Terrance Dicks
English writer (1935–2019)
Terrance Dicks (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019) was an English author and former television screenwriter, script editor and producer. Dicks had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, also working as a writer and script editor from 1968 to 1974. He was known as "the most prolific contributor to Doctor Who".[1]
Terrance Dicks | |
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Born | Terrance W. Dicks 14 April 1935 |
Died | 29 August 2019 | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Television screenwriter Script editor Producer Children's author |
Known for | Doctor Who TV scripts, novelisations and novels |
Spouse | Elsa (née Germaney) |
Children | 3 sons |
Terrance died at his home in Hampstead, London after he short-illness on 29 August 2019 at the age of 84.[2][3][4]
References
change- ↑ "Terrance Dicks at 80". Doctor Who News Page. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks dies aged 84". The Mirror. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ↑ Ling, Thomas (2 September 2019). "Veteran Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks dies aged 84". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ↑ "Terrance Dicks 14th April 1935 – 29th August 2019". The Agency. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.