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|name        = ''The Visual Dictionary''
|image        = VisualDictionary.jpg
|image        = VisualDictionary.jpg
|writer      = [[Andrew Darling]], [[David John]], [[Kerrie Dougherty]], [[Simon Beecroft]]
|writer      = Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, Simon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = [[3 May (releases)|3 May]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date = 3 May 2007
|format      = Large Hardback, 72 pages
|format      = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 72 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-1867-9
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-1867-9
}}
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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]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' 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 (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007. A revised edition was released in [[Matt Smith]]'s [[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|first year]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and a second revised edition was released following [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|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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* New Beginnings - explains about the [[Last Great Time War]].
* New Beginnings - explains about the [[Last Great Time War]].
* The [[Time Lord]] - this is all about the Doctor.
* The [[Time Lord]] - this is all about the Doctor.
* Anatomy of The Doctor
* [[Gallifreyan physiology|Anatomy of The Doctor]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
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* The [[Slitheen]]
* The [[Slitheen]]
** [[Abzorbaloff]]
** [[Abzorbaloff]]
* The Vault - explains about Van Statten's private museum.
* [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]] - explains about Van Statten's private museum.
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Dalek flagship]]
* [[Dalek flagship]]
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* The [[Sycorax]]
* The [[Sycorax]]
* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
** Human farm
** [[New human (New Earth)|Human farm]]
* The [[Werewolf]]
* The [[Werewolf]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
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* [[K9]]
* [[K9]]
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[Cybus Cyberman|Cybermen]]
* [[Cybusman|Cybermen]]
* [[Cybus Industries]]
* [[Cybus Industries]]
** [[John Lumic]]
** [[John Lumic]]
* [[Sanctuary Base 6|Sanctuary Base]]
* [[Sanctuary Base 6|Sanctuary Base]]
* ''[[The Satan Pit]]''
* ''[[Krop Tor|The Satan Pit]]''
:: (Featuring artwork by [[Richard Bonson]])
:: (Featuring artwork by [[Richard Bonson]])
* The [[Genesis Ark]]
* The [[Genesis Ark]]
* ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' ghosts
* [[Ghost shift|''Doomsday'' ghosts]]
** Parallel Worlds
** [[Pete's World|Parallel Worlds]]
* The [[Cult of Skaro]]
* The [[Cult of Skaro]]
* [[Robot Santa|Robotic mercenaries]]
* [[Robot Santa|Robotic mercenaries]]
* [[Plasmavore]]s
* [[Plasmavore]]s
* The [[Judoon]]
* The [[Judoon]]
* Index
* Acknowledgements


=== Notable features ===
=== 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 fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages reveal the concept drawings of the whole [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.
* 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 [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] in all its sceptre-shaped glory, and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.


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== 2009 edition ==
== 2009 edition ==
{{Infobox Reference Book
{{Infobox Reference Book
|image = The Visual Dictionary 2009.jpg
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = May 2009
|release date = February 2009
|isbn        = ISBN 978-0-7566-5156-5
|isbn        = 978-0-7566-5156-5
|name = The Visual Dictionary|image = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - Cyberman Cover.jpg|writer = Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simon Beecroft|format = Large Hardback, 112 pages}}
|writer = Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simon Beecroft
|format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 112 pages
}}
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 Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s.


The first US edition of ''The Visual Dictionary'' focused mainly on the first four years of [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'', examining the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s.
=== Chapters ===
 
=== Chapters Edit ===
* New Beginnings - Explains the [[Last Great Time War]].
* New Beginnings - Explains the [[Last Great Time War]].
* The [[Time Lord]] - this is all about the Doctor.
* The [[Time Lord]] - this is all about the Doctor.
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* The [[TARDIS]]
* The [[TARDIS]]
* Inside the [[TARDIS]]
* Inside the [[TARDIS]]
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]<nowiki/>s
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]s
::: (Featuring artwork by [[Peter McKinstry]])
::: (Featuring artwork by [[Peter McKinstry]])
* Tools of the Trade
* Tools of the Trade
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* The [[Slitheen]]
* The [[Slitheen]]
** The [[Abzorbaloff]]
** The [[Abzorbaloff]]
* [[The Vault (Dalek)]] - American billionaire [[Henry van Statten]]'s private museum
* [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]] - American billionaire [[Henry van Statten]]'s private museum
** Museum highlights
** Museum highlights
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Dalek]]s
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* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[Cybus Cyberman|Cybermen]]
* [[Cybusman|Cybermen]]
* [[Cybus Industries]]
* [[Cybus Industries]]
** [[John Lumic]]
** [[John Lumic]]
* The [[Ood]]
* The [[Ood]]
* The [[Beast]]
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]]
:: (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)
:: (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)


* The [[Genesis Ark]]
* The [[Genesis Ark]]
* ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]] ''Ghosts
* ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' Ghosts
** Parallel Worlds
** Parallel Worlds
* The [[Cult of Skaro]]
* The [[Cult of Skaro]]
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* The Carrionites
* The Carrionites
* The [[Family of Blood]]
* The [[Family of Blood]]
* [[Weeping Angels]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]s
* [[The Master]]
* [[The Master]]
* The Toclaphane
* The Toclaphane
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* Creation of the [[CyberKing]]
* Creation of the [[CyberKing]]
** The Other Doctor ([[Jackson Lake]])
** The Other Doctor ([[Jackson Lake]])
* Index
* Acknowledgments


=== Notable features Edit ===
=== Notable features ===
* 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 [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.
* The fold-out "Inside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.


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|image        = The Visual Dictionary second edition.jpg
|image        = The Visual Dictionary second edition.jpg
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = September [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date = July 2010
|format      = Large Hardback, 144 pages
|format      = 10 1/8" 12" Hardcover, 144 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-5033-4<br>
|isbn        = 978-1-4053-5033-4<br>
ISBN 978-0-7566-6876-1
978-0-7566-6876-1
}}
|writer = Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simon Beecroft|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary}}
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.
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.


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* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]] and [[Sanctuary Base 6|Sanctuary Base]], [[The Satan Pit]]
* [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]] and [[Sanctuary Base 6|Sanctuary Base]], [[Krop Tor|The Satan Pit]]
: featuring illustration by [[Richard Bonson]]
: featuring illustration by [[Richard Bonson]]
* [[Racnoss]]
* [[Racnoss]]
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* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
* [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|Enemies]]
* [[Pandorica Alliance|Enemies]]
* [[Time Field|Time Energy]]
* [[Time Field|Time Energy]]
* Index
* Index
=== 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 ===
=== 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 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]].
* 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 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]].
* Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Henry van Statten|Van Statten's Vault]], [[Nanogene]]s, [[John Lumic]], Parallel Worlds, [[Robot Santa|Robotic mercenaries]], and the [[Last Great Time War]].
* Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Henry van Statten|Van Statten's Vault]], [[Nanogene]]s, [[John Lumic]], Parallel Worlds, [[Robot Santa|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.
* On the Master's entry, it is stated that "The Master has inhabited at least <mark>17</mark> bodies".
** Alex Macqueen's [[Reborn Master]] and Titan Comics' "[[The Master (The Then and the Now)|War Child]]" Master were introduced after this book was published.


== 2014 edition ==
== 2014 edition ==
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|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = 2014
|release date = 2014
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4654-2645-1<br>
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-2645-1<br>
ISBN 978-0-241-18429-5
978-0-241-18429-5
|image2 = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - TARDIS Cover.jpg|name = The Visual Dictionary Updated and Expanded|caption = Lenticular picture shows the Doctor disappearing and the TARDIS doors closing.|format = Large Hardback, 176 pages}}
|image2 = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - TARDIS Cover.jpg|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary Updated and Expanded|caption = Lenticular picture shows the Doctor disappearing and the TARDIS doors closing.|format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 176 pages}}
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|eighth series]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]].
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|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 ===
=== Chapters ===
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* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
* [[Werewolf|The Werewolf]]
* [[Werewolf|The Werewolf]]
* [[Gelth|Gelth]]
* [[Gelth]]
* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[Krillitane]]s
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
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* [[Vespiform]]
* [[Vespiform]]
* [[Pyrovile]]s
* [[Pyrovile]]s
* [[Sontaran|Sontarans]]
* [[Sontaran]]s
* [[Hath|The Hath]]
* [[Hath|The Hath]]
* [[Vashta Nerada]]
* [[Vashta Nerada]]
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* [[star whale|Star Whale]]
* [[star whale|Star Whale]]
* [[Saturnynian|Saturnynes]]
* [[Saturnynian|Saturnynes]]
* [[Silurian|Silurians]]
* [[Silurian]]s
* Silurian Warriors
* Silurian Warriors
* [[Madame Vastra]]
* [[Madame Vastra]]
* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
* [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|The Alliance]]
* [[Pandorica Alliance|The Alliance]]
* [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)|Peg Dolls]]
* [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)|Peg Dolls]]
* [[Handbot|Handbots]]
* [[Handbot]]s
* [[Fancy|The Fancy]]
* [[Fancy|The Fancy]]
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]]
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]]
* [[Ganger|Gangers]]
* [[Ganger]]s
* [[The Silence|The Order of Silence]]
* [[The Silence|The Order of Silence]]
* [[Demon's Run]]
* [[Demon's Run]]
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* [[Akhaten]]
* [[Akhaten]]
* [[Sweetville]]
* [[Sweetville]]
* [[Ice Warriors]]
* [[Ice Warrior]]s
* [[Zygons]]
* [[Zygon]]s
* [[Half-Face Man|The Half-Face Man]]
* [[Half-Face Man|The Half-Face Man]]
* [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robots of Sherwood]]
* [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robots of Sherwood]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
* [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|Enemies]]
* [[Time Field|Time Energy]]
* Index
* Index
* Acknowledgments
=== 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 ==
{{Infobox Reference Book
|image        = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - Tenant-Capaldi-Smith Cover.jpg
|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simmon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = [[October (releases)|October]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-5091-3
|format = 8 3/8" x 10" Softcover, 176 pages
}}
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 ===
* Mysterious Visitor
* [[Renegade Time Lord]]
* [[The Doctor|Anatomy of the Doctor]]
* [[Regeneration]]
* Many Faces: One Time Lord
* The [[TARDIS]]
* Inside the [[TARDIS]]


=== Notable features ===
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]s
* 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.
: 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]]
* [[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]]
* [[Pandorica Alliance|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]]
* Index
* Acknowledgments


=== Notes ===
=== 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 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]].
* 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 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 8]].
* Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Henry van Statten|Van Statten's Vault]], [[Nanogene]]s, [[John Lumic]], Parallel Worlds, [[Robot Santa|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.


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The Visual Dictionary 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages reveal the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.

2010 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

2014 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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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