Key Crew working on
THE WAR GAMES who have previously worked on the show:
- David Maloney (Director)
- Malcolm Hulke (Writer)
- Producer (Derrick Sherwin)
Who: Before And After #1580 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #50 - The War Games
Name: Terrance Dicks [1935 - 2019]
Role: Writer [35 episodes]
Year(s): 1969 / 1974 / 1976 / 1977 / 1980 / 1983
Stories: The War Games episodes 1 ? The War Games episode 10 / Robot part 1 ? Robot part 4 / The Brain Of Morbius part 1 ? The Brain Of Morbous part 4 / The Horror Of Fang Rock part 1 ? The Horror Of Fang Rock part 4 / State Of Decay part 1 ? State Of Decay part 4 / The Five Doctors
Note(s):
- Is affectionately known as "Uncle Terrance" by Whovians
- Was the script editor for 'Doctor Who' between 1968 ('The Invasion' episode 1) ? 1974 ('Planet Of The Spiders' part 6) [156 episodes]
- Wrote the script for 'The Brain of Morbius' under the pen-name 'Robin Bland'
- Wrote the Direct-To-Video stories 'Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans' / 'Mindgame' / 'Mindgame Trilogy: Battlefield'
- Wrote the Target novelisations for numerous stories: 'Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion' / 'Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen' / 'Doctor Who and the Giant Robot' / 'Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders' / 'The Three Doctors' / 'Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster' / 'Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen' / 'Doctor Who and the Web of Fear' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars' / 'Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters' / 'Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth' / 'Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos' / 'Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius' / 'Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil' / 'Doctor Who and the Mutants' / 'Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin' / 'Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang' / 'Doctor Who and the Face of Evil' / 'Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock' / 'Doctor Who and the Time Warrior' / 'Death to the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Android Invasion' / 'Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear' / 'Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy' / 'Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl' / 'Doctor Who and the Robots of Death' / 'Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks' / 'Doctor Who and the Underworld' / 'Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time' / 'Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood' / 'Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara' / 'Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll' / 'Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor' / 'Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden' / 'Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon' / 'Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon' / 'Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child' / 'Doctor Who and the State of Decay ' / 'Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken' / 'Doctor Who and the Sunmakers' / 'Meglos' / 'Four to Doomsday' / 'Arc of Infinity' / 'The Five Doctors' / 'Kinda' / 'Snakedance' / 'Warriors of the Deep' / 'Inferno' / 'The Caves of Androzani' / 'The Mind of Evil' / 'The Krotons' / 'The Time Monster' / 'The Seeds of Death' / 'The Faceless Ones' / 'The Ambassadors of Death' / 'The Mysterious Planet' / 'The Wheel in Space' / 'The Smugglers' / 'Planet of Giants' / 'The Space Pirates'
- Wrote the Junior 'Doctor Who' books 'Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot' / 'Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius'
- Wrote the Virgin New Adventures stories 'Timewyrm: Exodus' / 'Blood Harvest' / 'Shakedown'
- Wrote the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures 'The Eight Doctors' / 'Endgame'
- Wrote the BBC Past Doctor Adventures 'Catastrophea' / 'Players' / 'Warmonger' / 'Deadly Reunion' / 'World Game'
- Wrote the BBC Quick Reads 'Made of Steel' / 'Revenge of the Judoon'
- Wrote the Virgin 'Bernice Summerfield: New Adventures' story 'Mean Streets'
- Wrote the novelisation of the 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' story 'Invasion of the Bane'
- Wrote short stories that were included in story collections: Brief Encounters ('Farewells') / The Target Storybook ('Save Yourself') / Dalek ('Davros Genesis') / Daily Mirror ('Dr. Who and the Hell Planet') / Bernice Summerfield short stores ('A Mutual Friend')
- Wrote the non-fiction books 'The Making of Doctor Who' / 'The Doctor Who Monster Book' / 'The Second Doctor Who Monster Book' / 'The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book'
- Wrote the Stage plays 'Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday' / 'The Ultimate Adventure'
- Wrote the audio stories 'Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback' / 'Companion Chronicles: Beyond the Ultimate Adventure'
- Wrote the 'Destiny of the Doctors' video game
- Major characters and concepts debuting in one of his scripts includeThe War Lords / SIDRAT / The naming of the Time Lords / the conceot of the planet Gallifrey / The Fourth Doctor / Harry Sullivan / The K1 robot / Morbius / The Sisterhood of Karn / The Rutans / The Great Vampires / The Game of Rassilon and the Death Zone / The Raston Warrior Robot / The Time Scoop / The Eye of Orion
- Of the first ten incarnations of the Doctor, he wrote novels and novelisations featuring all of them except the Ninth
- Broadcast shortly after his death, the 2020 story 'Spyfall' Part One is dedicated to his memory
Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: The Avengers [4 episodes] (1962?1969) / Crossroads [27 episodes] (1968)
After Who Films: None
Television: Moonbase [1 episode] (1973) / Space: 1999 [1 episode] (1976)