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The Man Who Invented the Daleks - The Strange Worlds of Terry Nation
 

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By:Alwyn W. Turner
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Editions:  UK (hardback) | UK (paperback)
Description:  Biography of Terry Nation, the Welsh screenwriter best known (as the book title suggests) as the writer who created the Daleks for the fledgling Doctor Who series in 1963. Also available as an audio reading.

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Edition: UK (hardback)
Released:  April 2011
Publisher:  Aurum Press
ISBN:978-1-84513-609-3
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Terry Nation was one of the most successful and prolific writers for television that Britain ever produced. Survivors, his vision of a post-apocalyptic England, so haunted audiences in the Seventies that the BBC revived it over thirty years on. Blake’s 7, constantly rumoured for return, endures as a cult sci-fi classic. And his most fearsome creations, the Daleks, ensured and at times eclipsed the success of Doctor Who.

Indeed, almost half a century after their first appearance, new additions to Dalek mythology continue to top the Saturday-night ratings, while the word itself has entered the Oxford English Dictionary, passing into the language as the name of the most famous race of aliens in fiction.

But while his genocidal pepper pots brought him notoriety and riches, Nation played a much wider role in British broadcasting’s golden age. As part of the legendary Associated London Scripts, he wrote for Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd and an increasingly troubled Tony Hancock. And as one of the key figures behind the adventure series of the Sixties — including The Avengers, The Saint and The Persuaders! — he turned the pulp classics of his boyhood into a major British export.

Like Arthur Conan Doyle before him, Nation was frequently bemused by the appeal of his most famous creations, and similarly cavalier toward them. Now, The Man Who Invented the Daleks explores their curious and contested origins, and sheds light on a strange world of ambitious young writers, producers and performers without whom British culture today would look very different.

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Title:  Terry Nation: The Man Who Invented the Daleks
Released:  January 2013
Publisher:  Aurum Press
ISBN:978-1-78131-041-0
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‘From classic ‘60s spy capers to Tony Hancock, it’s a window into a world long gone’ TIME OUT

‘An utter delight’ DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE

‘Highly enjoyable’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘An incisive social history of British TV’s golden age’ THE WORD

Terry Nation was one of the most successful and prolific writers for television that Britain has ever produced. Survivors, his vision of a post-apocalyptic England, so haunted audiences in the 1970s that the BBC revived it over thirty years on; Blake’s 7, constantly rumoured for return, endures as a cult sci-fi classic; and his most fearsome creations, the Daleks, continue to top the Saturday-night ratings, half a century after their first appearance.

Now, acclaimed cultural historian Alwyn W. Turner explores the curious and contested origins of Doctor Who’s genocidal pepper pots, and sheds light on a bygone world of ambitious young writers, producers and performers without whom British culture today would look very different.

‘The book can’t be faulted. Doctor Who wonks will lap it up’
ROGER LEWIS, DAILY MAIL


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