The Visual Dictionary (reference book)

The Visual Dictionary
Written by:	Andrew Darling, David John, Kerrie Dougherty, Simon Beecroft
Release date:	2007
Publisher:	Dorling Kindersly
Format:	Large Hardback, 72 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-40531-867-9

Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary was an illustrated guide to the 2005 and onwards series of Doctor Who. It was published just after the Smith and Jones episode of 2007.

Chapters

• New Beginnings - explains about the Last Great Time War.
• The Time Lord - this is all about the Doctor.
• Anatomy of the Doctor
• Rose Tyler
  • Martha Jones
• Mickey Smith
• Jackie Tyler
  • Pete Tyler
• The TARDIS
• Inside the TARDIS

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)

• Sonic screwdrivers

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)

• Platform One
• Guests of Platform One
• Lady Cassandra O'Brien
• The Slitheen
  • Abzorbaloff
• The Vault - explains about Van Statten's private museum.
• Daleks
• Dalek flagship

(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)

• Satellite 5
• Captain Jack Harkness
  • Nanogenes
• The Sycorax
• New Earth
  • Human farm
• The Werewolf
• Sarah Jane Smith
  • Krillitanes
• K-9
• SS Madame De Pompadour
• Cybermen
• Cybus Industries
  • John Lumic
• Sanctuary Base
• The Satan Pit

(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)

• The Genesis Ark
• Doomsday ghosts
  • Parallel Worlds
• The Cult of Skaro
• Robotic mercenaries
• Plasmavores
• The Judoon

Notable Features

• This stunningly beautiful 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 Stattens collection.
• The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages are themselves both stunning and, for the first time ever, reveals the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS in all its Sceptre-shaped glory, and it includes the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout!

Notes

• This book doesn't give information on the The Wire, Gelth (Mentioned), Autons, the Hoix, Isolus, Reapers, the Empress of the Racnoss and the rest of the third series monsters apart from the Judoon and the Plasmavore.