children birth_place birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
3 sons east ham , essex , england 14 april 1935 married hampstead , london terrance dicks
 terrance dicks television writer children 's writer downing college , cambridge
terrance dicks

terrance dicks -lrb- born 14 april 1935 -rrb- 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 .
