Terrance Dicks – Doctor Who script editor, writer and author of over 60 Target novelisations – has died at the age of 84.
The announcement came from Dicks’ agency on Monday 2 September, following his death on 29 August. There have been countless tributes from fans, friends and colleagues, including a statement from current Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall.
“The lights of Doctor Who are dimmer tonight, with the passing of Terrance Dicks”, Chibnall wrote. “He was one of the greatest contributors to Doctor Who’s history, on screen and o As writer and script editor, he was responsible for some of the show’s greatest moments and iconic creations. As the most proli c and brilliant adaptor of Doctor Who stories into Target novels, he was responsible for a range of books that taught a generation of children, myself included, how pleasurable and accessible and thrilling reading could be.