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The TARDIS Doctor Who wiki's '''point of view''' ('''POV''') is that of a character inside the [[Doctor Who Universe]] (a.k.a. Whoniverse).

The ''only'' exceptions to this rule are articles about the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise and production (eg. articles on tv series, books, comics, actors, staff, etc.), which naturally are not part of the ''Doctor Who'' universe. All other articles should be written as if the described person/object/etc. actually exists, exactly like a normal encyclopaedia. Think of this wiki as an encyclopaedia that ''exists'' in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. All articles should be written from a 'past tense' point of view (except those relating to real people, who do not need to be written in the past tense form).

==Examples==
Instead of
:"...Liz Shaw is a fictional character in the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction]] [[television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''..."

Use
:"...[[Liz Shaw]] was a [[companion]] of [[the Doctor]]'s [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] during the early part of his exile on [[Earth]]..."

==Specific policies==
===Undisclosed information===
There are some cases in ''Doctor Who'' stories in which it was made clear that certain information is highly 
classified, or entirely unknown due to memory wipes or similar plot twists. While in theory these things are not known to anyone within the ''Doctor Who'' universe, this wiki's POV is "all-knowing", just like the television viewer.

===Speculation===
This Wiki discourages "fixing" continuity mistakes by explaining them away or justifying them or otherwise "filling in the gaps".

==Related pages==

* [[Tardis:Manual of style|Manual of style]]


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