Terrance Dicks

Terrance Dicks (born 10th May 1935), whom fans have often affectionately called "Uncle Terry", is a former script editor of Doctor Who and the author of many related scripts, novels and novelisations. He was particularly prolific in his work for Target Books, being the staff writer for a large number of the books, and in later years becoming the "go-to guy" when the original teleplay writer was unable (or unwilling) to adapt their work in book form. He also served as editor for the book series at one point. Afterwards, he went on to write original novels for virtually every line of Doctor Who fiction, with notable exceptions including Virgin Missing Adventures, Telos Publishing, Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield series of books, and the current hardcover series of BBC Books novels, though he has written two entries in the Quick Reads novella series. He also co-wrote The Making of Doctor Who, the first non-fiction book about the series.

In 2007, after a hiatus of 17 years, Dicks returned to writing episode novelisations by adapting Invasion of the Bane for a new series of novelisations based upon The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Although most closely associated with Doctor Who, Dicks has also worked on other projects as well, such as a mid-1970s series of novels featuring the adventures of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Dicks has written novels, or novelisations, featuring every incarnation of the Doctor, with the exception of the Ninth Doctor. In terms of novelisations, discounting the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, for whom novelisations have not been commissioned, the only Doctor era not receiving the Dicks treatment at some point was the Seventh Doctor (discounting the special case of Shakedown).