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== Subject matter ==
== Subject matter ==
* A definitive guide to every reference from [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' right up to ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s and the animated episode ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''.
* A definitive guide to every reference from [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' right up to ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s and the animated episode ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''.


== Notable features ==
== Notable features ==
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== 2011 Update ==
== 2011 Update ==
* A new revision was released on October 13, 2011, with entries now covering [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' to ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s, the Prequels, [[The Adventure Games]] and the animated episodes ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
* A new revision was released on October 13, 2011, with entries now covering [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' to ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s, the Prequels, [[The Adventure Games]] and the animated episodes ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 21:58, 16 September 2012

This is a work of non-fiction.

Unlike other fictional universes, the Doctor Who universe is created solely by fiction. To us, this is not a valid source. Information from this source can only be used in "behind the scenes" sections, or on pages about real world topics.

Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book) was an alphabetical list of everything in the first three years of televised Doctor Who after its revival. It included references from all episodes from the first three series, including the Christmas specials. It also included the Tardisodes of Series 2, the animated story, The Infinite Quest and the prologue to 42.

Publisher's summary

There's no need to search Time and Space – it's all right here. From Autons to Anne Droid, from Cat Nuns to Canary Wharf, from the Moon to The Master... everything you need to know about everything you didn’t know you needed to know about Doctor Who.

Subject matter

Notable features

  • 1,700 entries and 90,000 words
  • Gary Russell’s introduction includes a list of possible entries for a second edition, most likely teases as they are deemed worthy of inclusion.

2011 Update

Notes

  • In Doctor Who Magazine Issue 388, Russell T. Davies in his regular page discusses the entry Cruciform. Gary had assumed from the Master’s words, “ I was there when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Cruciform,” that it had occurred on Gallifrey because of the context. Russell T. Davies was clear in his own mind that it wasn’t, that the Cruciform was “more terrible than I can say, of a scale and ferocity that’s absolutely untransmittable on prime-time”, a larger part of the “disgusting, horrific, temporal hell” that was the Time War. As the encyclopaedia has a status as an official BBC books, sanctioned by the production office, the proposed entry would have become a fact, with its Gallifreyian reference. The entry was amended by Gary, leaving further scope for expansion of the Cruciform at some stage.
  • This non-jacketed hardback with a photographic cover was priced £14.99 (UK).

Errors

  • Milton Ager is misspelled as Milton Agar.
  • Barcelona is referred to as the capital city of Spain.

Credits

See also