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978-0-241-18429-5 | 978-0-241-18429-5 | ||
|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}} | |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 | A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the eigh[[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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=== 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 | * 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. | ||
== 2015 edition == | == 2015 edition == | ||
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|isbn = 978-1-4654-4761-6 | |isbn = 978-1-4654-4761-6 | ||
|image2 = |name = Doctor Who: The Complete Visual Collection|caption = |format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 384 pages}} | |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 | 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 the same size as the original hardcover 8 3/8" x 10". It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]]. | ||
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* [[Karabraxos]] | * [[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 | 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 8. 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 == | == Contents == | ||
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|isbn = 978-1-4654-5091-3 | |isbn = 978-1-4654-5091-3 | ||
|image2 = |name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary|caption = |format = 8 3/8" x 10" Softcover, 176 pages}} | |image2 = |name = Doctor Who: 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 10 1/8" x 12". It spans series 1- | 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 1-8 featuring the then current [[Twelfth Doctor]]. | ||
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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 7 (Doctor Who)|Series | * 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 ]]8. | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who reference books]] | [[Category:Doctor Who reference books]] | ||
