Adventures in Time, Space and Television

Sat Jun 06 2026 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC+01:00

Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub | York

York Festival of Ideas
Publisher/HostYork Festival of Ideas
Adventures in Time, Space and Television
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Biographer Simon Guerrier shares legacies of Doctor Who giants David Whitaker and Terrance Dicks, with exclusive University of York archives
About this Event

Speakers: Simon Guerrier and Gary Brannan

Discover the remarkable legacies of David Whitaker and Terrance Dicks - two giants of Doctor Who and British popular culture.

From Whitaker’s shaping of the show’s earliest years to Dicks’ beloved scripts and over 230 children’s books, biographer Simon Guerrier will explore how their words inspired generations of readers and viewers.

Our exploration of time, space and television features exclusive insights into their work from their own archives at the Borthwick Institute for Archives with Gary Brannan, Keeper of Archives and Research Collections at the University of York.

Book sales

You can buy copies of many of our speakers’ books from Fox Lane Books, a local independent bookseller and Festival partner. In some cases, author signed bookplates are available too.

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

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Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, York, United Kingdom

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