Terrance Dicks Net Worth

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Terrance Dicks Net Worth is
$1.1 Million

Terrance Dicks Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Terrance Dicks (born 10 May 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.

Date Of BirthMay 10, 1935
Place Of BirthEast Ham, London, England, UK
ProfessionMiscellaneous Crew, Writer, Producer
EducationDowning College, Cambridge
SpouseMarried
Star SignTaurus
#Quote
1I always used to say, Barry (Barry Letts) took over as producer, I took over as script editor, Jon Pertwee became the Doctor and the show went into colour. Modesty forbids me to say which is the most important. In fact, all these things came together.
2[on the final years of Doctor Who (1963)] There was a decline without a doubt. I think the people working on it, particularly John Nathan-Turner, were not fit for purpose, as it were. Colin Baker, for example, never got a chance with that silly costume, which I thought was a great shame. I was sorry but I wasn't surprised when they took it off.
3[on Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy] The magic wasn't quite there.
4Never let the actors get above themselves. The idea of a Pertwee (Jon Pertwee) or a Tom Baker directing a Doctor Who (1963) would strike terror in us. You must never let the inmates run the asylum.
5It turned out I had a ghastly talent for doing soap operas! Soap opera is fun, it's innocuous entertainment, but it's fat really. What's astonishing and I guess a part of worldwide 'dumbing down' is the way it's taken over the television schedule in Britain. Five of the top shows are now soap operas. Crossroads (1964) was unique because it was the first soap opera. It was never very good. It was very cheap but people loved soap opera. And the company that produced it hated it and wanted to get rid of it but it kept coming to the top of the ratings every week. In those days, the BBC would never have done a soap opera, it was like pornography, and now they live on EastEnders (1985). I have a saying that 'all drama tends inexorably to soap opera'. There are disguised soap operas all over television.
6I'm no great believer in rewrites anyway. During my time there was a program called "The Ambassadors of Death", which David Whitaker - a very good writer - had done four or five rewrites and the show wasn't getting better, it was getting worse. You know the kind of Hollywood type thing where you have several writers and seventeen drafts and it's all crap. I've always felt that in an efficient operation, you do two drafts. You write your first draft and the script editor and the producer and maybe the director comment on it and you go and write your second draft and that should do as a writer.
7I always used to say about Mary Whitehouse, if there's one thing she hated more than sex, it was Doctor Who (1963).
8I always said Bill Hartnell (William Hartnell) played him (Doctor Who (1963)) as a grumpy old man because he was a grumpy old man.
#Fact
1He was a very good friend of writer Malcolm Hulke, who helped him start his own career as a writer. He has called Hulke his mentor in the business and later commissioned several scripts from him during his time as script editor of Doctor Who (1963).
2In the mid 1990s a parody Doctor Who fanzine called 'Auton' printed a telephone conversation with Dicks in which they pretended to represent a group of fans presenting him with an award for being a "Criminally Underrated National Treasure". The humor, for those who fail to spot it, lies in the initials of the award's name.

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Pickwick Papers1985TV Series script editor - 12 episodes
The Invisible Man1984TV Mini-Series script editor - 6 episodes
Goodbye Mr. Chips1984TV Mini-Series script editor - 6 episodes
Jane Eyre1983TV Mini-Series script editor - 2 episodes
Dombey & Son1983TV Mini-Series script editor - 1 episode
The Hound of the Baskervilles1982TV Mini-Series script editor - 4 episodes
Stalky & Co.1982TV Mini-Series script editor - 6 episodes
Great Expectations1981TV Mini-Series script editor - 12 episodes
The Lively Arts1977TV Series documentary consultant - 1 episode
Doctor Who1968-1974TV Series script editor - 156 episodes
Moonbase 31973TV Mini-Series script editor - 6 episodes

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Doctor Who2013-2015TV Series characters: "Sisterhood of Karn" - 4 episodes
Mindgame Trilogy1999Video segment "Battlefield"
Mindgame1998Video short
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans1994Video
Doctor WhoTV Series 6 episodes, 1969 written by - 16 episodes, 1968 - 1975 by - 13 episodes, 1976 - 1983
Beau Geste1982TV Mini-Series scenario editor - 8 episodes
Space: 19991976TV Series writer - 1 episode
Moonbase 31973TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
The AvengersTV Series teleplay - 3 episodes, 1962 - 1969 written by - 1 episode, 1964
Crossroads1964TV Series

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Franchise Affair1988TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Vanity Fair1987TV Series producer - 16 episodes
The Diary of Anne Frank1987TV Series producer - 4 episodes
David Copperfield1986TV Mini-Series producer - 10 episodes
Brat Farrar1986TV Mini-Series producer - 6 episodes
Alice in Wonderland1986TV Series producer - 4 episodes
Oliver Twist1985TV Mini-Series producer - 1 episode

Editorial Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Prisoner of Zenda1984TV Mini-Series script editing - 6 episodes

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Doctor Who1970TV SeriesMan

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Doctor Who: The Fan Show2016TV Series documentaryHimself
The BBC1 Classics Serial (1981-8)2015Video shortHimself
William Hartnell: The Original2013TV Short documentaryHimself
The U.N.I.T Family: Part Three2013Video documentary shortHimself
Mars Probe 7: Making the Ambassadors of Death2012Video documentary shortHimself
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years2012Video documentaryHimself
Happy Birthday to Who2012Video documentary shortHimself
People Power and Puppetry2011Video documentary shortHimself - Interviewee
Remembering Barry Letts2011Video documentary shortHimself - Interviewee
The U.N.I.T Dating Conundrum2011Video documentary shortHimself
The U.N.I.T Family: Part Two2011Video documentary shortHimself
Down to Earth: Filming Spearhead from Space2011Video documentary shortHimself - Script Editor
Newsnight2010TV SeriesHimself
War Zone: The End of an Era2009Video documentary shortHimself
Getting a Head2008Video documentary shortHimself
The Rise and Fall of Gallifrey2008Video documentary shortHimself
Celebration2008Video documentaryHimself
Going Underground2008Video documentary shortHimself
Hello Sailor!: Making the Sea Devils2008Video documentary shortHimself - Script Editor
What Lies Beneath2008Video documentary shortHimself
Hammer Horror2007Video documentary shortHimself
Rogue Time Lords2007Video documentary shortHimself
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who2007Video documentary shortHimself
Beginning the End: Making 'The Time Warrior'2007Video documentary shortHimself
Are Friends Electric2007Video documentary shortHimself
Built for War2006Video documentary shortHimself
Evolution of the Invasion2006Video documentaryHimself
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who2006Video documentaryHimself
Can You Hear the Earth Scream2006Video documentary shortHimself
The U.N.I.T Family: Part One2006Video documentary shortHimself
Genesis of a Classic2006Video documentaryHimself
The Dalek Tapes2006Video documentaryHimself
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction2005Video documentary shortHimself
The Planet of the Doctor2005DocumentaryHimself
The Story of 'Doctor Who'2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Behind the Sofa: Robert Holmes and Doctor Who2003Video documentaryHimself
Carnival of Monsters1999TV SpecialHimself
Adventures in Space and Time1999TV Special documentary shortHimself
Lust in Space1998VideoHimself
Where on Earth Is... Katy Manning Because She'd Really Like to Know!1998Video documentaryHimself
Myth Makers: Roger Delgado - A Tribute1997Video documentary shortHimself
The Big Breakfast1994TV SeriesHimself
Doctor Who: 30 Years in the Tardis1993TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Media Show1987TV SeriesHimself
The Lively Arts1977TV Series documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1988ACECableACE AwardsChildren's Entertainment Special or Series - 9 and OlderThe Diary of Anne Frank (1987)
1987BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)David Copperfield (1986)

Known for movies

Miscellaneous Crew

Doctor Who (1968-1983)
as Miscellaneous Crew

Miscellaneous Crew

Jane Eyre (1983)
as Miscellaneous Crew

Writer

Crossroads (1964)
as Writer

Writer

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (1994)
as Writer

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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