Terrance Dicks
| Terrance Dicks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Terrance W. Dicks 14 April 1935 East Ham, Essex, England |
| Residence | Hampstead, London |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Television writer Children's writer |
| Known for | Doctor Who TV scripts, novelisations and novels |
| Spouse(s) | Elsa (née Germaney) |
| Children | 3 sons |
Terrance Dicks (born 14 April 1935) is an English writer and former script editor, best known for his work in television and as the author of many popular children's books during the 1970s and 1980s.
His best known association during his television career was with Doctor Who, working as a writer and - from 1968 to 1974 - the programme's script editor. He also adapted many of the televised stories into novelisations for Target Books.
Born in East Ham, Essex (now part of Greater London), the only son of his parents William and Nellie (née Ambler). Dicks studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, and later performed two years of National Service in the British Army. Following his discharge from the armed forces, he worked for five years as an advertising copywriter, and started to write radio play scripts for the BBC in his spare time.
His break-through into television came when friend Malcolm Hulke asked for his help with the scripting of an episode of the ABC action-adventure series The Avengers, for which Dicks was awarded a co-writer's credit.
In 1968, Dicks was hired as assistant script editor on the popular BBC science-fiction TV series Doctor Who. He was appointed head script editor the following year, and earned his first writing credit for the programme when he and Hulke co-wrote the 10-part serial The War Games, which concluded the series' sixth season and the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) tenure. Dicks had, however, been the uncredited co-writer of the earlier serial The Seeds of Death, having extensively re-written Brian Hayles' original scripts.
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