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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was an illustrated guide to [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{as of|2015|1}}, three editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007. A revised edition was released in [[Matt Smith]]'s [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and a second revised edition was released following [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was an illustrated guide to [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{as of|2015|1}}, five editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007. A revised edition was released in [[Matt Smith]]'s [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and a second revised edition was released following [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. In 2015 it was combined with ''[[Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition)]]'' to create ''[[The Complete Visual Collection]]''.


== 2007 edition ==
== 2007 edition ==
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=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this updated and expanded edition includes all stories up to the end of series 8.
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this updated and expanded edition includes all stories up to the end of series 8.
== 2015 edition ==
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|image        = Doctor Who The Complete Visual Collection - Capaldi Cover.jpg
|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simmon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = August 2015
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-4761-6
|image2 = |name = Doctor Who: The Complete Visual Collection|caption = |format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 384 pages}}
This is a US hardcover omnibus edition renamed to ''The Complete Visual Collection ''released in 2015.  This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover, plus it incorporates the complete contents of ''Doctor Who: Character Encyclopedia'' ''Update Edition'' from 2015 into one volume.  It is the same size as the original hardcover  8 3/8" x 10".  It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]].
=== Chapters ===
* Mysterious Visitor
* [[Renegade Time Lord]]
* [[The Doctor|Anatomy of the Doctor]]
* [[Regeneration]]
* Many Faces: One Time Lord
* The [[TARDIS]]
* Inside the [[TARDIS]]
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]s
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
* Tools of the trade
* [[Time Lord]]s
** [[Gallifrey]]
* [[River Song]]
* [[Clara Oswald]]
* [[Danny Pink]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Rory Williams]]
* [[Leadworth]]
: featuring illustration by [[James Southall]]
* [[Captain Jack Harkness]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* Human Allies
* [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]
* [[UNIT]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[K-9's Finest Hour (comic story)|K-9]]
* [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Dalek Flagship]]
: featuring illustration by [[John Malony]]
* [[Davros]]
* [[Genesis Ark|The Genesis Ark]]
* [[Dalek Sec]]
* [[Cult of Skaro]]
* [[Davros|Davros's Empire]]
* [[Dalek Asylum]]
* [[Dalek|Ironsides]]
* [[New Dalek Paradigm|Paradigm Daleks]]
* Inside a [[Dalek]]
* [[Cybermen]]
* [[Cybus Industries]]
* [[CyberKing|The CyberKing]]
* [[Hedgewick's World of Wonders|Hedgewick's World]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]s
* [[Weeping Angel|Army of Angels]]
* [[The Great Intelligence]]
* [[Ood|The Ood]]
* [[Platform One]]
* [[Platform One|Guests of ''Platform One'']]
* [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Lady Cassandra]]
* [[Slitheen|The Slitheen]]
* [[Satellite 5]]
* [[Sycorax|The Sycorax]]
* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
* [[Werewolf|The Werewolf]]
* [[Gelth|Gelth]]
* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]]
: featuring illustration by [[Richard Bonson]]
* [[Racnoss]]
* [[Plasmavore]]s
* [[Judoon|The Judoon]]
* The [[Carrionite]]s
* [[Family of Blood|The Family of Blood]]
* [[The Master]]
* [[Toclafane|The Toclafane]]
* [[The Master|The Master Race]]
* [[Heavenly Host|The Heavenly Host]]
* [[Adipose Industries]]
* [[Vespiform]]
* [[Pyrovile]]s
* [[Sontaran]]s
* [[Hath|The Hath]]
* [[Vashta Nerada]]
* [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|The Flood]]
* [[San Helios]]
* [[Prisoner Zero]]
* [[Smiler]]s
* [[star whale|Star Whale]]
* [[Saturnynian|Saturnynes]]
* [[Silurian]]s
* Silurian Warriors
* [[Madame Vastra]]
* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
* [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|The Alliance]]
* [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)|Peg Dolls]]
* [[Handbot]]s
* [[Fancy|The Fancy]]
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]]
* [[Ganger]]s
* [[The Silence|The Order of Silence]]
* [[Demon's Run]]
* [[Trenzalore]]
* [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]]
* [[Shakri]]
* [[Akhaten]]
* [[Sweetville]]
* [[Ice Warrior]]s
* [[Zygon]]s
* [[Half-Face Man|The Half-Face Man]]
* [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robots of Sherwood]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
The ''Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia'' continues at this point in the book with its title page followed by its table of contents.  Its entries consist of all 13 Doctors (the first 12 plus the War Doctor) and more than 200 companions, friends, and foes throughout the entire history of ''Doctor Who'' up to, and including, Series 8.  It's packed with fascinating facts and statistics for characters from the Abzorbaloff to the Zygons, and with large cut-out poses and stunning stills from the programme.  It is the ultimate compendium of Doctor Who characters.
=== Contents ===
This section of the book covers a wealth of characters.  Most are given a full page spread with colour-coded pages denoting the subject's categories.
Namely;
* Aliens
** [[Abzorbaloff]]
** [[Ace]]
** [[Adam Mitchell]]
** [[Adelaide Brooke]]
** [[Adipose]]
** [[Adric]]
** [[Aggedor]]
** [[The Alliance]]
** [[Alpha Centauri]]
** [[Amy Pond]]
** [[Astrid Peth]]
** [[Atraxi]]
** [[Axos|Axons]]
** [[Azal]]
** [[Bannakaffalatta]]
** [[Barbara Wright]]
** The [[Beast]]
** [[Ben Jackson]]
** [[Black Guardian]]
** [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]]
** [[Borusa]]
** [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]]
** [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
** [[Canton Everett Delaware III]]
** [[Carrionite]]s
** [[The Captain]]
** [[Captain Jack Harkness]]
** [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]]
** [[Celestial Toymaker]]
** [[Clara Oswald]]
** [[Craig Owens]]
** [[Cybermen]]
** [[Dalek]]s
** [[Davros]]
** The [[First Doctor]]
** The [[Second Doctor]]
** The [[Third Doctor]]
** The [[Fourth Doctor]]
** The [[Fifth Doctor]]
** The [[Sixth Doctor]]
** The [[Seventh Doctor]]
** The [[Eighth Doctor]]
** The [[Ninth Doctor]]
** The [[Tenth Doctor]]
** The [[Eleventh Doctor]]
** The [[Twelfth Doctor]]
** [[Walter Simeon|Doctor Simeon]]
** [[Donna Noble]]
** [[Dorium Maldovar]]
** [[Dorothea Cotton]]
** [[Draconian]]s
** The [[Dream Lord]]
** [[Eknodine]]s
** [[The Face of Boe]]
** [[The Family of Blood]]
** [[Fenric]]
** [[The Flood]]
** [[Futurekind]]
** [[Ganger]]s
** [[Gelth]]
** [[Giant maggot]]s
** [[Gods of Ragnarok]]
** [[Grace Holloway]]
** [[Grayle]]
** [[Haemovore]]s
** [[Handbot]]s
** [[Harriet Jones]]
** [[Harry Sullivan]]
** [[Hath]]
** [[Headless Monks]]
** [[Henry Avery]]
** [[Henry Van Statten]]
** [[Ian Chesterton]]
** [[Ice Warrior]]s
** [[Idris]]
** [[Jabe]]
** [[Jackie Tyler]]
** [[Jackson Lake]]
** [[Jagrafess]]
** [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
** [[Jenny]]
** [[Jenny Flint]]
** [[Jo Grant]]
** [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]]
** [[John Lumic]]
** [[John Riddell]]
** [[Judoon]]
** [[K9]]
** [[Kahler-Jex]]
** [[Kahler-Tek]]
** [[Kamelion]]
** [[Katarina]]
** [[Kate Stewart]]
** [[Kazran Sardick]]
** [[Krillitane]]s
** [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]]
** [[Krynoid]]s
** Lady [[Cassandra O'Brien]]
** [[Lady Christina de Souza]]
** [[Leela]]
** [[Liz Shaw]]
** [[Liz Ten]]
** [[Macra]]
** [[Madame de Pompadour]]
** [[Madame Kovarian]]
** [[Madame Vastra]]
** [[Madge Arwell]]
** [[Martha Jones]]
** The [[Master]]
** [[Max Capricorn]]
** [[Meddling Monk]]
** [[Melanie Bush]]
** [[Mercy Hartigan]]
** [[Merry Gejelh]]
** [[Mickey Smith]]
** The [[Minotaur]]
** [[Morbius]]
** [[Movellan]]s
** [[Moxx of Balhoon|The Moxx of Balhoon]]
** [[Mutt]]s
** [[Nimon]]
** [[Nyssa]]
** [[Ogri]]
** [[Ogron]]s
** [[Omega]]
** [[Ood]]
** [[Patchwork people]]
** [[Peg Doll]]s
** [[Peri Brown]]
** [[Pete Tyler]]
** [[Pig slave]]s
** [[Plasmavore]]s
** [[Polly Wright]]
** [[Porridge]]
** [[Prisoner Zero]]
** [[Edward Travers|Professor Edward Travers]]
** [[Richard Lazarus|Professor Lazarus]]
** [[Pyrovile]]s
** [[Racnoss]]
** The [[Rani]]
** [[Rassilon]]
** [[Raston Warrior Robot]]s
** [[Reaper]]s
** [[River song]]
** [[Roboform]]s
** [[Romana]]
** [[Rory Williams]]
** [[Rose Tyler]]
** [[Salamander]]
** [[Sally Sparrow]]
** [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
** The [[Saturnyn]]s
** [[Animated scarecrow (Human Nature)|Scarecrow soldiers]]
** [[Scaroth]]
** [[Sea Devil]]s
** [[Sensorite]]s
** [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]]
** [[Shakri]]
** [[Sharaz Jek]]
** [[Sil]] the [[Mentor]]
** [[The Silence]]
** [[Silurian]]s
** [[Sisterhood of Karn]]
** [[Sisters of Plenitude]]
** [[Slitheen]]
** [[Smiler]]s
** [[Solomon]]
** Solomon's robots
** [[Sontaran]]s
** [[Steven Taylor]]
** [[Susan Foreman]]
** [[Sutekh|Sutekh the Destroyer]]
** [[Sycorax]]
** [[Sylvia Noble]]
** [[TARDIS]]
** [[Tasha Lem]]
** [[Tegan Jovanka]]
** [[Terileptil]]
** [[Teselecta]]
** [[Thal]]s
** [[Tobias Vaughn]]
** [[Toclafane]]
** [[Valeyard]]
** [[Vashta Nerada]]
** [[Vervoid]]s
** [[Vespiform]]
** [[Vicki]]
** [[Victoria Waterfield]]
** [[Vinvocci]]
** [[Vislor Turlough]]
** [[Voc |Voc]] Robots
** [[The War Doctor]]
** [[War Machine]]
** [[Weeping Angel]]s
** [[Weng-Chiang]]
** [[Werewolf]]
** [[Whisper Men]]
** [[Wilfred Mott]]
** [[Winifred Gillyflower]]
** [[Wirrn]]
** Woodland [[Wooden King|King]] and [[Wooden Queen|Queen]]
** [[Yeti]]
** [[Zarbi]]
** [[Zoe Heriot]]
** [[Zygons]]
* Index
* Acknowledgements
=== Notable features ===
* There is a sleeve on the inside front cover containing a limited edition print depicting all of the modern era Doctors and their companions.
=== Notes ===
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this newer edition includes all stories up to the end of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]].


== 2015 edition ==
== 2015 edition ==
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}}
}}
This is a US softcover edition renamed back to ''The Visual Dictionary ''released in 2015.  This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 10 1/8" x 12".  It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]].
This is a US softcover edition released in 2015.  This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 10 1/8" x 12".  It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]].


=== Chapters ===
=== Chapters ===

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The Visual Dictionary (reference book) was an illustrated guide to BBC Wales Doctor Who. As of January 2015, five editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of Smith and Jones in 2007. A revised edition was released in Matt Smith's first year as the Eleventh Doctor, and a second revised edition was released following Peter Capaldi's first year as the Twelfth Doctor. In 2015 it was combined with Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition) to create The Complete Visual Collection.

2007 edition

The first edition of The Visual Dictionary focused mainly on the first two years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examing the Ninth Doctor and the early days of the Tenth Doctor.

Chapters

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)
(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)

Notable features

  • This well-illustrated hardback volume, complete with an embedded blue glass Dalek eye on the cover, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
  • The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in Henry van Statten's collection.
  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages are themselves stunning and, for the first time ever, reveal the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS in all its sceptre-shaped glory, and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.
  • Tardis cross-section by Peter McKinstry

    Tardis cross-section by Peter McKinstry

  • Console room cross-section by Peter McKinstry

    Console room cross-section by Peter McKinstry

2009 edition

This US edition of The Visual Dictionary was updated and expanded to cover the first four years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examining the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.

Chapters

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)
(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)

Notable features Edit

  • This updated and expanded hardback volume conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
  • The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in Henry van Statten's collection.
  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.

2010 edition

The second edition was a greatly expanded illustrated guide to Doctor Who — from its return in 2005, up to and including the Eleventh Doctor's first series.

Chapters

featuring illustration by Lee Binding
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notable features

  • Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.

Notes

  • Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2007, this expanded edition is fully updated to include all stories up to the end of Series 5.
  • Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include Jackie Tyler, Pete Tyler, Abzorbaloff, Van Statten's Vault, Nanogenes, John Lumic, Parallel Worlds, Robotic mercenaries, and the Last Great Time War.
  • On the Master's entry it is stated that John Simm portrayed the seventeenth form of the Master. It could be noted that at the time Alex Macqueen and Titan comics' "Asian child" incarnations were not introduced yet.

2014 edition

A new volume billed The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded was released in 2014, this time covering Doctor Who up to and including the eighth series and the Twelfth Doctor. The book comes with a lenticular cover picture consisting of the 12th Doctor in front of the TARDIS with open doors, the 12th Doctor vanishing in a flash of light in front of the TARDIS with open doors, and the TARDIS with closed doors and its top light turned on.

Chapters

featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notable features

  • Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.

Notes

  • Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this updated and expanded edition includes all stories up to the end of series 8.

2015 edition

This is a US softcover edition released in 2015. This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 10 1/8" x 12". It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current Twelfth Doctor.

Chapters

featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notable features

  • Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated softback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.

Notes

  • Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this newer edition includes all stories up to the end of Series 8.
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