Clayton Hickman
| Clayton James Hickman | |
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Clayton Hickman in 2010
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Clayton James Hickman 5 January 1977 Bristol, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Scriptwriter, journalist, designer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Clayton James Hickman (born 5 January 1977 in Bristol) is a British scriptwriter, magazine editor, journalist and designer.
Hickman's first published work was in SFX. Hickman officially joined the magazine industry in 1999, when he moved to London, England to become the Editorial Assistant on Film Review for Visual Imagination. He remained there until August 2000. During this period he also wrote for Cult Times, Xena Magazine, TV Zone and even Doctor Who Magazine.
Having first joined Panini Comics' Doctor Who Magazine as Assistant Editor to Alan Barnes in 2000, Hickman later became the longest-serving editor of the title, overseeing the publication between January 2002 and August 2007. This period saw the return of Doctor Who to regular television production and many necessary changes to the almost 25-year-old magazine. As well as preparing twice-yearly Special Editions for DWM, between 2005 and 2009 Hickman was also editor of Panini's annual publication The Doctor Who Storybook. Hickman also oversaw the creation of the company's range of Doctor Who graphic novels, on which he worked as editor and designer for the first 10 volumes. In 2010, with the cancellation of the Storybook, Hickman was approached by BBC Books to edit a new, lavish hardback for the Christmas market – The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011. The book sold well and fetched excellent reviews on the market. He was later asked to produce a 2012 volume.
As a writer, Hickman has contributed to Big Finish's Doctor Who range of audios and short story collections in collaboration with Gareth Roberts. The most notable of the contributions were The One Doctor (2001) and Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (2002). Also with Roberts he co-wrote From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love, the 2009 Comic Relief mini-episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. The following year, both Hickman and Roberts were given a full script commission. This commission eventually became Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith the two-part finale to the fourth season, transmitted on 15 and 16 November 2010. A further collaboration between Hickman and Roberts for the fifth season of The Sarah Jane Adventures had reached script stage when news of Elisabeth Sladen's illness reached the production team and work was halted.
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