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In-universe but non-narrative fiction, as discussed at [[Thread:282038]]. Although this is my own sandbox, feel free to help complete the list or rectify any errors. I do not own many of these books/sources and have had to gather information from their wiki pages, previews, summaries, reviews, and online listings, so there may be mistakes.
In-universe but non-narrative fiction, as discussed at [[Thread:282038]]. I hope that, upon the return of the forums, this will help us determine what might be newly considered valid. Some things might need individual consideration.
 
Although this is my own sandbox, feel free to help complete the list or rectify any errors. I do not own many of these books/sources and have had to gather information from their wiki pages, previews, summaries, reviews, and online listings, so there may be mistakes.


I have listed the following categories:
I have listed the following categories:
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== Presented as in-universe material ==
== Presented as in-universe material ==
* ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' (Partially, at least in the first edition? These two sections are probably narrative anyway. I'm fairly certain if this was published standalone, it would be valid. And we'd have to say the Doctor's real name is [[∂³Σx²]].)
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** ''The Trial of Doctor Who''
===Miscellaneous===
** ''The Travels of Doctor Who'' (I am not sure if these should be considered one story. They are listed separately in the table of contents, but are treated as the same thing.)
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* ''[[The Monsters]]''
* ''[[The Monsters]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]''
** ''[[Archive: A History of the Cyber Race]]'' (probably narrative)
** ''[[Archive: A History of the Cyber Race]]'' (probably narrative)
* ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' (also reprints features from Dalek annuals)
* ''[[The Secrets of the Tardis]]''
* ''[[The Secrets of the Tardis]]''
* ''[[The Brilliant Book 2011]]''
* ''[[The Brilliant Book 2011]]''
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** ''[[Welcome to Starship UK]]''
** ''[[Welcome to Starship UK]]''
** ''[[The Calvierri Academy]]''
** ''[[The Calvierri Academy]]''
** ''[[The Lodger's Who's Who]]''
** ''[[The Wedding of Amelia Pond and Rory Williams]]''
** ''[[The Wedding of Amelia Pond and Rory Williams]]''
** ''[[Do the Drunk Giraffe]]'' (...not sure exactly how this fits.)
** ''[[Do the Drunk Giraffe]]'' (...not sure exactly how this fits.)
* ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''
* ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''
** ''[[A Message From Madame Kovarian]]'' (likely fails Rule 4)
** ''[[It's You... but Disposable! (feature)|It's You... but Disposable!]]''
** ''[[Welcome, Traveller, to Sardicktown]]''
** ''[[Justice Dept. User Guides Vehicle 6018 Teselecta (feature)|Justice Dept. User Guides Vehicle 6018 Teselecta]]''
** ''[[Waving Through Time]]'' (perhaps narrative)
** ''[[The True Voyages of Henry Avery]]''
** ''[[Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]]''
** ''[[It's You... but Disposable!]]''
** ''[[Justice Dept. User Guides Vehicle 6018 Teselecta]]''
** ''[[Twostreams (feature)|Twostreams]]''
** ''[[Twostreams (feature)|Twostreams]]''
** ''[[Handroid Cybernetic Industries]]''
** ''[[Handroid Cybernetic Industries (feature)|Handroid Cybernetic Industries]]''
** ''[[Sanderson & Grainger Application for Employment]]''
** ''[[The Doctor's Guide to Fashion (feature)|The Doctor's Guide to Fashion]]''
** ''[[The Doctor's Guide to Fashion]]''
* ''[[The Official Doctionary]]'' (possibly narrative?)
* ''[[The Official Doctionary]]'' (possibly narrative?)
* ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' (partially, see below)
* ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' (partially, there is a section for each Doctor divided between in-universe material relating to their adventures, some of which is narrative, and then a separate "Behind the Scenes" section. The way to handle this in the first place [[Talk:The Doctor: His Lives and Times|needs further discussion]].)
* ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' (possibly narrative?)
* ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' (possibly narrative?)
* ''[[TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual]]'' (arguably narrative)
* ''[[TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual]]'' (arguably narrative)
* ''[[The Monster Vault]]'' (presented by the Doctor as info from the TARDIS data banks, only real world info is a header for each monster saying their creator and appearances)
* ''[[The Monster Vault]]'' (presented by the Doctor as info from the TARDIS data banks, only real world info is a header for each monster saying their creator and appearances)
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=== ''Doctor Who'' Annuals ===
=== ''Doctor Who'' Annuals ===
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* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1968]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1968]]''
** ''[[Test from Tardis]]'' (A strange case— it's a crossword puzzle, but it says the Doctor created it for himself and the companions, and includes in-universe clues, not unlike the puzzles in contemporary annuals... I'm at least listing it.)
** ''[[Test from Tardis]]'' (A strange case— it's a crossword puzzle, but it says the Doctor created it for himself and the companions, and includes in-universe clues, not unlike the puzzles in contemporary annuals... I'm at least listing it.)
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** ''[[Fantastic Friends]]'' (something Clara wrote. Possibly narrative?)
** ''[[Fantastic Friends]]'' (something Clara wrote. Possibly narrative?)
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2018]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2018]]''
** ''[[Rooms to Rent!]]'' (might fail rule 4)
** ''[[Rooms to Rent! (feature)|Rooms to Rent!]]'' (might fail rule 4)
** ''[[The Twelfth Doctor's Best Bits]]''
** ''[[The Twelfth Doctor's Best Bits (feature)|The Twelfth Doctor's Best Bits]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2020]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2020]]''
** ''[[Time Lord Matrix (game)|Time Lord Matrix]]'' (Another crossword, supposed to be part of [[the Matrix]].)
** ''[[Time Lord Matrix (game)|Time Lord Matrix]]'' (Another crossword, supposed to be part of [[the Matrix]].)
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** ''[[The Dalek Survival Guide]]''
** ''[[The Dalek Survival Guide]]''
** ''[[Top Five Creatures Who Just Won't Quit]]''
** ''[[Top Five Creatures Who Just Won't Quit]]''
** ''[[Meet the Doctor]]'' (fails rule 4)
** ''[[Meet the Doctor (feature)|Meet the Doctor]]'' (fails rule 4)
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=== Dalek Books ===
=== Dalek Books ===
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* ''[[The Dalek Book]]''
* ''[[The Dalek Book]]''
** ''[[The Dalekode]]'' (this is almost certainly not in-universe but I'm including it just in case)
** ''[[The Dalekode]]'' (this is almost certainly not in-universe but I'm including it just in case)
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** ''[[Strange to Tell... According to the Daleks (comic story)|Strange to Tell... According to the Daleks]]''
** ''[[Strange to Tell... According to the Daleks (comic story)|Strange to Tell... According to the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]''
* ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]''
** ''[[The Evolution of the Planet Skaro]]''
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]''
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]''
** ''[[Mark 7 Humanoid Robot]]''
** ''[[Mark 7 Humanoid Robot]]''
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** ''[[ADF Aptitude Test]]''
** ''[[ADF Aptitude Test]]''
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]''
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]''
** ''[[Inside a Dalek]]''
** ''[[Inside a Dalek (feature)|Inside a Dalek]]''
** Illustration of Skaro
** Illustration of Skaro
* ''[[The Dalek Pocketbook and Space Travellers Guide]]'' (reprints above features from Dalek annuals)
* ''[[The Dalek Pocketbook and Space Travellers Guide]]'' (reprints above features from Dalek annuals)
** Note: I just discovered it actually adds on to them, in particular ''[[The Dalek Dictionary]]''... also has an introduction and "interview" with [[Terry Nation]], but he and the interviewer speak as if they live in the DWU (e.g. Nation found and translated texts from Skaro, "our galaxy", "you may meet a Dalek", etc.)
** Note: I just discovered it actually adds on to them, in particular ''[[The Dalek Dictionary]]''... also has an introduction and "interview" with [[Terry Nation]], but he and the interviewer speak as if they live in the DWU (e.g. Nation found and translated texts from Skaro, "our galaxy", "you may meet a Dalek", etc.)
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=== In-universe websites ===
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These may need separate consideration as a discussion was already had at [[Thread:121084]].
* ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]''
** ''[[UNIT Conferences (feature)|UNIT Conferences]]''
** ''[[UNIT Publications (feature)|UNIT Publications]]''
** ''[[UNIT News (feature)|UNIT News]]''
** ''[[Secure Login (feature)|Secure Login]]''
** ''[[Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use (feature)|Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use]]''
** ''[[Untitled (U.N.I.T. website video game)|Untitled]]''
* ''[[GEOCOMTEX (tie-in website)|GEOCOMTEX]]''
* [[Torchwood website]]
* ''[[Torchwood House (tie-in website)|Torchwood House]]''
* ''[[Cybus (tie-in website)|Cybus]]''
** ''[[About Cybus (feature)|About Cybus]]''
** ''[[Our Family (feature)|Our Family]]''
** ''[[EarPod (feature)|EarPod]]''
** ''[[The Pod (feature)|The Pod]]''
* ''[[Vote Saxon (tie-in website)|Vote Saxon]]''
** ''[[How will you be voting on Election Day? (feature)|How will you be voting on Election Day?]]''
* ''[[Harold Saxon (tie-in website)|Harold Saxon]]''
* A bunch more very obscure tie-in websites I don't entirely understand, and aren't functional anymore. We don't have pages for them… yet. They can be visited on the Wayback Machine but don't completely work. See [http://web.archive.org/web/20160917082942/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_tie-in_websites this old list from Wikipedia].
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== In-universe perspective ==
== In-universe perspective ==
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===Miscellaneous===
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* ''[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]''
* ''[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]''
* ''[[The Second Doctor Who Monster Book]]''
* ''[[The Second Doctor Who Monster Book]]''
* ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' (might be narrative?)
* ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' (might be narrative?)
* ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' (partially; might be narrative?)  
* ''[[The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures]]'' (partially; might be narrative?)  
* ''[[Free-Fall Warriors (feature)|Free-Fall Warriors]]''
* ''[[:Category:Doctor Who Handbooks|Doctor Who The Handbook]]'' (partially, the Forewords are all narrative short stories and should definitely be valid.)
* ''[[:Category:Doctor Who Handbooks|Doctor Who The Handbook]]'' (partially, the Forewords are all narrative short stories and should definitely be valid.)
* ''[[Doctor Who Poster Magazine]]'' (The first part is in-universe perspective, split into sections, some of which are narrative and some of which are not. The narrative sections are currently short stories but it seems to me the entire first part of each issue is its own feature.)
* ''[[Doctor Who Poster Magazine]]'' (The first part is in-universe perspective, split into sections, some of which are narrative and some of which are not. The narrative sections are currently short stories but it seems to me the entire first part of each issue is its own feature.)
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* ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]''
* ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Files]]'' (all fiction, includes features and stories)
* ''[[Doctor Who Files]]'' (all fiction, includes features and stories)
* ''[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]'' (apparently you build an encyclopedia from these files)
** [[The Doctor (DWDVDF feature)|The Doctor]]
** [[Allies (DWDVDF feature)|Allies]]
** [[Enemies (DWDVDF feature)|Enemies]]
** [[Technology (DWDVDF feature)|Technology]]
** [[Flashbacks (DWDVDF feature)|Flashbacks]] (some of these seem kind of narrative albeit extremely short...)
** [[Who on Earth (DWDVDF feature)|Who on Earth]]
** [[Alien Worlds (DWDVDF feature)|Alien Worlds]]
* ''[[The TARDIS Handbook]]'' (completely in-universe aside from boxes on the side that say what episode's events are being referred to)
* ''[[The TARDIS Handbook]]'' (completely in-universe aside from boxes on the side that say what episode's events are being referred to)
* ''[[The Dalek Handbook]]'' (partially)
* ''[[The Dalek Handbook]]'' (partially)
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* ''[[The Women Who Lived (reference book)|The Women Who Lived]]'' (in-universe but has real world "infoboxes")
* ''[[The Women Who Lived (reference book)|The Women Who Lived]]'' (in-universe but has real world "infoboxes")
* ''[[And Introducing...]]''
* ''[[And Introducing...]]''
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=== ''Doctor Who'' Annuals ===
=== ''Doctor Who'' Annuals ===
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* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1966]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1966]]''
** ''[[Who is Dr Who? (short story)|Who is Dr Who?]]'' (currently a story, I don't think it is narrative)
** ''[[Who is Dr Who? (short story)|Who is Dr Who?]]'' (currently a story, I don't think it is narrative)
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** ''[[The Sonic Screwdriver]]''
** ''[[The Sonic Screwdriver]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]''
** ''[[TARDIS Teaser]]'' (which is apparently a narrative game, but is invalid just because it doesn't fit with continuity...? But I'm leaving it here)
** ''[[TARDIS Teaser (game)|TARDIS Teaser]]'' (which is apparently a narrative game, but is invalid just because it doesn't fit with continuity...? But I'm leaving it here)
** ''[[Inside the TARDIS (feature)|Inside the TARDIS]]''
** ''[[Inside the TARDIS (feature)|Inside the TARDIS]]''
** ''[[The Van Statten Code]]''
** ''[[The Van Statten Code (game)|The Van Statten Code]]''
** ''[[UNIT Initiation Test (game)|UNIT Initiation Test]]''
** ''[[UNIT Initiation Test (game)|UNIT Initiation Test]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]''
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** ''[[Alien Armies (feature)|Alien Armies]]''
** ''[[Alien Armies (feature)|Alien Armies]]''
** ''[[The Doctor and... Captain Jack]]''
** ''[[The Doctor and... Captain Jack]]''
** ''[[Time Lord Technology]]''
** ''[[Time Lord Technology (feature)|Time Lord Technology]]''
** ''[[Davros Detected!]]'' (maybe, probably not)
** ''[[Davros Detected!]]'' (maybe, probably not)
** ''[[Spellbreaker!]]'' (?)
** ''[[Spellbreaker!]]'' (?)
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* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]''
** ''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2021 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]''
** ''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2021 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]''
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=== ''Doctor Who: Battles in Time''===
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*TBA. These are confusing.
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== In-universe perspective, but cites sources ==
== In-universe perspective, but cites sources ==
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* ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]''
* ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]''
* ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: L-R]]''
* ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: L-R]]''
* ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' (partially)
* ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'' ([[History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)|partially]])
* ''[[The Universal Databank]]'' (partially)
* ''[[The Universal Databank]]'' (partially)
* ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (reference book)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''
* ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (reference book)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' (narrative)
* ''[[A History of the Universe]]''
* ''[[AHistory]]'' (narrative; possibly unlicensed if considered as a work of fiction)
* ''[[AHistory]]''
* ''[[Lost in Time and Space: An Unofficial Guide to the Uncharted Journeys of Doctor Who]]'' (possibly unlicensed if considered as a work of fiction)?
* ''[[Lost in Time and Space: An Unofficial Guide to the Uncharted Journeys of Doctor Who]]''
* ''[[A Probable History of the Daleks]]'' ([[DW84 9]]) (narrative, but flows directly from an opening paragraph which acknowledges real-world elements in-text)
* ''[[A Probable History of the Daleks]]'' ([[DW84 9]])
* ''[[A Probable History of the Cybermen]]'' ([[DW84 10]]) (narrative, but flows directly from an opening paragraph which acknowledges real-world elements in-text)
* ''[[A Probable History of the Cybermen]]''([[DW84 10]])
* ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]''
* ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]''


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* ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' 2nd edition
* ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' 2nd edition
* ''[[TARDIS Manual (activity book)|TARDIS Manual]]''
* ''[[TARDIS Manual (activity book)|TARDIS Manual]]''
* ''[[Classified!]]''
* ''[[Classified!]]'' (While there is some non-narrative information, it can be grouped with the narrative bits with ease.)
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2019]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2019]]''
** This one's pretty unusual and I'm not sure it should be handled. Narratives, features, and games are all mixed up combined and there are hints of fourth-wall breaks.
** This one's pretty unusual and I'm not sure it should be handled. Narratives, features, and games are all mixed up combined and there are hints of fourth-wall breaks.
* ''[[The Book of Lists]]'' (has a "Narrative" section for in-universe facts but I'm not sure how it's written)
* ''[[The Book of Lists]]'' (has a "Narrative" section for in-universe facts but I'm not sure how it's written)
* ''[[The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic (short story)|The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic]]'' (currently being discussed in [[Thread:280332]])
* ''[[The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic (short story)|The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic]]'' (currently being discussed in [[Thread:280332]])
* ''[[Faction Armour: Some Design Notes (short story)| Some Design Notes]]? Unsure.

Latest revision as of 19:51, 17 September 2023

In-universe but non-narrative fiction, as discussed at Thread:282038. I hope that, upon the return of the forums, this will help us determine what might be newly considered valid. Some things might need individual consideration.

Although this is my own sandbox, feel free to help complete the list or rectify any errors. I do not own many of these books/sources and have had to gather information from their wiki pages, previews, summaries, reviews, and online listings, so there may be mistakes.

I have listed the following categories:

  • Presented as in-universe material, where the material is portrayed as actually existing within the DWU;
  • In-universe perspective, where there is an omniscient "narrator" stating things as fact, but not an actual narrative;
  • In-universe perspective but cites sources, same as above but facts are attributed to the story they originate from;
  • Unsure, where either the interpretation as to which above category the material should belong to is contentious, or where I know the material exists but have not yet seen enough of it to discern which category it belongs in.

Additional note: Some "features", as labelled in the annuals, are actually narrative, and so are not listed here. (e.g. Problem of the Painted Planet)

Presented as in-universe material[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dalek Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

In-universe websites[[edit] | [edit source]]

These may need separate consideration as a discussion was already had at Thread:121084.

In-universe perspective[[edit] | [edit source]]

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Battles in Time[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • TBA. These are confusing.

In-universe perspective, but cites sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

Unsure[[edit] | [edit source]]

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