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==== Things broadly allowed by this rule ====
For simpler reading, [[tardis:valid sources|our valid sources page]] mainly concentrates on the things that aren't allowed as valid sources.  The following list is for people who like to look at the world in a more positive way.  Here then is a comprehensive, but probably not completely exhaustive list, of all the things you can use to write an [[in-universe]] article.
For people who like to have these things explicitly laid out, here's a list of ranges that we view as valid sources for in-universe articles:
 
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For simpler reading, our valid sources page mainly concentrates on the things that aren't allowed as valid sources. The following list is for people who like to look at the world in a more positive way. Here then is a comprehensive, but probably not completely exhaustive list, of all the things you can use to write an in-universe article.

Type Range Approved by Are there exceptions?
Audios AG, BBCR, SJAA, TWA and the one-off Doctor Who and the Pescatons the main rule No
BFA, BFBS, BFC, BFD, BFDE, BFG, BFSJS, BFU, CC the main rule no
BFIW Iris Wildthyme: should she stay or should she go? No
BBV Productions BBV and canon policy Many, as noted in detail here
Comics DWM, DWA, DWBIT, RT, IDW, TVC, TV21, DAN, PHS, DWAN comic stories the main rule No
Novels MA, NA, BNA, EDA, NSA, QR, TDL, TME, TC, TWN, TN, AK9 ranges, as well as any future ranges or individual books that bear the BBC logo the main rule No
PDA the main rule Generally no, but there are two exceptions
IWN Early Wildthyme books, Forum:Iris Wildthyme: should she stay or should she go? Generally no, but stories featuring the so-called "Phoenix Court" version of the character are disallowed.
Novelisations Target novelisations, SJA novelisations An amalgamation of:
this, this, and this discussion
No, but in the case of a conflict between the novelisation and the television story, only the television story is valid
Short stories DWM, BE, DAN, DWAN, ST, VD, IWN, Iris Wildthyme, Bernice Summerfield short stories the main rule No
Video DW, TW, SJA, K9TV, KAC television stories The original inclusion debates A few, as noted below
BBV Productions videos BBV and canon policy Many exceptions, as noted in detail here
Things original to Moffat-era home video releases Meanwhile in the TARDIS Not yet, but we only have the examples of Meanwhile in the TARDIS and Night and the Doctor