Terrance Dicks

Terrance Dicks

Biographic Info

A phenomenon...over 200 books published for older and younger readers including the Doctor Who novelisations. Terrance's latest series include ChangingUniverse and The Unexplained – no explanation needed for his enduring popularity.

What do you look like ?
Large and Grumpy.

Where do you live ?
London.

Do you share your home with anyone interesting ?
One wife, three grown up sons, two cats, one tortoise and one large hairy dog.

Where did you grow up ?
London.

What were your favourite things ?
Books.

What did you hate ?
Games.

What was your favourite story ?
"Kim" by Rudyerd Kipling

What did you want to be ?
A writer.

Tell us about your books...
Over 200 - too many to tell.

What exactly do you do ?
Write books, read them.

How did it all begin ?
With Doctor Who.

Why do you do it ?
Fun, fame and money.

What do you do when you're stuck for an idea?
Think about something else.

Do you have a motto, or favourite words of wisdom ?
Just do it !

Television Episodes


The War Games (1969)
Robot (1974, 1975)
Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
State of Decay (1980)
The Five Doctors (1983)

Video Episode Scripts


Shakedown (1994)
Mindgame (1998)

Script Editor


The War Games (1969)
The Invasion (1968)
The Krotons (1968, 1969)
The Seeds of Death (1969)
The Space Pirates (1969)
The War Games (1969)
Spearhead From Space (1970)
The Silurians (1970)
The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Inferno (1970)
Terror of the Autons (1971)
The Mind of Evil (1971)
The Claws of Axos (1971)
Colony in Space (1971)
The Daemons (1971)
The Day of the Daleks (1972)
The Curse of Peladon (1972)
The Sea Devils (1972)
The Mutants (1972)
The Time Monster (1972)
The Three Doctors (1972, 1973)
Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Frontier in Space (1973)
Planet of the Daleks (1973)
The Green Death (1973)
The Time Warrior (1973, 1974)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Death to the Daleks (1974)
The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Planet of the Spiders (1974)

Books



Target Novelizations
The Abominable Snowman (1974)
The Android Invasion (1978)
The Androids of Tara (1980)
The Armageddon Factor (1980)
The Spearhead from Space (The Auton Invasion) (1974)
The Brain of Morbius (1977)
Carnival of Monsters (1977)
"The Claws of Axos (1977)
"The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1977)
"Day of the Daleks (1974)
"The Deadly Assassin (1977)
"Death to the Daleks (1978)
"Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
The Face of Evil (1978)
Genesis of the Daleks (1976)
The Giant Robot (1975)
The Hand of Fear (1979)
The Horns of Nimon (1980)
The Horror of Fang Rock (1978)
The Image of the Fendahl (1979)
The Invasion of Time (1980)
The Invisible Enemy (1979)
The Keeper of Traken (1982)
The Loch Ness Monster (1976)
The Monster of Peladon (1980)
The Mutants (1977)
The Nightmare of Eden (1980)
Planet of the Daleks (1976)
The Planet of Evil (1977)
Planet of the Spiders (1975)
The Power of Kroll (1980)
Pyramids of Mars (1976)
Revenge of the Cybermen (1976)
The Robots of Death (1979)
The Sate of Decay (1982)
The Stones of Blood (1980)
The Sunmakers (1982)
The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)
The Terror of the Autons (1975)
The Three Doctors (1975)
The Time Warrior (1978)
The Underworld (1980)
An Unearthly Child 1981
The Web of Fear (1976)
Meglos (1983)
Four to Doomsday (1983)
Arc of Infinity (1983)
The Five Doctors (1983)
Snakedance (1984)
Kinda (1984)
Warriors of the Deep (1984)
Inferno (1984)
The Caves of Androzani (1985)
The Mind of Evil (1985)
The Krotons (1985)
The Time Monster (1985)
The Seeds of Death (1986)
The Faceless Ones (1986)
The Ambassadors of Death (1987)
The Mysterious Planet (1988)
The Wheel in Space (1988)
The Smugglers (1988)
Planet of Giants (1990)
The Space Pirates" (1990)

Virgin New Adventures
Timewyrm: Exodus (1991)
Blood Harvest (1994)
Shakedown" (1994)
Mean Streets" (1997)

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
"The Eight Doctors" (1998)

BBC Past Doctor Adventures
"Catastrophea" (1999)
"Players" (1999)

Non-Fiction Books
"The Making of Doctor Who" (1972)
"2nd Monster Book" (1977)

Other Books
"Terry Nation's Dalek Special" (1979)
"Junior Brain of Morbius" (1980)
"Junior Giant Robot" (1980)



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