David Whitaker was an English screenwriter and novelist renowned for his contributions to British science fiction, particularly during the formative years of the television series "Doctor Who". As the show's first story editor, he played a pivotal role in shaping its early narrative direction, overseeing the first fifty-one episodes. His work laid the foundation for the series' enduring legacy. Whitaker also penned several "Doctor Who" novelizations, including "Doctor Who and the Daleks" and "Doctor Who and the Crusaders", which expanded the show's universe through literature.
Beyond "Doctor Who", Whitaker demonstrated versatility across genres, writing for television, radio, and stage. His screenwriting credits included episodes for "The Avengers" and "The Troubleshooters", showcasing his ability to craft compelling narratives in both science fiction and action-adventure. Whitaker's writing often explored themes of heroism, morality, and the unknown, resonating with audiences of his time. His influence on British television and science fiction storytelling remains significant, with his early contributions to "Doctor Who" continuing to be celebrated by fans and scholars alike.
Doctor Who Novelizations Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks
1964
2
Doctor Who and the Zarbi (By: Bill Strutton)
1965
3
Doctor Who and the Crusaders
1966
4
The Massacre (By: John Lucarotti)
1966
5
Dr. Who and The Daleks
1967
6
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1974
7
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (By: Terrance Dicks)
1974
8
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1974
9
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1974
10
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (By: Terrance Dicks)
1974
11
Doctor Who and the Daemons (By: Barry Letts)
1974
12
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (By: Terrance Dicks)
1974
13
The Doctor Who Monster Book (By: Terrance Dicks)
1975
14
Doctor Who and the Cybermen (By: Gerry Davis)
1975
15
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (By: Terrance Dicks)
1975
16
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (By: Terrance Dicks)
1975
17
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon (By: Brian Hayles)
1975
18
Doctor Who and the Green Death (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1975
19
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (By: Terrance Dicks)
1975
20
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (By: Terrance Dicks)
1976
21
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (By: Terrance Dicks)
1976
22
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (By: Terrance Dicks)
1976
23
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (By: Terrance Dicks)
1976
24
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1976
25
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (By: Brian Hayles)
1976
26
Doctor Who and the Space War (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1976
27
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (By: Terrance Dicks)
1976
28
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
29
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (By: Philip Hinchcliffe)
1977
30
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
31
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
32
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
33
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
34
Doctor Who and the Mutants (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
35
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (By: Philip Hinchcliffe)
1977
36
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
37
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (By: Ian Marter)
1977
38
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin (By: Terrance Dicks)
1977
39
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
40
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (By: Gerry Davis)
1978
41
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
42
Death to the Daleks (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
43
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
44
The Second Doctor Who Monster Book (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
45
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment (By: Ian Marter)
1978
46
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (By: Terrance Dicks)
1978
47
Doctor Who and the War Games (By: Malcolm Hulke)
1979
48
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
49
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
50
The Further Adventures of Dr. Who (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
51
The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
52
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
53
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
54
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (By: Terrance Dicks)
1979
55
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (By: Ian Marter)
1979
56
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
57
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
58
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
59
Doctor Who and the Underworld (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
60
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
61
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
62
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
63
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
64
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (By: Philip Hinchcliffe)
1980
65
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon (By: Terrance Dicks)
1980
66
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (By: David Fisher)
1981
67
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (By: Ian Marter)
1981
68
Doctor Who and the State of Decay (By: Terrance Dicks)
1981
69
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (By: Terrance Dicks)
1981
70
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (By: David Fisher)
1982
71
Doctor Who and The Sunmakers. (By: Terrance Dicks)
1982
72
Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate (By: John Lydecker)
1982
73
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (By: Terrance Dicks)
1982
74
Doctor Who and the Visitation (By: Eric Saward)
1982
75
Logopolis (By: Christopher H. Bidmead)
1982
76
Meglos (By: Terrance Dicks)
1983
77
Four to Doomsday (By: Terrance Dicks)
1983
78
Time-Flight (By: Peter Grimwade)
1983
79
Terminus (By: John Lydecker)
1983
80
Castrovalva (By: Christopher H. Bidmead)
1983
81
Arc of Infinity (By: Terrance Dicks)
1983
82
Mawdryn Undead (By: Peter Grimwade)
1983
83
Earthshock (By: Ian Marter)
1983
84
The Five Doctors (By: Terrance Dicks)
1983
85
Kinda (By: Terrance Dicks)
1983
86
Snakedance (By: Terrance Dicks)
1984
87
The Aztecs (By: John Lucarotti)
1984
88
The Dominators (By: Ian Marter)
1984
89
Enlightenment (By: Barbara Clegg)
1984
90
Inferno (By: Terrance Dicks)
1984
91
Warriors of the Deep (By: Terrance Dicks)
1984
92
The Highlanders ( By: Gerry Davis)
1984
93
Frontios (By: Christopher H. Bidmead)
1984
94
Galaxy Four (By: William Emms)
1985
95
The Gunfighters (By: Donald Cotton)
1985
96
The Time Monster (By: Terrance Dicks)
1985
97
Doctor Who Slipback (By: Eric Saward)
1985
98
The Krotons (By: Terrance Dicks)
1985
99
Planet of Fire (By: Peter Grimwade)
1985
100
The Mind of Evil (By: Terrance Dicks)
1985
101
The Caves of Androzani (By: Terrance Dicks)
1985
102
The Myth Makers (By: Donald Cotton)
1985
103
Marco Polo (By: John Lucarotti)
1985
104
The Invasion (By: Ian Marter)
1985
105
The Awakening (By: Eric Pringle)
1985
106
The Two Doctors (By: Robert Holmes)
1985
107
Timelash (By: Glen McCoy)
1985
108
The Faceless Ones (By: Terrance Dicks)
1986
109
The Ark (By: Paul Erickson)
1986
110
The Savages (By: Ian Stuart Black)
1986
111
Black Orchid (By: Terence Dudley)
1986
112
The Twin Dilemma (By: Eric Saward)
1986
113
The Mark of the Rani (By: Pip and Jane Baker)
1986
114
The Celestial Toymaker (By: Gerry Davis, Alison Bingeman)
1986
115
The King's Demons (By: Terence Dudley)
1986
116
Fury from the Deep (By: Victor Pemberton)
1986
117
The Mind Robber (By: Peter Ling)
1986
118
The Reign of Terror (By: Ian Marter)
1987
119
The Rescue (By: Ian Marter)
1987
120
The Time Meddler (By: Nigel Robinson)
1987
121
The Ambassadors of Death (By: Terrance Dicks)
1987
122
The Space Museum (By: Glyn Jones)
1987
123
The Sensorites (By: Nigel Robinson)
1987
124
The Romans (By: Donald Cotton)
1987
125
The Mysterious Planet (By: Terrance Dicks)
1987
126
Time and the Rani (By: Pip and Jane Baker)
1987
127
The Macra Terror (By: Ian Stuart Black)
1988
128
Terror of the Vervoids (By: Pip and Jane Baker)
1988
129
The Underwater Menace (By: Nigel Robinson)
1988
130
The Wheel in Space (By: Terrance Dicks)
1988
131
Edge of Destruction (By: Nigel Robinson)
1988
132
The Smugglers (By: Terrance Dicks)
1988
133
Vengeance on Varos (By: Philip Martin)
1988
134
The Ultimate Foe (By: Pip and Jane Baker)
1988
135
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (By: Stephen Wyatt)
1989
136
Delta and the Bannermen (By: Malcolm Kohll)
1989
137
The War Machines (By: Ian Stuart Black)
1989
138
Attack of the Cybermen (By: Eric Saward)
1989
139
Dragonfire (By: Ian Briggs)
1989
140
The Chase (By: Terrance Dicks, John Peel)
1989
141
Daleks Masterplan I (By: John Peel)
1989
142
Mindwarp (By: Philip Martin)
1989
143
Silver Nemesis (By: Kevin Clarke)
1989
144
The Mutation of Time (By: John Peel)
1989
145
Planet of Giants (By: Terrance Dicks)
1990
146
The Happiness Patrol (By: Graeme Curry)
1990
147
The Space Pirates (By: Terrance Dicks)
1990
148
Remembrance of the Daleks (By: Ben Aaronovitch, James Goss)
1990
149
Survival (By: Rona Munro)
1990
150
Ghost Light (By: Marc Platt)
1990
151
The Curse of Fenric (By: Ian Briggs)
1990
152
Battlefield (By: Marc Platt)
1991
153
The Pescatons (By: Victor Pemberton)
1991
154
The Power of the Daleks (By: John Peel)
1993
155
The Evil of the Daleks (By: John Peel)
1993
156
The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film (By: Gary Russell)
1996
157
The Time of Angels (By: Trevor Baxendale)
2011
158
The Eleventh Hour (By: Trevor Baxendale)
2012
159
The Three Doctors ( By: Terrance Dicks)
2012
160
The Androids of Tara (By: David Fisher)
2012
161
Tales of Trenzalore (By: Paul Finch)
2014
162
City of Death (By: James Goss)
2015
163
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (By: Douglas Adams, James Goss)
2019
164
Resurrection of the Daleks (By: Eric Saward)
2019
165
The Crimson Horror (By: Mark Gatiss)
2020
166
The Web Planet (By: Bill Strutton)
2020
167
The Fires of Pompeii (By: James Moran)
2022
168
The Eaters of Light ( By: Rona Munro)
2022
169
The Seeds of Death ( By: Terrance Dicks)
2023
170
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil ( By: Terrance Dicks)
2023
171
The Church on Ruby Road (By: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson)
2024
172
The Moon Cruise ( By: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson)
2025
Doctor Who-The Lost TV Episodes Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection One 1964-1965: Narrated full-cast TV soundtracks (With: Dennis Spooner, John Lucarotti, William Emms, Donald Cotton)
2010
2
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes, Collection Two: 1965-1966 (By: William Hartnell, Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner, Peter Purves, Brian Hayles, Donald Tosh, Jackie Lane, John Lucarotti, Ian Stuart Black, Adrienne Hill, Shaun Ley)
2011
3
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes, Collection Three: 1966-1967 (With: Brian Hayles, Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler, Geoffrey Orme)
2011
Doctor Who: The Stageplays Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Ultimate Adventure (By: Terrance Dicks)
2008
2
Doctor Who: Seven Keys to Doomsday (By: Terrance Dicks)
2008
3
The Curse Of The Daleks (With: Terry Nation)
2008
The Zodiac Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Capricorn (By: Stephen Herczeg, Nikky Lee, Brianna Bullen, Maddie Jensen, Austin P. Sheehan, Marcus Turner, Aiki Flinthart, Zoey Xolton, Alanah Andrews, Helena McAuley, Jocelyn Spark)
2019
2
Aquarius (By: Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart)
2020
3
Pisces (By: Nikky Lee, Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart)
2020
4
Aries (By: Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart, Zoey Xolton)
2020
5
Taurus (By: Austin P. Sheehan, P.A. Mason, Zoey Xolton)
2020
6
Gemini (By: Belinda Brady, Austin P. Sheehan, Marcus Turner, Aiki Flinthart)
2020
7
Cancer (By: Stephen Herczeg, Neen Cohen, Jessica Nelson-Tyers, Brianna Bullen, Eva Leppard, Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart, Kel E Fox, Deeanna West, C.E. Rhoden)
2020
8
Leo (By: Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart)
2020
9
Virgo (By: Stephen Herczeg, Neen Cohen, Nikky Lee, Brianna Bullen, Maddie Jensen, Eva Leppard, Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart, K.B. Elijah, Zoey Xolton, Sasha Hanton, Helena McAuley, Deeanna West, Emilie Morscheck)
2020
10
Libra (By: Austin P. Sheehan, Aiki Flinthart, Helena McAuley)
2020
11
Scorpio (With: Stephen Herczeg, Neen Cohen, Nikky Lee, Mikhaeyla Kopievsky, Brianna Bullen, Tee Linden, Leanbh Pearson, Austin P. Sheehan, D.J. Elton, Sasha Hanton, Helena McAuley, Georgia MacShane, B.A. Neilsen, Jo Mularczyk)
2021
12
Sagittarius (By: Nikky Lee, Tim Borella, Brianna Bullen, Eva Leppard, Austin P. Sheehan, Aveline Pérez de Vera, Aiki Flinthart, Zoey Xolton, Sasha Hanton, Helena McAuley)
2021
13
Wandering Stars (By: Zena Shapter, Stephen Herczeg, Jessica Nelson-Tyers, Nikky Lee, Mikhaeyla Kopievsky, Australian Speculative Fiction, Tim Borella, Belinda Brady, Brianna Bullen, Dee Cheers, Rebecca Dale, Heather Ewings, Talien Jae, Pamela Jeffs, Maddie Jensen, Eva Leppard, Tee Linden, LJ McLeod, Emilie Morescheck, Leanbh Pearson, Austin P. Sheehan, Marcus Turner, Deanna West, Aveline Pérez de Vera, Aiki Flinthart)