About

Known credits:
86
Birthday:
1935-05-10
Place of birth:
East Ham, London, England, UK
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Terrance Dicks

Overview

Terrance Dicks was an English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. Dicks had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, which began when he worked as the programme's script editor from 1968 to 1974. Dicks also wrote for the series from the '70s through to the '80s and, at the same time, he penned some 60 odd novelisations of Doctor Who stories for Target Books. In the 1990s, Dicks wrote further original stories in the New Adventures and Missing Adventures range for Virgin. When BBC Books bought the rights to Doctor Who in the late '90s his novel, The Eight Doctors, was the first to be released.

Known for

Acting
2021 Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files Actor 59
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2021 Terrance & Me Actor Self (Archive) N/A
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2019 Doctor Who and the Third Man Actor N/A
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2017 Panopticon Genesis Actor N/A
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2013 A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee Actor N/A
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2012 Axon Stations! Actor N/A
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2012 Second Time Around: The Troughton Years Actor N/A
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2011 IMC Needs You! Actor N/A
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2011 The Doctor's Moriarty Actor Self N/A
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2011 Life on Earth Actor Self N/A
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2011 Plastic Fantastic Actor N/A
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2011 Regenerations: From Black and White to Colour Actor N/A
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2010 Warriors of Mars Actor N/A
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2009 The Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams Actor N/A
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2009 Roger Delgado: The Master Actor N/A
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2009 The Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontiers Actor N/A
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2009 Shades of Grey Actor N/A
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2008 The K-9 Files Actor N/A
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2008 The Elusive David Agnew Actor N/A
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2008 Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 Actor N/A
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2008 Hello Sailor! Actor N/A
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2007 Rogue Time Lords Actor N/A
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2007 Are Friends Electric? Actor N/A
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2006 Built for War: The Sontaran Story Actor N/A
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2006 Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who Actor N/A
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2006 The Dalek Tapes Actor Self N/A
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2005 Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction Actor N/A
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2003 The Story of Doctor Who Actor N/A
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2001 ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis Actor N/A
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1999 Carnival of Monsters Actor N/A
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1999 Adventures in Space and Time Actor Himself N/A
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1998 Lust in Space Actor Self N/A
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1998 Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? Actor 58
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1997 Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised Actor N/A
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1997 Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado Actor Self N/A
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1995 The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans Actor N/A
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1994 Myth Makers 29: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 2) Actor Self N/A
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1993 30 Years in the TARDIS Actor Himself 58
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1993 Myth Makers 25: Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (Part 1) Actor Self N/A
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1986 Who's Who Actor N/A
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1977 Whose Doctor Who Actor 58
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Writing
2025 Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors Writing Writer N/A
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2024 Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour Writing Writer 58
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1999 Mindgame Trilogy Writing Writer 59
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1998 Mindgame Writing Writer 58
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1994 Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans Writing Writer 58
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1989 Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure Writing Writer N/A
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1984 The Prisoner of Zenda Writing Script Editor 69
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1983 Doctor Who: The Five Doctors Writing Writer 59
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1982 The Hound of the Baskervilles Writing Script Editor 68
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1981 Great Expectations Writing Script Editor 69
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1980 Doctor Who: State of Decay Writing Writer 58
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1977 Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock Writing Writer 58
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1976 Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Writing Writer 58
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1975 Doctor Who: Robot Writing Writer 58
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1974 Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders Writing Script Editor 58
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1974 Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon Writing Script Editor 58
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1974 Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks Writing Script Editor 58
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1974 Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs Writing Script Editor 58
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1974 Doctor Who: The Time Warrior Writing Script Editor 58
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1973 Doctor Who: The Green Death Writing Script Editor 59
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1973 Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks Writing Script Editor 58
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1973 Doctor Who: Frontier in Space Writing Script Editor 58
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1973 Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters Writing Script Editor 58
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1972 Doctor Who: The Time Monster Writing Script Editor 58
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1972 Doctor Who: The Mutants Writing Script Editor 58
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1972 Doctor Who: The Sea Devils Writing Script Editor 58
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1972 Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon Writing Script Editor 58
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1972 Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks Writing Script Editor 59
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1971 Doctor Who: The Dæmons Writing Script Editor 58
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1971 Doctor Who: Colony in Space Writing Script Editor 58
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1971 Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos Writing Script Editor 58
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1971 Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil Writing Script Editor 58
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1971 Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons Writing Script Editor 58
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1970 Doctor Who: Inferno Writing Script Editor 58
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1970 Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Writing Script Editor 58
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1970 Doctor Who and the Silurians Writing Script Editor 58
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1970 Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space Writing Script Editor 59
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1969 Doctor Who: The War Games Writing Writer 59
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1969 Doctor Who: The War Games Writing Script Editor 59
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1969 Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death Writing Script Editor 58
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1969 Doctor Who: The Krotons Writing Script Editor 58
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1968 Doctor Who: The Invasion Writing Script Editor 59
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Mindgame Requiem Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1985 Oliver Twist Production Producer 58
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Editing
1977 Whose Doctor Who Editing Consulting Editor 58
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