Last week the world of Doctor Who lost Terrance Dicks. To celebrate the life and career of ‘Uncle Terrance’ Candy Jar has released a free PDF, Terrance Dicks – A Tribute. Terrance Dicks wrote thirty-five episodes of Doctor Who, including classics such as Horror of Fang Rock and The Five Doctors; he was script editor of the show for six years, overseeing the transition from Patrick Troughton and the entirety of the Jon Pertwee era; he wrote over sixty novelisations…
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has announced its nominations for excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales. Among the 24 awards categories, Series 11 of Doctor Who received 4 nominations. The 28th British Academy Cymru Awards ceremony will take place on October 13, 2019 at St David’s Hall, Cardiff and will feature a special guest performance and celebrity award presenters.
In 1989, Doctor Who was on a creative high, with the Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace revitalising the programme for a new generation. Season 26 featured four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace’s past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires. With guest stars including Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Anthony Ainley (The Master), Jean Marsh, Nicholas…
The Gallifreyan Newsroom is sad to learn the death of Doctor Who writer, novelist and script editor Terrence Dicks at the age of 84. Dicks worked as script editor on more than 150 episodes of the classic sci-fi show. He also wrote numerous episodes. Yet he is arguably better known for the many Doctor Who novelisations he wrote for the Target Books imprint. Author Jenny Colgan said.. he had “helped more children (especially boys) develop a lifelong love of reading…
Candy Jar Books regrets to announce that a change of author has taken place, in order to fix the delay of the coda to The Laughing Gnome series of books. On His Majesty’s National Service was originally scheduled for a June 2019 release, and it was to be written by David A McIntee and Lynette Nusbacher. However, the title is now being handed over to John Peel, author of many previous Doctor Who titles for BBC Books and Lethbridge-Stewart novels…