Terrance Dicks


BBC Books to launch The World Cup of Terrance Dicks social media tournament…

BBC Books to launch The World Cup of Terrance Dicks social media tournament on Monday 18 November 2019 BBC Books is to publish a hardback collection of Target novelisations by the late Terrance Dicks next…



Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones – Written by Terrance Dicks & Read by Anneke Wills – CD / Download (BBC Worldwide)

Something about airports seems to make for very unusual, somehow disconnected Doctor Who stories. Of the two extant examples, The Faceless Ones is by far the better structured (the other of course being limp-celery end…


Doctor Who and the Robots of Death – Written by Terrance Dicks. Read by Louise Jameson. CD / Download (BBC Audio)

Among Doctor Who fans, Robots of Death is a perennial favourite for a whole host of reasons. The visuals are gorgeous: Robots with beautiful facemasks, quilted jackets, metal hands and waves of swept-back metal hair;…



Doctor Who and the Web of Fear – Written by Terrence Dicks & Read by David Troughton – 4xCD (BBC Worldwide)

For forty years a Yeti stood in a London museum, nothing more than a moth-eaten curiosity, gathering dust. That is until one day, without warning, it awoke and savagely murdered its ‘owner’, Professor Travers. At…


Doctor Who: Planet of Giants – Written by Terrance Dicks & Read by Carole Ann Ford (BBC Worldwide)

Since its inception, Doctor Who has often slipped in a subliminal moral message here and there, the odd political opinion now and then and a healthy dose of environmental awareness. Planet of Giants was probably…


Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks – Read by Richard Franklin & Written by Terrance Dicks – CDx4 (BBC Worldwide)

Well, there\’s no mystery about this story. The Daleks have conquered the Earth, are reigning supreme, and are finally having their “day in the sun”.  Until a small group of freedom fighters decide to throw…


Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time – Written by Terrance Dicks & Read by John Leeson – 4xCD (BBC Worldwide/ BBC Books)

The Doctor’s gone rogue! He’s declared himself President of the High council of Time Lords, betrayed his people, banished Leela to the wastelands of Gallifrey, and appears to be in league with a race of…


Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos – Written by Terrance Dicks & Read by Richard Franklin – 4xCD (BBC Worldwide)

It’s not often that I find myself entering into heated debates about Doctor Who; as, being the modest chap that I am, I naturally assume I’m right and refuse to enter into any discussion that…