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The first US edition of ''The Visual Dictionary'' focused mainly on the first four years of BBC Wales ''Doctor Who'', examining the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.
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 Edit ===
=== 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.
* Anatomy of The Doctor
* Anatomy of The Doctor
* The TARDIS
* The [[TARDIS]]
* Inside the TARDIS
* Inside the [[TARDIS]]
* Sonic screwdrivers
* Sonic screwdrivers
(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by [[Peter McKinstry]])
* Tools of the Trade
* Tools of the Trade
* Rose Tyler
* [[Rose Tyler]]
** Mickey Smith
** Mickey Smith
** Ricky Smith
** Ricky Smith
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*** Sylvia Noble
*** Sylvia Noble
*** Wilfred Mott
*** Wilfred Mott
* Captain Jack Harkness
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
** The Face of Boe
** The Face of Boe
* John Smith
* John Smith
** John Smith's Decision
** John Smith's Decision
* Sarah Jane Smith
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* K-9
* [[K9|K-9]]
* Torchwood
* Torchwood
* UNIT
* UNIT


* Platform One
* [[Platform One]]
* Guests of Platform One
* Guests of [[Platform One]]
* Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen
* Lady [[Cassandra O'Brien]] Dot Delta Seventeen
* The Slitheen
* The [[Slitheen]]
** The Abzorbaloff
** The [[Abzorbaloff]]
* The Vault - American billionaire Henry Van Statten's private museum
* The Vault - American billionaire [[Henry van Statten]]'s private museum
** Museum highlights
** Museum highlights
* Daleks
* [[Dalek]]s
* Dalek Flagship
* [[Dalek flagship|Dalek Flagship]]
(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)
(Featuring artwork by [[John Maloney]])
* Satellite 5
* [[Satellite 5]]
** The Freedom Foundation
** The Freedom Foundation
* The Sycorax
* The [[Sycorax]]
* New Earth
* [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]
** Human Farm
** Human Farm
* The Werewolf
* The [[Werewolf]]
** Royal Secrets
** Royal Secrets
* Gelth
* Gelth
* Krillitanes
* [[Krillitane]]s
* SS ''Madame De Pompadour''
* [[SS Madame De Pompadour|SS ''Madame De Pompadour'']]
* Cybermen
* [[Cybus Cyberman|Cybermen]]
* Cybus Industries
* [[Cybus Industries]]
** John Lumic
** [[John Lumic]]
* The Ood
* The Ood
* The Beast
* The Beast
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:: (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)
:: (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)


* The Genesis Ark
* The [[Genesis Ark]]
* ''Doomsday'' Ghosts
* ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]] ''Ghosts
** Parallel Worlds
** Parallel Worlds
* The Cult of Skaro
* The [[Cult of Skaro]]
* Racnoss
* Racnoss
* Plasmavores
* [[Plasmavore]]s
** Drone Bodyguards
** Drone Bodyguards
* The Judoon
* The [[Judoon]]
* The Carrionites
* The Carrionites
* The Family of Blood
* The Family of Blood
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=== Notable features Edit ===
=== Notable features Edit ===
* This updated and expanded hardback volume conforms to the publisher  
* This updated and expanded hardback volume conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering  
(Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering  
annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.  
annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
 
* 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 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.


== 2010 edition ==
== 2010 edition ==

Revision as of 22:38, 20 April 2019

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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


The first US edition of The Visual Dictionary focused mainly on the first four years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examining the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.

Chapters Edit

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)

  • Tools of the Trade
  • Rose Tyler
    • Mickey Smith
    • Ricky Smith
    • Jackie Tyler
  • Dr. Martha Jones
    • The Jones Family
      • Francine Jones
      • Clive Jones
      • Letitia Jones
      • Leo Jones
  • Donna Noble
    • Donna's Family
      • Sylvia Noble
      • Wilfred Mott
  • Captain Jack Harkness
    • The Face of Boe
  • John Smith
    • John Smith's Decision
  • Sarah Jane Smith
  • K-9
  • Torchwood
  • UNIT

(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)

(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)
  • The Genesis Ark
  • Doomsday Ghosts
    • Parallel Worlds
  • The Cult of Skaro
  • Racnoss
  • Plasmavores
    • Drone Bodyguards
  • The Judoon
  • The Carrionites
  • The Family of Blood
  • Weeping Angels
  • The Master
  • The Toclaphane
  • The Heavenly Host
  • Adipose Industries
  • Vespiform
  • Pyroviles
  • Sontaran
    • ATMOS
  • The Hath
  • The Library
  • Dalek Sec
  • Davros
  • Davros's Empire
    • The Shadow Proclamation
  • Creation of the CyberKing
    • The Other Doctor

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.

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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