“Terrance Dicks – A Celebration” event returns in October

By John Freeman on July 24, 2022

Postponed from its original date in March 2020 by COVID, The Doctor Who Appreciation Society and The Whoovers, in partnership with the family of writer Terrance Dicks, will be staging a special event, Terrance Dicks – A Celebration, at London’s Riverside Studios in October.

A one day celebration of the inspirational writer and editor Terrance Dicks, this one day event will take place on Sunday 2nd October 2022 at Riverside Studios, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London.

The event is to raise funds for Save The Children which, for many years, was Terrance’s chosen charity (and as such, a DWAS members discount is not available on this occasion).

Confirmed guests so far, with more to come are actor, writer and Big Finish director and producer Nicholas Briggs; writer Paul Cornell; editor Peter Darvill-Evans; actor Prentis Hancock; Marcus Hearn, editor of Doctor Who Magazine; author and editor Nigel Robinson, Edward Russell, Emma Reeves; writer Robert Shearman; Michael Stevens, Commissioning Editor for BBC Audio’s Doctor Who range; and the very first recipient of the Society’s “Terrance Dicks Award for Writers”, Gary Russell.

Autographs will be available to purchase on the day, there will also be a photo studio run by TTL Productions.

• Terrance Dicks – A Celebration, Riverside Studios, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London | Doors open at 1000 hrs with the event running 11.00am – 5.00pm – 1700 hrs. Sunday 2nd October 2022 | Tickets are £40 each (plus booking fee) | Book your tickets at EventBrite

• Facebook Event Page event page

Please note that all guests appear subject to personal and professional commitments. All tickets are non-refundable. Every aspect of the event is advertised in good faith, but circumstances outside of our control may affect it

• Doctor Who Appreciation Society – www.dwasonline.co.uk

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.