![]() ![]() The image was released to the press the next day, accompanying the announcement that Smith would be playing the Eleventh Doctor. In January 2009, Hickman had the honour of designing the very first "iconic image" of Matt Smith and the TARDIS with extreme secrecy. He was the designer of Russell T Davies' 2008 book The Writer's Tale and its greatly expanded paperback update, published a year later. In 2010, Hickman collaborated on a range of 1980s-themed Doctor Who merchandise designs for BBC Worldwide. In 2003, he designed the BBC's official 40th Anniversary Doctor Who logo. He has also appeared as a 'talking head' on more than ten Doctor Who DVD Special Features.Īs a designer, Hickman contributed many of the early covers to Big Finish Productions' audio and book ranges. He participated in a fan commentary on the DVD release of Survival and moderated the DVD commentaries for The Time Meddler, The Keys of Marinus and Frontier in Space.įor the DVD release of The Masque of Mandragora Clayton Hickman and Gareth Roberts provided a sketch titled "Beneath the Masque of the Mask of Mandragora". Since 2002, Hickman has been the regular cover artist for BBC Worldwide/ 2 entertain Ltd's DVD releases of classic Doctor Who stories. Other media work related to Doctor Who includes two appearances on Channel 4's Richard & Judy, one on Radio 4's Today, one appearance on a never-ending loop for 50 Ways to Leave Your TV Lover on Sky, and a 1986 appearance on the first ever Really Wild Show where he got to look at some poisonous tree frogs with Terry Nutkins. He also appeared as a commentator for over 15 episodes across the first two series of the BBC Three show Doctor Who Confidential. On TV, Hickman was one of the judges for the "Companion Academy" segment of the BBC children's show Totally Doctor Who during its first run in 2006. This was his first solo TV writing credit. Hickman was one of the writers for the first series of Russell T Davies' 2012 CBBC drama Aliens vs Wizards. A further collaboration between Hickman and Roberts for the fifth season of The Sarah Jane Adventures had reached script stage when news of Elisabeth Sladen's illness reached the production team and work was halted. This commission eventually became Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith the two-part finale to the fourth season, transmitted on 15 and 16 November 2010. ![]() The following year, both Hickman and Roberts were given a full script commission. Also with Roberts he co-wrote From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love, the 2009 Comic Relief mini-episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. ![]() The most notable of the contributions were The One Doctor (2001) and Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (2002). He was later asked to produce a 2012 volume.Īs a writer, Hickman has contributed to Big Finish's Doctor Who range of audios and short story collections in collaboration with Gareth Roberts. The book sold well and fetched excellent reviews on the market. In 2010, with the cancellation of the Storybook, he was approached by BBC Books to edit a new, lavish hardback for the Christmas market – The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011. He also oversaw the creation of the company's range of Doctor Who graphic novels, on which he worked as editor and designer for the first 10 volumes. As well as preparing twice-yearly Special Editions for DWM, between 20 Hickman was also editor of Panini's annual publication The Doctor Who Storybook. This period saw the return of Doctor Who to regular television production and many necessary changes to the almost 25-year-old magazine. ![]() Hickman joined Panini Comics' Doctor Who Magazine as Assistant Editor to Alan Barnes in 2000, and ascended to editor in January 2002 until August 2007. During this period he also wrote for Cult Times, Xena Magazine, TV Zone and Doctor Who Magazine. Hickman officially joined the magazine industry in 1999, when he moved to London, England to become the Editorial Assistant on Film Review for Visual Imagination. Hickman's first published work was in SFX. Clayton James Hickman (born 5 January 1977, in Bristol) is a British scriptwriter, magazine editor, journalist and designer. ![]()
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