Richard Dinnick

Preview of my Doctor Who SDCC Exclusive Comic Revealed…

A page or two the San Diego Comic Con exclusive I’ve written for Titan has been revealed online. The special one off comic has amazing art by Mariano Laclaustra, Carlos Cabrera and Nico Selma. It also has two truly stunning (and highly collectable, no?) covers by the .. Find out more >>>

My Doctor Who Panel announced at SDCC

San Diego Comic Con have announced details of the DOCTOR WHO panel I will be appearing on. This is the Titan Comics panel and will be hosted by our super-editor extraordinaire Andrew James and will features the talents of Nick Abadzis, Cavan Scott and George Mann as well as the .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q & A session: What is your dream Doctor Who project?

I write for TV and have just written an episode of Thunderbirds are Go for ITV. So, naturally, writing for the TV show itself would be one of my life’s dreams and ambitions .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q& A session: What books did you enjoy as a child?

Way too many to mention! I loved magic and space ships and dragons and wizards and knights and aliens and ghosts and weirdness. So everything by CS Lewis (Narnia and SciFi), Elizabeth Beresford, John Christopher (who did WAY more than just the Tripods trilogy), Gordon R Dickson .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q & A session: What fascinates you about the Vikings?

I think they are misunderstood! Everyone should go and read The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. It’s a fab book (and series – and now a TV show). .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q & A session: Describe the Twelfth Doctor in one sentence.

I think he’s a mercurial mix of everything that made Jon Pertwee and David Tennant the most amazing .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q & A session: …and Bill?

Bill is one of my favourite companions ever. I love her for so many reasons: because she’s a person of colour and a LGBT+ character at a time when we still need to normalise that on TV. And because – you guessed it – she’s well-fleshed out and amazingly human. She also .. Find out more >>>

@DWComicArt Q & A session: You’ve written stories for many DW companions – Ian, Mike Yates, Bernice Summerfield. What makes a companion great?

And there are many I’d love to write for, too! I love so many of them. I think, even though those three are amazingly different, they are all such well-fleshed out characters. I would argue that Mike had the most character development in the pre-2005 series than any other .. Find out more >>>

DW Comic Art Question and Answer session: Short stories, Big Finish audios – you’ve even edited a sticker book! How did you become involved with Doctor Who comics?

Hard work and persistence! I was lucky enough to meet Denton Tipton at IDW out in LA at the Gallifrey One convention. We started talking and he liked some of my ideas and said I could have my first try-out in the IDW Doctor Who Special in 2012. So I had a 10-page story and was .. Find out more >>>

I am writing Titan’s Doctor Who San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Comic!

I am so excited to announce that I am writing the 12th Doctor comic for the SDCC exclusive, just revealed by Titan. It’s called “The Last Action Figure” and stars Bill and 12 as they try to find an ultra-rare action figure. Here’s the official blurb: .. Find out more >>>