The Visual Dictionary (reference book)

Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary was an illustrated guide to the 2005 and onwards series of Doctor Who. It was published just after the Smith and Jones episode of 2007.

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
 * 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
 * K-9
 * 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

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 both stunning and, for the first time ever, reveals the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS in all its sceptre-shaped glory, and it includes the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.