The Visual Dictionary (reference book)

 was an illustrated guide to BBC Wales Doctor Who. , three editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of Smith and Jones in 2007. A revised edition was released in Matt Smith's first year as the Eleventh Doctor, and a second revised edition was released following Peter Capaldi's first year as the Twelfth Doctor.

2007 edition
The first edition of The Visual Dictionary focused mainly on the first two years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examing the Ninth Doctor and the early days of the Tenth Doctor.

Chapters

 * New Beginnings - explains about the Last Great Time War.
 * The Time Lord - this is all about the Doctor.
 * Anatomy of The Doctor
 * Rose Tyler
 * Martha Jones
 * Mickey Smith
 * Jackie Tyler
 * Pete Tyler
 * The TARDIS
 * Inside the TARDIS
 * (Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)


 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * (Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)


 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen
 * The Slitheen
 * Abzorbaloff
 * The Vault - explains about Van Statten's private museum.
 * Daleks
 * Dalek flagship
 * (Featuring artwork by John Maloney)


 * Satellite 5
 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Nanogenes
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * Human farm
 * The Werewolf
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Krillitanes
 * K9
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * John Lumic
 * Sanctuary Base
 * The Satan Pit
 * (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)


 * The Genesis Ark
 * Doomsday ghosts
 * Parallel Worlds
 * The Cult of Skaro
 * Robotic mercenaries
 * Plasmavores
 * The Judoon
 * Index
 * Acknowledgements

Notable features

 * This well-illustrated hardback volume, complete with an embedded blue glass Dalek eye on the cover, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
 * The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in Henry van Statten's collection.
 * The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages are themselves stunning and, for the first time ever, reveal the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS in all its sceptre-shaped glory, and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.

2009 edition
This US edition of The Visual Dictionary was updated and expanded to cover the first four years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examining the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.

Chapters

 * New Beginnings - Explains the Last Great Time War.
 * The Time Lord - this is all about the Doctor.
 * Anatomy of The Doctor
 * The TARDIS
 * Inside the TARDIS
 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * (Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)


 * Tools of the Trade
 * Rose Tyler
 * Mickey Smith
 * Ricky Smith
 * Jackie Tyler
 * Dr. Martha Jones
 * The Jones Family
 * Francine Jones
 * Clive Jones
 * Letitia Jones
 * Leo Jones
 * Donna Noble
 * Donna's Family
 * Sylvia Noble
 * Wilfred Mott
 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * The Face of Boe
 * John Smith
 * John Smith's Decision
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * K-9
 * Torchwood
 * UNIT


 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen
 * The Slitheen
 * The Abzorbaloff
 * The Vault - American billionaire Henry van Statten's private museum
 * Museum highlights
 * Daleks
 * Dalek Flagship
 * (Featuring artwork by John Maloney)


 * Satellite 5
 * The Freedom Foundation
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * Human Farm
 * The Werewolf
 * Royal Secrets
 * Gelth
 * Krillitanes
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * John Lumic
 * The Ood
 * The Beast
 * (Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)


 * The Genesis Ark
 * Doomsday Ghosts
 * Parallel Worlds
 * The Cult of Skaro
 * Racnoss
 * Plasmavores
 * Drone Bodyguards
 * The Judoon
 * The Carrionites
 * The Family of Blood
 * Weeping Angels
 * The Master
 * The Toclaphane
 * The Heavenly Host
 * Adipose Industries
 * Vespiform
 * Pyroviles
 * Sontaran
 * ATMOS
 * The Hath
 * The Library
 * Dalek Sec
 * Davros
 * Davros's Empire
 * The Shadow Proclamation
 * Creation of the CyberKing
 * The Other Doctor (Jackson Lake)
 * Index
 * Acknowledgments

Notable features Edit

 * This updated and expanded hardback volume conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.


 * The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in Henry van Statten's collection.
 * The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.

2010 edition
The second edition was a greatly expanded illustrated guide to Doctor Who — from its return in 2005, up to and including the Eleventh Doctor's first series.

Chapters

 * Mysterious Visitor
 * The Time Lord
 * Anatomy of the Doctor
 * Regeneration
 * The TARDIS
 * featuring illustration by Lee Binding


 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * Tools of the trade
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Leadworth
 * featuring illustration by James Southall


 * River Song
 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Donna Noble
 * Rose Tyler
 * Martha Jones
 * Torchwood
 * UNIT
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * K9
 * John Smith
 * Daleks
 * Dalek Flagship
 * featuring illustration by John Malony


 * The Genesis Ark
 * Doomsday Ghosts
 * The Cult of Skaro
 * Dalek Sec
 * Davros
 * Davros's Empire
 * Ironsides
 * The New Daleks
 * Weeping Angels
 * Army of Angels
 * The Ood
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * The CyberKing
 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra
 * The Slitheen
 * Satellite 5
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * The Werewolf
 * The Gelth
 * Krillitanes
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * The Beast and Sanctuary Base, The Satan Pit
 * featuring illustration by Richard Bonson


 * Racnoss
 * Plasmavores
 * The Judoon
 * Carrionites
 * The Family of Blood
 * The Master
 * The Toclafane
 * The Master Race
 * Time Lords
 * The Heavenly Host
 * Adipose Industries
 * Vespiform
 * Pyroviles
 * Sontaran
 * The Hath
 * Vashta Nerada
 * The Flood
 * San Helios
 * Prisoner Zero
 * Smilers
 * Star Whale
 * Saturnyns
 * Silurian Warriors
 * The Pandorica
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * Enemies
 * Time Energy
 * Index

Notable features

 * Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.

2014 edition
A new volume billed The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded was released in 2014, this time covering Doctor Who up to and including the eighth series and the Twelfth Doctor. The book comes with a lenticular cover picture consisting of the 12th Doctor in front of the TARDIS with open doors, the 12th Doctor vanishing in a flash of light in front of the TARDIS with open doors, and the TARDIS with closed doors and its top light turned on.

Chapters

 * Mysterious Visitor
 * Renegade Time Lord
 * Anatomy of the Doctor
 * Regeneration
 * Many Faces: One Time Lord
 * The TARDIS
 * Inside the TARDIS


 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * Tools of the trade
 * Time Lords
 * Gallifrey
 * River Song
 * Clara Oswald
 * Danny Pink
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Leadworth
 * featuring illustration by James Southall


 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Donna Noble
 * Rose Tyler
 * Martha Jones
 * Human Allies
 * Torchwood
 * UNIT
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * K-9
 * John Smith
 * Daleks
 * Dalek Flagship
 * featuring illustration by John Malony


 * Davros
 * The Genesis Ark
 * Dalek Sec
 * Cult of Skaro
 * Davros's Empire
 * Dalek Asylum
 * Ironsides
 * Paradigm Daleks
 * Inside a Dalek
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * The CyberKing
 * Hedgewick's World
 * Weeping Angels
 * Army of Angels
 * The Great Intelligence
 * The Ood
 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra
 * The Slitheen
 * Satellite 5
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * The Werewolf
 * Gelth
 * Krillitanes
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * The Beast
 * featuring illustration by Richard Bonson


 * Racnoss
 * Plasmavores
 * The Judoon
 * The Carrionites
 * The Family of Blood
 * The Master
 * The Toclafane
 * The Master Race
 * The Heavenly Host
 * Adipose Industries
 * Vespiform
 * Pyroviles
 * Sontarans
 * The Hath
 * Vashta Nerada
 * The Flood
 * San Helios
 * Prisoner Zero
 * Smilers
 * Star Whale
 * Saturnynes
 * Silurians
 * Silurian Warriors
 * Madame Vastra
 * The Pandorica
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * The Alliance
 * Peg Dolls
 * Handbots
 * The Fancy
 * Minotaur
 * Gangers
 * The Order of Silence
 * Demon's Run
 * Trenzalore
 * Kahler
 * Shakri
 * Akhaten
 * Sweetville
 * Ice Warriors
 * Zygons
 * The Half-Face Man
 * Robots of Sherwood
 * Karabraxos
 * Index
 * Ackowledgments

Notable features

 * Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.

2015 edition
This is a US hardcover omnibus edition renamed to The Complete Visual Collection released in 2015. This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover, plus it incorporates the complete contents of Doctor Who: Character Encyclopedia Update Edition from 2015 into one volume. It is the same size as the original hardcover 8 3/8" x 10". It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current Twelfth Doctor.

Chapters

 * Mysterious Visitor
 * Renegade Time Lord
 * Anatomy of the Doctor
 * Regeneration
 * Many Faces: One Time Lord
 * The TARDIS
 * Inside the TARDIS


 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * Tools of the trade
 * Time Lords
 * Gallifrey
 * River Song
 * Clara Oswald
 * Danny Pink
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Leadworth
 * featuring illustration by James Southall


 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Donna Noble
 * Rose Tyler
 * Martha Jones
 * Human Allies
 * Torchwood
 * UNIT
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * K-9
 * John Smith
 * Daleks
 * Dalek Flagship
 * featuring illustration by John Malony


 * Davros
 * The Genesis Ark
 * Dalek Sec
 * Cult of Skaro
 * Davros's Empire
 * Dalek Asylum
 * Ironsides
 * Paradigm Daleks
 * Inside a Dalek
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * The CyberKing
 * Hedgewick's World
 * Weeping Angels
 * Army of Angels
 * The Great Intelligence
 * The Ood
 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra
 * The Slitheen
 * Satellite 5
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * The Werewolf
 * Gelth
 * Krillitanes
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * The Beast
 * featuring illustration by Richard Bonson


 * Racnoss
 * Plasmavores
 * The Judoon
 * The Carrionites
 * The Family of Blood
 * The Master
 * The Toclafane
 * The Master Race
 * The Heavenly Host
 * Adipose Industries
 * Vespiform
 * Pyroviles
 * Sontarans
 * The Hath
 * Vashta Nerada
 * The Flood
 * San Helios
 * Prisoner Zero
 * Smilers
 * Star Whale
 * Saturnynes
 * Silurians
 * Silurian Warriors
 * Madame Vastra
 * The Pandorica
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * The Alliance
 * Peg Dolls
 * Handbots
 * The Fancy
 * Minotaur
 * Gangers
 * The Order of Silence
 * Demon's Run
 * Trenzalore
 * Kahler
 * Shakri
 * Akhaten
 * Sweetville
 * Ice Warriors
 * Zygons
 * The Half-Face Man
 * Robots of Sherwood
 * Karabraxos

The Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia continues at this point in the book with its title page followed by its table of contents. Its entries consist of all 13 Doctors (the first 12 plus the War Doctor) and more than 200 companions, friends, and foes throughout the entire history of Doctor Who up to, and including, Series 8. It's packed with fascinating facts and statistics for characters from the Abzorbaloff to the Zygons, and with large cut-out poses and stunning stills from the programme. It is the ultimate compendium of Doctor Who characters.

Contents
This section of the book covers a wealth of characters. Most are given a full page spread with colour-coded pages denoting the subject's categories. Namely;


 * Aliens
 * Abzorbaloff
 * Ace
 * Adam Mitchell
 * Adelaide Brooke
 * Adipose
 * Adric
 * Aggedor
 * The Alliance
 * Alpha Centauri
 * Amy Pond
 * Astrid Peth
 * Atraxi
 * Axons
 * Azal
 * Bannakaffalatta
 * Barbara Wright
 * The Beast
 * Ben Jackson
 * Black Guardian
 * Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen
 * Borusa
 * Brian Williams
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Canton Everett Delaware III
 * Carrionites
 * The Captain
 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Captain Mike Yates
 * Celestial Toymaker
 * Clara Oswald
 * Craig Owens
 * Cybermen
 * Daleks
 * Davros
 * The First Doctor
 * The Second Doctor
 * The Third Doctor
 * The Fourth Doctor
 * The Fifth Doctor
 * The Sixth Doctor
 * The Seventh Doctor
 * The Eighth Doctor
 * The Ninth Doctor
 * The Tenth Doctor
 * The Eleventh Doctor
 * The Twelfth Doctor
 * Doctor Simeon
 * Donna Noble
 * Dorium Maldovar
 * Dorothea Cotton
 * Draconians
 * The Dream Lord
 * Eknodines
 * The Face of Boe
 * The Family of Blood
 * Fenric
 * The Flood
 * Futurekind
 * Gangers
 * Gelth
 * Giant maggots
 * Gods of Ragnarok
 * Grace Holloway
 * Grayle
 * Haemovores
 * Handbots
 * Harriet Jones
 * Harry Sullivan
 * Hath
 * Headless Monks
 * Henry Avery
 * Henry Van Statten
 * Ian Chesterton
 * Ice Warriors
 * Idris
 * Jabe
 * Jackie Tyler
 * Jackson Lake
 * Jagrafess
 * Jamie McCrimmon
 * Jenny
 * Jenny Flint
 * Jo Grant
 * Joan Redfern
 * John Lumic
 * John Riddell
 * Judoon
 * K9
 * Kahler-Jex
 * Kahler-Tek
 * Kamelion
 * Katarina
 * Kate Stewart
 * Kazran Sardick
 * Krillitanes
 * Krotons
 * Krynoids
 * Lady Cassandra O'Brien
 * Lady Christina de Souza
 * Leela
 * Liz Shaw
 * Liz Ten
 * Macra
 * Madame de Pompadour
 * Madame Kovarian
 * Madame Vastra
 * Madge Arwell
 * Martha Jones
 * The Master
 * Max Capricorn
 * Meddling Monk
 * Melanie Bush
 * Mercy Hartigan
 * Merry Gejelh
 * Mickey Smith
 * The Minotaur
 * Morbius
 * Movellans
 * The Moxx of Balhoon
 * Mutts
 * Nimon
 * Nyssa
 * Ogri
 * Ogrons
 * Omega
 * Ood
 * Patchwork people
 * Peg Dolls
 * Peri Brown
 * Pete Tyler
 * Pig slaves
 * Plasmavores
 * Polly Wright
 * Porridge
 * Prisoner Zero
 * Professor Edward Travers
 * Professor Lazarus
 * Pyroviles
 * Racnoss
 * The Rani
 * Rassilon
 * Raston Warrior Robots
 * Reapers
 * River song
 * Roboforms
 * Romana
 * Rory Williams
 * Rose Tyler
 * Salamander
 * Sally Sparrow
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * The Saturnyns
 * Scarecrow soldiers
 * Scaroth
 * Sea Devils
 * Sensorites
 * Sergeant Benton
 * Shakri
 * Sharaz Jek
 * Sil the Mentor
 * The Silence
 * Silurians
 * Sisterhood of Karn
 * Sisters of Plenitude
 * Slitheen
 * Smilers
 * Solomon
 * Solomon's robots
 * Sontarans
 * Steven Taylor
 * Susan Foreman
 * Sutekh the Destroyer
 * Sycorax
 * Sylvia Noble
 * TARDIS
 * Tasha Lem
 * Tegan Jovanka
 * Terileptil
 * Teselecta
 * Thals
 * Tobias Vaughn
 * Toclafane
 * Valeyard
 * Vashta Nerada
 * Vervoids
 * Vespiform
 * Vicki
 * Victoria Waterfield
 * Vinvocci
 * Vislor Turlough
 * Voc Robots
 * The War Doctor
 * War Machine
 * Weeping Angels
 * Weng-Chiang
 * Werewolf
 * Whisper Men
 * Wilfred Mott
 * Winifred Gillyflower
 * Wirrn
 * Woodland King and Queen
 * Yeti
 * Zarbi
 * Zoe Heriot
 * Zygons


 * Index
 * Acknowledgements

Notable features

 * There is a sleeve on the inside front cover containing a limited edition print depicting all of the modern era Doctors and their companions.

2015 edition
This is a US softcover edition renamed back to The Visual Dictionary released in 2015. This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 10 1/8" x 12". It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current Twelfth Doctor.

Chapters

 * Mysterious Visitor
 * Renegade Time Lord
 * Anatomy of the Doctor
 * Regeneration
 * Many Faces: One Time Lord
 * The TARDIS
 * Inside the TARDIS


 * Sonic screwdrivers
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * Tools of the trade
 * Time Lords
 * Gallifrey
 * River Song
 * Clara Oswald
 * Danny Pink
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Leadworth
 * featuring illustration by James Southall


 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Donna Noble
 * Rose Tyler
 * Martha Jones
 * Human Allies
 * Torchwood
 * UNIT
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * K-9
 * John Smith
 * Daleks
 * Dalek Flagship
 * featuring illustration by John Malony


 * Davros
 * The Genesis Ark
 * Dalek Sec
 * Cult of Skaro
 * Davros's Empire
 * Dalek Asylum
 * Ironsides
 * Paradigm Daleks
 * Inside a Dalek
 * Cybermen
 * Cybus Industries
 * The CyberKing
 * Hedgewick's World
 * Weeping Angels
 * Army of Angels
 * The Great Intelligence
 * The Ood
 * Platform One
 * Guests of Platform One
 * Lady Cassandra
 * The Slitheen
 * Satellite 5
 * The Sycorax
 * New Earth
 * The Werewolf
 * Gelth
 * Krillitanes
 * SS Madame De Pompadour
 * The Beast
 * featuring illustration by Richard Bonson


 * Racnoss
 * Plasmavores
 * The Judoon
 * The Carrionites
 * The Family of Blood
 * The Master
 * The Toclafane
 * The Master Race
 * The Heavenly Host
 * Adipose Industries
 * Vespiform
 * Pyroviles
 * Sontarans
 * The Hath
 * Vashta Nerada
 * The Flood
 * San Helios
 * Prisoner Zero
 * Smilers
 * Star Whale
 * Saturnynes
 * Silurians
 * Silurian Warriors
 * Madame Vastra
 * The Pandorica
 * featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry


 * The Alliance
 * Peg Dolls
 * Handbots
 * The Fancy
 * Minotaur
 * Gangers
 * The Order of Silence
 * Demon's Run
 * Trenzalore
 * Kahler
 * Shakri
 * Akhaten
 * Sweetville
 * Ice Warriors
 * Zygons
 * The Half-Face Man
 * Robots of Sherwood
 * Karabraxos
 * Index
 * Acknowledgments

Notable features

 * Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated softback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.