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* The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in [[Henry van Statten]]'s collection.
* 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.
* 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.
<gallery>
cs18.jpg|Tardis cross-section by Peter McKinstry
cs19.jpg|Console room cross-section by Peter McKinstry
</gallery>


== Second edition ==
== 2009 edition ==
[[File:The Visual Dictionary second edition.jpg|thumb|The cover of the second edition of ''The Visual Dictionary''.]]
{{Infobox Reference Book
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = May 2009
|isbn        = ISBN 978-0-7566-5156-5
}}
 
US edition of the 2007 UK release with some additional contents.
 
== 2010 edition ==
{{Infobox Reference Book
|image        = The Visual Dictionary second edition.jpg
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = September [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|format      = Large Hardback, 144 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-5033-4<br>
ISBN 978-0-7566-6876-1
}}
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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=== 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)|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.


== 2015 edition ==
== 2015 edition ==
[[File:The Visual Dictionary third edition.jpg|thumb|The cover of ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded''.]]
{{Infobox Reference Book
|image        = The Visual Dictionary third edition.jpg
|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = December 2014
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4654-2645-1<br>
ISBN 978-0-241-18429-5
}}
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2015, 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 2015, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|eighth series]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]].


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The Visual Dictionary (reference book) was an illustrated guide to BBC Wales Doctor Who. As of January 2015, 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 first year as the Eleventh Doctor, and a second revised edition was released following Peter Capaldi's first year as the Twelfth Doctor.

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


US edition of the 2007 UK release with some additional contents.

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.

2015 edition

A new volume billed The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded was released in 2015, this time covering Doctor Who up to and including the eighth series and the Twelfth Doctor.

Chapters

to be added

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