Editing Terrance Dicks

{{Short description|English author and screenwriter (1935–2019)}}
{{hatnote|For the politician, see [[Terry Dicks]].}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Terrance Dicks
| image        = Terrance Dicks.jpg
| caption      = Dicks in 2013
| birth_name   = Terrance William Dicks
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|4|14}}
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|8|29|1935|4|14}}
| birth_place  = [[East Ham]], [[Essex]], England
| death_place  = [[London]], England
| alma_mater   = [[Downing College, Cambridge]]
| occupation   = {{plainlist|
* Television screenwriter
* Script editor
* Producer
* Children's author
}}
| years_active = 1962–2019
| known for    = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV scripts, novelisations and novels
| spouse       = {{marriage|Elsa Germaney|1963}}
| children     = 3
}}

'''Terrance William Dicks''' (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theagency.co.uk/childrens-books/terrance-dicks-1935-2019/|title=Terrance Dicks 14th April 1935 – 29th August 2019|publisher=The Agency. 2 September 2019 | access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> was an English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the [[BBC]] 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|''Doctor Who'' News Page]] described him as "arguably the most prolific contributor to ''Doctor Who''".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/05/terrance-dicks-100515080008.html | title= Terrance Dicks at 80 | work=Doctor Who News Page | date=10 May 2015 | access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> 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 [[novelisation]]s for [[Target Books]] and in later years contributing to many documentaries and DVD commentaries for the series.

==Early career==
Born in [[East Ham]],<ref name="Russell">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/daleks-doctors-and-a-dog-called-goliath-1-161772|title=Daleks, doctors and a dog called Goliath|first=Steven|last=Russell|website=Ipswich Star|date=20 February 2008}}</ref> 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 [[pub]], the Fox and Hounds, in [[Forest Gate]].<ref name="guardobit">{{cite news |last1=Hadoke |first1=Tony |title=Terrance Dicks obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/03/terrance-dicks-obituary |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=3 September 2019}}</ref> He excelled in English at [[Langdon Academy|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 [[national service]] in the [[British Army]] 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 [[BBC]] in his spare time.<ref name="guardobit"/>

His breakthrough into television came when friend [[Malcolm Hulke]], whom he met when he rented a room from him,<ref name="guardobit"/> asked for his help with the scripting of "[[The Mauritius Penny]]", an episode of the second series of [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC]]'s action-adventure ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|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:<ref name="Russell"/> 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 [[Science fiction on television|science-fiction]] TV series ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name="Leach 2009">
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</ref> 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]]'', which concluded the series' sixth season and the [[Second Doctor]]'s ([[Patrick Troughton]]) tenure. The serial introduced the concept of the [[Time Lords]] and initiated the Doctor's exile to Earth, which would be a major theme of the [[Third Doctor]]'s tenure. Dicks had been the uncredited co-writer of the earlier serial ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' (1969), having extensively re-written [[Brian Hayles]]' original scripts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/seedsofdeath/detail.shtml |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Seeds of Death - Details |publisher=[[BBC]] }}</ref>

Dicks formed a highly productive working relationship with incoming ''Doctor Who'' producer [[Barry Letts]], serving as script editor on all of Letts's five seasons as series producer from 1970 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dicks_terrance |title=Authors : Dicks, Terrance |website=Science Fiction Encyclopedia }}</ref> During his tenure as script editor on ''Doctor Who'', Dicks oversaw a number of additions to the series' mythology that still exist in the modern era, including the following:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Doctor Who The Handbook: The Third Doctor|last1=Howe|first1=David J.|last2=Walker|first2=Stephen James|publisher=Virgin Publishing LTD.|year=1996}}</ref>

* 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 Warrior]]s 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 series 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''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/the-curse-of-peladon/|title=The Curse of Peladon ★★★★}}</ref> apartheid (''The Mutants''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/the-mutants/|title=The Mutants ★★★}}</ref> 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.<ref name="guardobit"/>

After stepping down as script editor, Dicks continued his association with ''Doctor Who'', writing four scripts for his successor, [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]]: these were ''[[Robot (Doctor Who)|Robot]]'' (1975, [[Tom Baker]]'s first outing as the [[Fourth Doctor]]), ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' (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"),<ref name="DWI">{{cite web |url=https://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/terrance-dicks/ |title=Terrance Dicks |website=Doctor Who Interview Archive }}</ref> ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' (1977) and ''[[State of Decay (Doctor Who)|State of Decay]]'' (1980), a re-written version of a story originally titled ''The Vampire Mutations'',<ref name="DWI"/> which had been due for production during [[Doctor Who (season 15)|season 15]]. The BBC decided that the vampiric theme would clash with the plot of its new adaptation of [[Bram Stoker]]'s ''[[Count Dracula (1977 film)|Count Dracula]]'', 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]]" (1983), a feature-length episode for the programme's 20th anniversary.

Dicks' other work for ''Doctor Who'' included two stage plays, ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday]]'' (1974) and ''[[Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure]]'' (1989), and an [[audio drama]] for [[Big Finish Productions]] titled ''[[Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback|Comeback]]'' (2002), which was the first to feature former Doctor's companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] 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]]-era story for the "Companion Chronicle" range, and a [[Bernice Summerfield]] story, in 2011, which was the final script of his career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/terrance-dicks-1935-2019|title=Terrance Dicks 1935-2019 - News - Big Finish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/contributors/v/Terrance-Dicks-1427|title=Terrance Dicks - Contributions - Big Finish}}</ref>

The first serial aired after Dicks' death, the 2020 [[Thirteenth Doctor]]-era story "[[Spyfall (Doctor Who)|Spyfall]]", was dedicated to him.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Spyfall, Part One |series=Doctor Who |network=BBC |date=1 January 2020 |season=12 |number=1 |time=0:59:35 |language=en}}</ref>

===Books===
Dicks contributed heavily to [[Target Books]]' series of [[novelisation]]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]]''), he served as the unofficial editor of the Target Books range.<ref name="DWI"/> 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 [[Philip Hinchcliffe]]).

On one occasion, he enlisted [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]] to novelise his script for ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', but when Holmes gave up after writing only one chapter, it was left to Dicks to complete the work. Dicks had better success in recruiting the original writers for the later ''Doctor Who'' serials, and was required to adapt only one [[Sixth Doctor]] story himself (''[[The Mysterious Planet]]''; he again replaced Holmes, who had died in 1986). Dicks' name appears on the cover of no [[Seventh Doctor]] novelisations. His plans to publish a novelisation of his stage play ''[[Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure]]'' 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cuttingsarchive.org/images/1/11/1980-09-29_Belfast_Telegraph_p9.jpg|title=Inside Dr. Who and the Wombles|last=Bromley|first=Michael|date=29 September 1980|work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>

During the 1990s, Dicks contributed to [[Virgin Publishing]]'s line of full-length, officially licensed, original ''Doctor Who'' novels, ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'', 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 [[BBC Books]] assumed the licence in 1997. He wrote the first of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', titled ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'', which was, for a time, the best-selling original ''Doctor Who'' novel. ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'', featuring the [[Second Doctor]], is set during "[[Season 6B]]". Later contributions to the range were the ''Quick Reads'' books ''[[Made of Steel (novella)|Made of Steel]]''<ref name="wearecult.rocks">{{Cite web|url=http://wearecult.rocks/ten-of-the-best-terrance-dicks|title = Ten of the Best: Terrance Dicks » We Are Cult|date = 6 September 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'', both featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]].

His final ''Doctor Who'' short story, "Save Yourself", was published posthumously by BBC Books in October 2019.<ref name="guardobit"/>

A compilation of his work chosen by fans, ''The Essential Terrance Dicks'', was published in two volumes in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-target-novels-terrance-dicks-exclusive-newsupdate/|title = Read an exclusive extract from Doctor Who: The Essential Terrance Dicks Volumes 1 & 2}}</ref>

==Other television work==
Dicks also wrote for the [[Associated Television|ATV]] soap opera ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]''.<ref name="DWI"/> He co-created and wrote for the short-lived BBC science-fiction TV series ''[[Moonbase 3]]'' (1973),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/scribe-award-nominees/ |title=Scribe Award Nominees |date=24 June 2013 }}</ref> and wrote for the [[ITC Entertainment|ITC]] science-fiction series ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/crguide/vcztd.html |title=Space 1999 Remembered |website=catacombs.space1999.net}}</ref> During the early 1980s, Dicks served once more as script editor to producer [[Barry Letts]] on the BBC's ''Sunday Classics'' strand of [[period drama]]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 (1985 TV miniseries)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1985), ''[[David Copperfield (1986 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]'' (1986) and ''[[Vanity Fair (1987 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' (1987),<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/03/terrance-dicks-obituary|title = Terrance Dicks obituary|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 3 September 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Target Books]], ''The Mounties'', concerning a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] 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 [[Baker Street Irregulars|the Sherlock Holmes characters]]; the series eventually ran to 10 books,<ref name="Russell"/> 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 [[ragdoll]], ''Magnificent Max'', about a cat, and ''The Adventures of Goliath'' (Dicks' longest series, at 18 books), about a [[golden retriever]]. Another five books concerning a [[St. Bernard (dog)|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,<ref name="theguardian.com"/> 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.<ref name="guardobit"/> They had three sons: Stephen, Jonathan and Oliver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=terrancedicks |title=Doctor Who Guide: Terrance Dicks |website=Doctor Who News }}</ref> They also had three grandchildren: Amy, Nelly Rose, and Rufus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/03/terrance-dicks-obituary |title=Guardian Obituary |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=3 September 2019 |last1=Hadoke |first1=Toby }}</ref>

Dicks died in London on 29 August 2019 after a short illness.<ref name="guardobit"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks dies aged 84 |work=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] |date=2 September 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-terrance-dicks-dead-doctor-19169731 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ling|first=Thomas|title=Veteran Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks dies aged 84 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=2 September 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-09-02/doctor-who-writer-terrance-dicks-dies/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://theagency.co.uk/childrens-books/terrance-dicks-1935-2019/|title=Terrance Dicks 14th April 1935 – 29th August 2019|publisher=The Agency. 2 September 2019 | access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref>

==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 [[Target Books]] novelisations, which included several of Dicks' works.

*''[[Spearhead from Space#In print|The Auton Invasion]]'' (1974)
*''[[Day of the Daleks#In print|The Day of the Daleks]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Abominable Snowmen#In print|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' (1974)
*''[[Robot (Doctor Who)#In print|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)
*''[[Terror of the Autons#In print|Terror of the Autons]]'' (1975)
*''[[Planet of the Spiders#In print|The Planet of the Spiders]]'' (1975)
*''[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)#In print|The Three Doctors]]'' (1975)
*''[[Terror of the Zygons#In print|The Loch Ness Monster]]'' (1976; re-titled ''Terror of the Zygons'' for the 1993 edition)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlSkAAAACAAJ&q=Terror+of+the+zygons+book|title = Doctor Who, Terror of the Zygons|isbn = 9780426203919|last1 = Dicks|first1 = Terrance|year = 1993| publisher=Target }}</ref>
*''[[Revenge of the Cybermen#In print|The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' (1976)
*''[[Genesis of the Daleks#In print|The Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (1976)<ref name="radiotimes.com"/>
*''[[The Web of Fear#In print|The Web of Fear]]'' (1976)<ref name="radiotimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-03/the-bbc-is-reissuing-seven-classic-doctor-who-novels/|title=The BBC is reissuing seven classic Doctor Who novels|website=Radio Times|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022610/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-03/the-bbc-is-reissuing-seven-classic-doctor-who-novels/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''[[Planet of the Daleks#In print|The Planet of the Daleks]]'' (1976)
*''[[Pyramids of Mars#In print|The Pyramids of Mars]]'' (1976)
*''[[Carnival of Monsters#In print|The Carnival of Monsters]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth#In print|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (1977)<ref name="wearecult.rocks"/>
*''[[The Claws of Axos#In print|The Claws of Axos]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Brain of Morbius#In print|The Brain of Morbius]]'' (1977; Dicks also wrote a version for younger readers, ''Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius'', which was published in 1980)<ref name="wearecult.rocks"/>
*''[[Planet of Evil#In print|The Planet of Evil]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Mutants#In print|The Mutants]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Deadly Assassin#In print|The Deadly Assassin]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang#In print|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Face of Evil#In print|The Face of Evil]]'' (1978)
*''[[Horror of Fang Rock#In print|The Horror of Fang Rock]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Time Warrior#In print|The Time Warrior]]'' (1978; with [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]], who is uncredited)
*''[[Death to the Daleks#In print|Death to the Daleks]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Android Invasion#In print|The Android Invasion]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Hand of Fear#In print|The Hand of Fear]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Invisible Enemy (Doctor Who)#In print|The Invisible Enemy]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Robots of Death#In print|The Robots of Death]]'' (1979)
*''[[Image of the Fendahl#In print|The Image of the Fendahl]]'' (1979)
*''[[Destiny of the Daleks#In print|The Destiny of the Daleks]]'' (1979)
*''[[Underworld (Doctor Who)#In print|Underworld]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Invasion of Time#In print|The Invasion of Time]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Stones of Blood#In print|The Stones of Blood]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Androids of Tara#In print|The Androids of Tara]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Power of Kroll#In print|The Power of Kroll]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Armageddon Factor#In print|The Armageddon Factor]]'' (1980)
*''[[Nightmare of Eden#In print|The Nightmare of Eden]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Horns of Nimon#In print|The Horns of Nimon]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Monster of Peladon#In print|The Monster of Peladon]]'' (1980)
*''[[An Unearthly Child#In print|An Unearthly Child]]'' (1981)
*''[[State of Decay (Doctor Who)#In print|The State of Decay]]'' (1981)
*''[[The Keeper of Traken#In print|The Keeper of Traken]]'' (1982)
*''[[The Sun Makers#In print|The Sunmakers]]'' (1982)
*''[[Meglos#In print|Meglos]]'' (1983)
*''[[Four to Doomsday#In print|Four to Doomsday]]'' (1983)
*''[[Arc of Infinity#In print|Arc of Infinity]]'' (1983)
*"[[The Five Doctors#In print|The Five Doctors]]" (1983)
*''[[Kinda (Doctor Who)#In print|Kinda]]'' (1983)
*''[[Snakedance#In print|Snakedance]]'' (1984)
*''[[Warriors of the Deep#In print|Warriors of the Deep]]'' (1984)
*''[[Inferno (Doctor Who)#In print|Inferno]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Caves of Androzani#In print|The Caves of Androzani]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Mind of Evil#In print|The Mind of Evil]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Krotons#In print|The Krotons]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Time Monster#In print|The Time Monster]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Seeds of Death#In print|The Seeds of Death]]'' (1986)
*''[[The Faceless Ones#In print|The Faceless Ones]]'' (1986)
*''[[The Ambassadors of Death#In print|Ambassadors of Death]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]: [[The Mysterious Planet#In print|The Mysterious Planet]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Wheel in Space#In print|The Wheel in Space]]'' (1988)
*''[[The Smugglers#In print|The Smugglers]]'' (1988)
*''[[Planet of Giants#In print|Planet of Giants]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Space Pirates#In print|The Space Pirates]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' – ''[[Invasion of the Bane#Novelisation|Invasion of the Bane]]'' (2007)<ref>{{cite book |title=''Invasion of the Bane'' (''The Sarah Jane Adventures'')|id={{ASIN|140590397X|country=uk}} }}</ref>

====Original novels====
*Virgin New Adventures (the Doctor):
**''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' (1991)
**''[[Blood Harvest (Dicks novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' (1994)
**''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans|Shakedown]]'' (1995)
*Virgin New Adventures (Bernice Summerfield):
**''[[Mean Streets (Dicks novel)|Mean Streets]]'' (1997)
*Eighth Doctor Adventures:
**''[[The Eight Doctors]]'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/eightdoctors/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - The Eight Doctors}}</ref>
**''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/endgame/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Endgame}}</ref>
*Past Doctor Adventures:
**''[[Catastrophea]]'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/catastrophea/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Catastrophea}}</ref>
**''[[Players (Dicks novel)|Players]]'' (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/players/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Players}}</ref>
**''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/warmonger/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Warmonger}}</ref>
**''[[Deadly Reunion]]'' (2003) (with [[Barry Letts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/deadlyreunion/|title=BBC - Cult - Doctor Who - Books - Deadly Reunion}}</ref>
**''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'' (2005)
*New Series Adventures (Quick Reads):
**''[[Made of Steel (novella)|Made of Steel]]'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSBQd8Q-KzYC|title = Made of Steel|isbn = 9781846072048|last1 = Dicks|first1 = Terrance|year = 2007}}</ref>
**''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'' (2008)

====Original short story====
*"Save Yourself" in ''Doctor Who: The Target Storybook'' (2019)

===Non-fiction===
* ''The Making of Doctor Who'' (1972; co-written with [[Malcolm Hulke]]; updated and re-issued in 1976)<ref name="wearecult.rocks"/>

===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)
*[[Bernice Summerfield]] Short Stories
**''A Mutual Friend'' (2011)

==Writing credits==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Production
! Notes
! Broadcaster
|-
|''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
|
Writer, 5 episodes:
*"[[The Mauritius Penny]]" (co-written with [[Malcolm Hulke]], 1962)
*"[[Intercrime]]" (co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1963)
*"[[Concerto (The Avengers)|Concerto]]" (co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1964)
*"The Great, Great Britain Crime" (co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1967; unreleased; some filmed material subsequently re-worked into the below episode)
*"Homicide and Old Lace" (contains material co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1969; uncredited additional framing material by [[Brian Clemens]])
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]''
|
*Writer, unknown episodes
|ITV
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|
Writer, 35 episodes (1968–1969; 1974–1977; 1980, 1983): 
*"[[The Dominators]]" (1968) (episodes 4-5 of 5, uncredited)
*"[[The Seeds of Death]]" (1969) (episodes 3-6 of 6, uncredited)
*"[[The War Games]]" (10 episodes, co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1969)
*"[[Robot (Doctor Who)|Robot]]" (4 episodes, 1974)
*"[[The Brain of Morbius]]" (4 episodes, 1976)
*"[[Horror of Fang Rock]]" (4 episodes, 1977)
*"[[State of Decay (Doctor Who)|State of Decay]]" (4 episodes, 1980)
*"[[The Five Doctors]]" (feature-length; subsequently re-edited as 4 episodes, 1983)
Script Editor, 156 episodes (1968–74):
*"[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]" (8 episodes, 1968)
*"[[The Krotons]]" (4 episodes, 1968–1969)
*"[[The Seeds of Death]]" (6 episodes, 1969)
*"[[The War Games]]" (10 episodes, co-written with Malcolm Hulke, 1969)
*"[[Spearhead from Space]]" (4 episodes, 1970)
*"[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]" (7 episodes, 1970)
*"[[The Ambassadors of Death]]" (7 episodes, 1970)
*"[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]]" (7 episodes, 1970)
*"[[Terror of the Autons]]" (4 episodes, 1971)
*"[[The Mind of Evil]]" (6 episodes, 1971)
*"[[The Claws of Axos]]" (4 episodes, 1971)
*"[[Colony in Space]]" (6 episodes, 1971)
*"[[The Dæmons]]" (5 episodes, 1971)
*"[[Day of the Daleks]]" (4 episodes, 1972)
*"[[The Curse of Peladon]]" (4 episodes, 1972)
*"[[The Sea Devils]]" (6 episodes, 1972)
*"[[The Mutants]]" (6 episodes, 1972)
*"[[The Time Monster]]" (6 episodes, 1972)
*"[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)|The Three Doctors]]" (4 episodes, 1973)
*"[[Carnival of Monsters]]" (4 episodes, 1973)
*"[[Frontier in Space]]" (6 episodes, 1973)
*"[[Planet of the Daleks]]" (6 episodes, 1973)
*"[[The Green Death]]" (6 episodes, 1973)
*"[[The Time Warrior]]" (4 episodes, 1974)
*"[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]" (6 episodes, 1974)
*"[[Death to the Daleks]]" (4 episodes, 1974)
*"[[The Monster of Peladon]]" (6 episodes, 1974)
*"[[Planet of the Spiders]]" (6 episodes, 1974)
|[[BBC1]]
|-
|''[[Moonbase 3]]''
|
Co-Creator and uncredited Script Editor, 6 episodes:
*"Departure and Arrival" (also co-writer, with [[Barry Letts]], 1973)
*"Behemoth" (1973)
*"Achilles Heel" (1973)
*"Outsiders" (1973)
*"Castor and Pollux" (1973)
*"View of a Dead Planet" (1973)
|BBC1
|-
|''[[Space: 1999]]''
|
Writer, 1 episode:
*"The Lambda Factor" (1976)
|ITV
|-
|''The Classic Serial''
|
Script Editor, 134 episodes (1981-8): 
*''[[Great Expectations (1981 miniseries)|Great Expectations]]'' (12 episodes, 1981)
*''[[Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste]]'' (8 episodes, 1981–2; also co-writer with Alistair Bell)
*''[[Stalky & Co.#Television adaptation|Stalky & Co.]]'' (6 episodes, 1982)
*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (4 episodes, 1982)
*''[[Dombey and Son (1983 miniseries)|Dombey and Son]]'' (1 episode of 10, 1983)
*''[[Jane Eyre (1983 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (11 episodes, 1983)
*''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips#1984 serial|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (6 episodes, 1984)
*''[[The Invisible Man (1984 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (6 episodes, 1984)
*''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (4 episodes, 1984)
*''[[The Pickwick Papers (TV series)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' (12 episodes, 1985)
*''[[Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' (12 episodes, 1985; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''Alice in Wonderland'' (4 episodes, 1986; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''[[Brat Farrar#Adaptations|Brat Farrar]]'' (6 episodes, 1986; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''[[David Copperfield (1986 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]'' (10 episodes, 1986; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1987 miniseries)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (4 episodes, 1987; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''[[Vanity Fair (1987 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' (16 episodes, 1987–8; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
*''The Franchise Affair'' (6 episodes, 1988; uncredited Script Editor, credited Producer)
|[[BBC1]]
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]: [[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]''
|
*Feature film (1994)
|N/A
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]: [[Mindgame (Doctor Who)#Mindgame|Mindgame]]''
|
*Short film (1998)
|N/A
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]: [[Mindgame (Doctor Who)#Mindgame Trilogy|Mindgame Trilogy]]''
|
*Feature film (1999) (segment: "Battlefield")
|N/A
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Reference
|-
|1987
|[[British Academy Television Awards]]
|''[[David Copperfield (1986 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]'' <small>(shared with [[Barry Letts]])</small>
|Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|1988
|[[CableACE Award]]
|''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1987 miniseries)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
|Children's Entertainment Special or Series - 9 and Older
|{{nom}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
*{{IMDb name|0225605|Terrance Dicks}}
*{{ISFDB name|id=Terrance_Dicks|name=Terrance Dicks}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/author/terrance_dicks.shtml Biography and Interview] at [[BBC Online]]
*[https://archive.today/20121223023615/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/authors/dick/dicks.htm Biography] at on Target

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