Clayton Hickman

Clayton Hickman (born 1977 in Bristol) has had a long and wide-ranging impact upon the Doctor Who franchise.

The longest-serving editor of Doctor Who Magazine, he ran the publication for most of the first decade of the 21st century, after having been a key staff member since having been officially credited as assistant editor on issue #296 in 2000. He took over the full editorial reigns from Alan Barnes at issue #314 in 2002, and concluded with issue #386 in 2007. One of his most notable achievements was the magazine's radical redesign at the start of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who. As a part of his duties, he was also one of the key creatives on the comic strip, primarily during the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors' runs. Indeed, he co-wrote the first of the "new series" comic strips, The Love Invasion, with frequent collaborator, Gareth Roberts. He also established the tradition of Panini publishing an annual, first with the 2006 Doctor Who Annual and later with Doctor Who Storybook line that began in 2007. Furthermore, he was instrumental to Panini's digital restoration and reprinting of virtually their entire catalogue of comic strips in graphic novel format, beginning with The Iron Legion.

Hickman also had an important role to play in the production of Big Finish audio dramas. Not only did he design many of the company's CD covers, but he also co-wrote the scripts to The One Doctor and Bang-Bang-A-Boom! with Roberts. He additionally designed some of the Region 2 covers for Doctor Who DVD releases.

As of 2010, Hickman's writing credits for the televised Doctor Who universe have been confined to The Sarah Jane Adventures. He initially co-wrote the Comic Relief sketch, From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love — again with Gareth Roberts — and later by contributing a solo script to series 4.

Hickman's long experience with the franchise coupled with his articulate irreverence made him a frequent interviewee on Doctor Who Confidential, a celebrity judge on Totally Doctor Who, and a regular contributor to Doctor Who DVD documentaries.