *''The Case of the Ghost Grabbers'' (1980) *''Cry Vampire!'' (1981) *''The Case of the Cop Catchers'' (1981) *''Terrorsaur!'' (1981) *''Ask Oliver'' (1982) *''Marvin's Monster'' (1982) *''Wereboy!'' (1982) *''The Mystery of the Missing Diamond'' (1983) *''Demon of the Dark'' (1983) *''The Fireworks Mystery'' (1984) *''The Mystery of the Missing Train'' (1984) *''Goliath and the Dognappers'' (1984) *''Ghosts of Gallows Cross'' (1984) *''Gupta's Christmas'' (1985) *''Goliath on Holiday'' (1985) *''Goliath at the Dog Show'' (1986) *''Goliath's Christmas'' (1986) *''T.R. Afloat'' (1986) *''T.R.'s Hallowe'en'' (1986) *''In the Money'' (1986) *''The Disappearing Diplomat'' (1986) *''The Case of the Fagin File'' (1987) *''Goliath and the Burglar'' (1987) *''Goliath and the Buried Treasure'' (1987) *''Goliath Goes to Summer School'' (1987) *''Goliath on Vacation'' (1987) *''Goliath's Easter Parade'' (1987) *''Goliath at the Seaside'' (1988) *''T.R's Big Game'' (1987) *''T.R.'s Festival'' (1987) *''Sally Ann, on Her Own'' (1987) *''By the Sea'' (1987) *''School Fair'' (1987) *''The Criminal Computer'' (1988) *''The Haunted Holiday'' (1988) *''Goliath Cub Scouts'' (1989) *''Enter T.R.'' (1988) *''T.R. Bear: Enter T.R., T.R. Goes to School, T.R.'s Day Out, T.R.'s Halloween'' (1988) *''T.R. Goes Skiing'' (1988) *''T.R. Goes to Hollywood'' (1988) *''T.R. Goes to School'' (1988) *''T.R.'s Day Out'' (1988) *''The Picnic'' (1988) *''Sally Ann Goes to Hospital'' (1988) *''Sally Ann's School Play'' (1988) *''In Trouble'' (1988) *''A New Beginning'' (1988) *''Goliath's Sports Day'' (1989) *''T.R. Down Under'' (1989) *''T.R. in New York'' (1989) *''At the Ballet'' (1989) *''The River Rats'' (1989) *''The School Spirit'' (1989) *''Spitfire Summer'' (1989) *''Magnificent Max'' (1989) *''Goliath and the Cub Scouts'' (1990) *''Goliath's Birthday'' (1990) *''Teacher's Pet'' (1990) *''T.R. Bear at the Zoo'' (1990) *''The Pony'' (1990) *''Majestic Max'' (1990) *''Max and the Quiz Kids'' (1990) *''Meet the MacMagics'' (1990) *''My Brother the Vampire'' (1990) *''Lost Property'' (1990) *''Prisoners of War'' (1990) *''The Winjin' Pom'' (1991) *''The Big Match'' (1991) *''Goliath Gets a Job'' (1991) *''Jonathan and the Superstar'' (1991) *''Jonathan's Ghost'' (1991) *''Max's Amazing Summer'' (1991) *''A Spell for My Sister'' (1991) *''George and the Dragon'' (1991) *''What's Going On William'' (1991) *''The Comic Capers'' (1992) *''Sally Ann and the School Show'' (1992) *''Max and the Cat Burglar'' (1992) *''Max and the Missing Megastar'' (1992) *''Steaming Sam'' (1992) *''Knightschool'' (1992) *''War of the Witches'' (1992) *''On Their Own'' (1993) *''Goliath and the School Bully'' (1993) *''Sally Ann and the Mystery Picnic'' (1993) *''Max's Old-fashioned Christmas'' (1993) *''The Littlest Dinosaur'' (1993) *''Nurse Sally Ann'' (1994) *''The Ultimate Game'' (1994) *''Killing Time: Cold Blood 2'' (1994) *''Littlest on Guard'' (1994) *''Cyberspace Adventure'' (1994) *''Woof! the Never Ending Tale'' (1994) *''Terror in the Swamp'' (1994) *''World War Two'' (1995) *''Harvey to the Rescue'' (1995) *''Escape from Everytown'' (1995) *''Littlest Disappears'' (1995) *''Virtual Unreality'' (1995) *''The Wild West'' (1996) *''World War One'' (1996) *''Harvey and the Beast of Bodmin'' (1996) *''Harvey on Holiday'' (1996) *''The Wollagong Incident'' (1996) *''Murder on the Net'' (1996) *''Jonathan's Ghost: Spitfire Summer, The School Spirit and Jonathan and the Superstar: A Spine-chilling Trilogy'' (1997) *''Harvey and the Swindlers'' (1997) *''Harvey Goes to School'' (1997) *''The Bermuda Triangle Incident'' (1997) *''The Circle of Death Incident'' (1997) *''Stella's Wedding'' (1990) *''Internet Danger'' (1998) *''The Transylvanian Incident'' (1998) *''SS World'' (1998) *''Mets O Hyd'' (1998) *''The Borley Rectory Incident'' (1998) *''The Easter Island Incident'' (1999) *''Mafia Incident'' (1999) *''The Pyramid Incident'' (1999) *''Eco Crash'' (1999) *''Sam the Detective'' (1999) *''The Chinese Ghost Incident'' (2000) *''The Mars Project'' (2000) *''Cassie and the Devil's Charm'' (2000) *''Sci-Fi Danger: Set of 6'' (2000) *''Endgame'' (2000) *''The Bombay Deaths Incident'' (2001) *''The Inca Alien Incident'' (2001) *''The Nazi Dagger Incident'' (2001) *''Cassie and the Conway Curse: Second Sight II'' (2001) *''Cassie and the Cornish Ghost: Second Sight III'' (2001) *''Cassie and the Riviera Crime'' (2002) *''Nikki and the Drugs Queen Murder'' (2002) *''Star Quest'' (2003)

''Doctor Who''

Novelisations

Most of Dicks' ''Doctor Who'' novelisations incorporated the prefix "Doctor Who and..." before the title, as did most of the series' novelisations prior to 1981. Several of his novels were subsequently re-printed in omnibus editions, such as ''The Adventures of Doctor Who'' and ''The Dalek Omnibus''. In the late 1980s, Star Books issued "2-in-1" collections of selected

novelisations, which included several of Dicks' works. *'' The Auton Invasion'' (1974) *'' The Day of the Daleks'' (1974) *''

Terror of the Autons ''Terror of the Autons'' is the first serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 2 to 23 January 1971. The serial is set in various locations i ...

'' (1975) *'' The Planet of the Spiders'' (1975) *'' The Three Doctors'' (1975) *'' The Planet of the Daleks'' (1976) *'' The Carnival of Monsters'' (1977) *''

The Claws of Axos ''The Claws of Axos'' is the third serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 13 March to 3 April 1971. In the serial, set in Britain ...

'' (1977) *''

The Mutants ''The Mutants'' is the fourth serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 April to 13 May 1972. The serial is set on and high above th ...

'' (1977) *''

'' (1978; with Robert Holmes, who is uncredited) *''

Death to the Daleks ''Death to the Daleks'' is the third serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 February to 16 March 1974. In the serial, the Daleks ...

'' (1978) *'' The Monster of Peladon'' (1980) *''

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'' (1984) *'' The Mind of Evil'' (1985) *''

The Time Monster ''The Time Monster'' is the fifth and final serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 May to 24 June 1972. The serial is set in a vi ...

'' (1985) *'' Ambassadors of Death'' (1987) *''

The Abominable Snowmen ''The Abominable Snowmen'' is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967. In this seri ...

'' (1974) *''

The Web of Fear ''The Web of Fear'' is the partly missing fifth serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 3 February to 9 March 1968. The serial is set on the ...

'' (1976) *''

The Krotons ''The Krotons'' is the fourth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969. In the serial, the time travel ...

'' (1985) *''

The Faceless Ones ''The Faceless Ones'' is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. In this serial, the Sec ...

'' (1986) *''

The Wheel in Space ''The Wheel in Space'' is the mostly missing seventh and final serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 27 April to 1 June 1968. In this seria ...

'' (1988) *''

The Space Pirates ''The Space Pirates'' is the mostly missing sixth serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 8 March to 12 April 1969. In this serial, the TARD ...

'' (1990) *'' The Giant Robot'' (1975; re-titled ''Robot'' for the 1992 edition; Dicks also wrote a version for younger readers, ''Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot'', which was published in 1980) *'' The Loch Ness Monster'' (1976; re-titled ''Terror of the Zygons'' for the 1993 edition) *'' The Pyramids of Mars'' (1976) *'' The Revenge of the Cybermen'' (1976) *'' The Genesis of the Daleks'' (1976) *''

The Face of Evil ''The Face of Evil'' is the fourth 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 1 to 22 January 1977. This serial marked the debut of Loui ...

'' (1977) *''

'' (1977; Dicks also wrote a version for younger readers, ''Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius'', which was published in 1980) *'' The Planet of Evil'' (1977) *''

The Deadly Assassin ''The Deadly Assassin'' is the third serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 October to 20 November 1976. It is the first seri ...

'' (1977) *''

The Talons of Weng-Chiang ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang'' is the sixth and final serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 2 April 1977. In the seria ...

'' (1977) *'' The Horror of Fang Rock'' (1978) *''

The Android Invasion ''The Android Invasion'' is the fourth serial of the thirteenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 November to 13 December 1975. The serial is ...

'' (1978) *''

The Hand of Fear ''The Hand of Fear'' is the second 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 2 to 23 October 1976. The serial was the last regular appe ...

'' (1979) *'' The Invisible Enemy'' (1979) *''

The Robots of Death ''The Robots of Death'' is the fifth 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 29 January to 19 February 1977. In the serial, the Fou ...

'' (1979) *'' The Image of the Fendahl'' (1979) *'' The Destiny of the Daleks'' (1979) *''

Underworld The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underwor ...

'' (1980) *''

The Invasion of Time ''The Invasion of Time'' is the sixth and final serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 February to 11 March 1978. It features the fin ...

'' (1980) *''

The Stones of Blood ''The Stones of Blood'' is the third serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 28 October to 18 November 1978. Part 4 was broadcast durin ...

'' (1980) *''

The Androids of Tara ''The Androids of Tara'' is the fourth serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 25 November to 16 December 1978. The serial is set on ...

'' (1980) *''

The Power of Kroll ''The Power of Kroll'' is the fifth serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 December 1978 to 13 January 1979. The serial is set o ...

'' (1980) *''

The Armageddon Factor ''The Armageddon Factor'' is the sixth and final serial of the 16th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 January to 24 February 1979. It was the las ...

'' (1980) *'' The Nightmare of Eden'' (1980) *''

The Horns of Nimon ''The Horns of Nimon'' is the fifth and final broadcast serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 December 1979 to 12 January 1980. I ...

'' (1980) *'' The State of Decay'' (1981) *'' The Keeper of Traken'' (1982) *''

The Sun Makers ''The Sun Makers'' is the fourth serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 November to 17 December 1977. The serial is set on Pluto. ...

'' (1982) *'' Meglos'' (1983) *''

The Dalek Invasion of Earth ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' is the second Serial (radio and television), serial of the Doctor Who (season 2), second season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Richard Ma ...

'' (1977) *''

An Unearthly Child ''An Unearthly Child'' (sometimes referred to as ''100,000 BC'') is the first serial of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963 ...

'' (1981) *'' The Smugglers'' (1988) *''

Planet of Giants ''Planet of Giants'' is the first serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Louis Marks and directed by Mervyn Pinfield and Douglas Camfield, the serial was first broadcast on BBC1 i ...

'' (1990) *'' Four to Doomsday'' (1983) *''

Arc of Infinity ''Arc of Infinity'' is the first serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 12 January 1983. The serial is set in Amsterdam a ...

'' (1983) *''

'' (1983) *'' Kinda'' (1983) *''

Snakedance ''Snakedance'' is the second serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 18 to 26 January 1983. The serial is set on the planet Ma ...

'' (1984) *''

Warriors of the Deep ''Warriors of the Deep'' is the first serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 5 to 13 January 1984. In the serial, two human power b ...

'' (1984) *'' The Caves of Androzani'' (1984) *''

The Trial of a Time Lord The twenty-third season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', known collectively as ''The Trial of a Time Lord'', aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986. It contained four adventures: ''The Mysterious ...

: The Mysterious Planet'' (1987) *''

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 ...

'' – ''

Invasion of the Bane "Invasion of the Bane" is the first episode of the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It was written by series creator Russell T Davies with Gareth Roberts and was directed by Colin Teague. It was originally ...

'' (2007)

Original novels

*Virgin New Adventures (the Doctor): **'' Timewyrm: Exodus'' (1991) **'' Blood Harvest'' (1994) **'' Shakedown'' (1995) *Virgin New Adventures (Bernice Summerfield): **''

Mean Streets ''Mean Streets'' is a 1973 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National ...

'' (1997) *Eighth Doctor Adventures: **''

'' (1997) **''

Endgame Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to: Film * ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film) * ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film * ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...

'' (2000) *Past Doctor Adventures: **'' Catastrophea'' (1998) **'' Players'' (1999) **'' Warmonger'' (2002) **'' Deadly Reunion'' (2003) (with

) **'' World Game'' (2005) *New Series Adventures (Quick Reads): **'' Made of Steel'' (2007) **''

'' (2008)

Original short story

*"Save Yourself" in ''Doctor Who: The Target Storybook'' (2019)

Non-fiction

* ''The Making of Doctor Who'' (1972; co-written with

; updated and re-issued in 1976)

Stage plays

*''Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday'' (1974) *'' Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure'' (1989)

Big Finish audio productions

*''Sarah Jane Smith'' audio series **''Comeback'' (2002) *Big Finish stage play adaptations **''Seven Keys to Doomsday'' (2008) **''The Ultimate Adventure'' (2008) *Companion Chronicles **''Beyond the Ultimate Adventure'' (2010) *

Short Stories **''A Mutual Friend'' (2011)

Writing credits

Awards and nominations

References

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