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|format      = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 72 pages
|format      = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 72 pages
|isbn        = 978-1-4053-1867-9
|isbn        = 978-1-4053-1867-9
}}
|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary}}
'''''{{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]].
'''''{{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]].


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* [[Plasmavore]]s
* [[Plasmavore]]s
* The [[Judoon]]
* The [[Judoon]]
* Index
* Acknowledgements


=== Notable features ===
=== Notable features ===
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|release date = February 2009
|release date = February 2009
|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 = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 112 pages|caption = The Visual Dictionary}}
|name = Doctor Who: 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 = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 112 pages|caption = The Visual Dictionary}}


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.
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.
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|isbn        = 978-1-4053-5033-4<br>
|isbn        = 978-1-4053-5033-4<br>
978-0-7566-6876-1
978-0-7566-6876-1
|writer = Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simon Beecroft}}
|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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|isbn        = 978-1-4654-2645-1<br>
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-2645-1<br>
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 = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 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]].  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.
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the seven[[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|th 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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* [[Karabraxos]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
* Index
* Index
* Ackowledgments


=== Notable features ===
=== Notable features ===
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=== Notes ===
=== 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 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]].
* 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 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]].
== 2015 edition ==
{{Infobox Reference Book
|image        = Doctor Who The Complete Visual Collection - Capaldi Cover.jpg
|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simmon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = August 2015
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-4761-6
|image2 = |name = Doctor Who: The Complete Visual Collection|caption = |format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 384 pages}}
This is a US hardcover omnibus edition renamed to ''The Complete Visual Collection ''released in 2015.  This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover, plus it incorporates the complete contents of ''Doctor Who: Character Encyclopedia'' ''Update Edition'' from 2015 into one volume.  It is back to the same size as the original hardcover  8 3/8" x 10".  It spans series 1-7 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]]
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]s
: 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|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|Sontarans]]
* [[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|Silurians]]
* Silurian Warriors
* [[Madame Vastra]]
* [[Pandorica|The Pandorica]]
: featuring illustration by [[Peter McKinstry]]
* [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|The Alliance]]
* [[Peg doll (Night Terrors)|Peg Dolls]]
* [[Handbot|Handbots]]
* [[Fancy|The Fancy]]
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]]
* [[Ganger|Gangers]]
* [[The Silence|The Order of Silence]]
* [[Demon's Run]]
* [[Trenzalore]]
* [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]]
* [[Shakri]]
* [[Akhaten]]
* [[Sweetville]]
* [[Ice Warriors]]
* [[Zygons]]
* [[Half-Face Man|The Half-Face Man]]
* [[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robots of Sherwood]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
The ''Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia'' continues at this point in the book with its title page followed by its table of contents.  Its entries consist of all 13 Doctors (the first 12 plus the War Doctor) and more than 200 companions, friends, and foes throughout the entire history of ''Doctor Who'' up to, and including, Series 7.  It's packed with fascinating facts and statistics for characters from the Abzorbaloff to the Zygons, and with large cut-out poses and stunning stills from the programme.  It is the ultimate compendium of Doctor Who characters.
== Contents Edit ==
This section of the book covers a wealth of characters.  Most are given a full page spread with colour-coded pages denoting the subject's categories.
Namely;
* Aliens
** Abzorbaloff
** Ace
** Adam Mitchell
** Adelaide Brooke
** Adipose
** Adric
** Aggedor
** The Alliance
** Alpha Centauri
** Amy Pond
** Astrid Peth
** Atraxi
** Axons
** Azal
** Bannakaffalatta
** Barbara Wright
** The Beast
** Ben Jackson
** Black Guardian
** Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen
** Borusa
** Brian Williams
** Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
** Canton Everett Delaware III
** Carrionites
** The Captain
** Captain Jack Harkness
** Captain Mike Yates
** Carrionites
** Celestial Toymaker
** Clara Oswald
** Craig Owens
** Cybermen
** Daleks
** Davros
** The First Doctor
** The Second Doctor
** The Third Doctor
** The Fourth Doctor
** The Fifth Doctor
** The Sixth Doctor
** The Seventh Doctor
** The Eighth Doctor
** The Ninth Doctor
** The Tenth Doctor
** The Eleventh Doctor
** The Twelfth Doctor
** Doctor Simeon
** Donna Noble
** Dorium Maldovar
** Dorothea Cotton
** Draconians
** The Dream Lord
** Eknodines
** The Face of Boe
** The Family of Blood
** Fenric
** The Flood
** Futurekind
** Gangers
** Gelth
** Giant Maggots
** Gods of Ragnarok
** Grace Holloway
** Grayle
** Haemovores
** Handbots
** Harriet Jones
** Harry Sullivan
** Hath
** Headless Monks
** Henry Avery
** Henry Van Stten
** Ian Chesterton
** Ice Warriors
** Idris
** Jabe
** Jackie Tyler
** Jackson Lake
** Jagrafess
** Jamie McCrimmon
** Jenny
** Jenny Flint
** Jo Grant
** Joan Redfern
** John Lumic
** John Riddell
** Judoon
** K-9
** Kahler-Jex
** Kahler-Tex
** Kamelion
** Katarina
** Kate Stewart
** Kazran Sardick
** Krillitanes
** Krotons
** Krynoids
** Lady Cassandra O'Brien
** Lady Christina de Souza
** Leela
** Liz Shaw
** Liz Ten
** Macra
** Madame de Pompadour
** Madame Kovarian
** Madame Vastra
** Madge Arwell
** Martha Jones
** The Master
** Max Capricorn
** Meddling Monk
** Melanie Bush
** Mercy Hartigan
** Merry Gejelh
** Mickey Smith
** The Minotaur
** Morbius
** Movellans
** The Moxx of Balhoon
** Mutts
** Nimon
** Nyssa
** Ogri
** Ogrons
** Omega
** The Ood
** Ood
** Patchwork people
** Peg Dolls
** Peri Brown
** Pete Tyler
** Pig Slaves
** Plasmavores
** Polly Wright
** Porridge
** Prisoner Zero
** Professor Edward Travers
** Professor Lazarus
** Pyroviles
** Racnoss
** The Rani
** Rassilon
** Raston Warrior Robots
** Reapers
** River song
** Roboforms
** Romana
** Rory Willams
** Rose Tyler
** Salamander
** Sally Sparrow
** Sarah Jane Smith
** The Saturnyns
** Scarecrow Soldiers
** Scaroth
** Sea Devils
** Sensorites
** Sergeant Bentor
** Shakri
** Sharaz Jek
** Sill the Mentor
** The Silence
** Silurians
** Sisterhood of Karn
** Sisters of Plenitude
** Slitheen
** Smilers
** Solomon
** Solomon's Robots
** Sontarans
** Steven Taylor
** Susan Foreman
** Sutekh the Destroyer
** Sycorax
** Sylvia Noble
** TARDIS
** Tasha Lem
** Tegan Jovanka
** Terileptil
** Teselecta
** Thals
** Tobias Vaughan
** Toclafane
** Valeyard
** Vashta Nerada
** Vervoids
** Vespiform
** Vicki
** Victoria Waterfield
** Vinvocci
** Vislo Turlough
** Voc Robots
** The War Doctor
** War Machine
** Weeping Angels
** Weng-Chiang
** Werewolf
** Whisper Men
** Wilfred Mott
** Winifred Gilly Flower
** Wirrn
** Woodland King and Queen
** Yeti
** Zarbi
** Zoe Hariot
** Zygons
* Index
* Acknowledgments
=== Notable features ===
* There is a sleeve on the inside front cover containing a limited edition print depicting all of the modern era Doctors and their companions.
=== Notes ===
* 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 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]].
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== 2015 edition ==
== 2015 edition ==
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|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simmon Beecroft
|writer      = Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, and Simmon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = 2015
|release date = October 2015
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-5091-3
|isbn        = 978-1-4654-5091-3
|image2 = |name = The Visual Dictionary|caption = |format = 8 3/8" x 10" Softcover, 176 pages}}
|image2 = |name = The Visual Dictionary|caption = |format = 8 3/8" x 10" Softcover, 176 pages}}
This is a US softcover edition renamed back to ''The Visual Dictionary ''released in 2015.  This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 8 3/8" x 10".  It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]].
This is a US softcover edition renamed back to ''The Visual Dictionary ''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 1-7 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]].


=== Chapters ===
=== Chapters ===
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=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
* 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)|Series 8]].
* 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 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]].
 
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