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Terry Nation

Born

in Cardiff, Wales, The United Kingdom

August 08, 1930

Died

March 09, 1997

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Terry Nation was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. After briefly joining his father's furniture-making business and attempting stand-up comedy, Nation turned his hand to writing and worked on radio scripts for The Goon Show and a range of TV dramas such as The Saint, The Avengers, Z Cars, The Baron, The Champions, Department S and The Persuaders. He went on to write about 100 episodes of Doctor Who and wrote scripts for the American TV series MacGyver (1985) and A Fine Romance (1989).

He is probably best known for creating iconic villains the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Nation also created two science-fiction shows - Survivors and Blake's 7.

Terry Nation moved to Los Angeles, California, United S ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 2,466 ratings · 342 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Survivors 3.75 avg rating — 976 ratings — published 1975 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebecca's World by Terry Nation, Larry Learmonth (Illustrator) 4.47 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan by Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner, Peter Purves (Narrator) 3.95 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks and Exploration Earth by Terry Nation, Bernard Venables 3.71 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dalek Book by Terry Nation, David Whitaker, Richard Jennings (Illustrator) 3.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daleks: The Destroyers 3.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Daleks! Genesis of Terror by Terry Nation, Simon Guerrier (Additional Dialogue), Philip Hinchcliff (Interviewee) 2.48 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dalek World by Terry Nation, David Whitaker 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daleks by Terry Nation, John McElroy (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks by Terry Nation, Tom Baker (Reading), Elisabeth Sladen (Reading) 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dalek Audio Annual (3 books)
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Terry Nation,

Nicholas Briggs (Narrator),

Terry Molloy (Narrator),

Jon Culshaw (Narrator),

Stephen Pacey (Narrator)

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Quotes by Terry Nation (?)

“Gan : You're never involved, are you Avon? Have you ever cared for anyone?

Vila : ...Except yourself?

Avon : I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed why it should be necessary to prove it - *at all*.

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- Blake's 7”
― Terry Nation

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“Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.”
― Terry Nation

tags: courage, doctor-who

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