Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick was one of the most influential and respected writers of science fiction in the 20th century. He was born in Chicago in 1928. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...) He had a sister, Jane Dick, who died at the age of six weeks. (PROSE: About a Girl)

The Sixth Doctor once quoted him on the subject of reality. (PROSE: Strange Attractor)

Iris Wildthyme once believed that her encounter with the Daleks and Thals on Skaro was reminiscent of a "Philip K Dick" story. (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion)