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'''{{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}}''' is the only infobox you'll ever need for any type of story.  It takes all variables from all different types of story, regardless of medium or subject matter.  If it's a story, just use this template.
== Usage ==
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Because this template can be adapted to several different types of story, you'll need to click one of the links below to see how to use it.

* [[/doc/TV story|TV story]]
* [[/doc/audio story|audio story]]
* [[/doc/comic story|comic story]]
* [[/doc/short story|short story]]
* [[/doc/novel|novel]]
* [[/doc/stage play|stage play]]
* [[/doc/video game|video game]]

== Standalone stories ==
In a few exceptional cases, stories are completely standalone.  Video games, for instance, are often released in isolation.  The very first ''Doctor Who'' prose story, ''[[Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space]]'' wasn't a part of any series, nor was the short story, ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]''.

If you encounter such a story, just don't put anything in the prev or next fields. The navigation will simply disappear.

== Navigation ==
Navigation between stories has been improved significantly with this template.  It now allows for a more flexible approach.  Instead of just one "navigational axis" — release order — you can now navigate by an additional two user-defined navigational axes, as well as by production order.

Here are the new variables, which can be used with ''any'' story type:
{{Infobox Story
|series=series
|prev=prev
|next=next
|series2=series2
|prev2=prev2
|next2=next2
|series3=series3
|next3=next3
|prev3=prev3
|made next=made next
|made prev=made prev
}}
<pre>
|series    =  
|prev      = 
|next      =
|series2   =
|prev2     =
|next2     =
|series3   = 
|prev3     =
|next3     =
|made prev =
|made next =
</pre>
* If there is no previous or next story in a series, simply don't put anything in {{{prev}}} or {{{next}}}, as appropriate. '''Please don't put "none"''' -- just don't put ''anything''. See ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'' for an example. 
*By convention, if the production and broadcast order are the same, then there is no need to define {{{made prev}}} and {{{made next}}}.  The exception is when one of the the two directions is the same.  For instance, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' has no preceding broadcast story, so {{{prev}}} is blank. But because it does have a {{{made prev}}} — that is, [[The Pilot Episode]], you should go ahead and fill in {{{made next}}} with ''[[The Daleks (TV story)]]''.  Note, however, that ''The Daleks'' itself has no production order defined, because it's the same as the broadcast order, which is true throughout the [[1960]]s and much of the [[Jon Pertwee]] era.  If you'd like to get a feel for how this production order works, go to a complicated period.  Start with ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', and work your way through to ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.
* Flowing from the above, '''if you define a previous variable, you must also define the next variable in that series (or vice versa)'''.  All prev/next variables must be balanced''' -- except when the infobox is on the page on the first or last story in a series.
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