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|image = DoctorWhoTheWhoniverse.jpg
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|writer = [[Justin Richards]], [[George Mann]]
|writer = George Mann, Justin Richards
|publisher = Harper Design
|publisher = BBC Books
|release date = [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date = 25 October 2016
|format = 320 pages, hardcover
|format = Hardback, 320 pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-0-06-247020-1
|isbn = ISBN 978-0-06-247020-1
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|trailer = The Whoniverse - Doctor Who
|trailer = The Whoniverse - Doctor Who
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[2016 (releases)|2016]] reference book describing [[human]] history in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[2016 (releases)|2016]] book that described [[human]] history in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] from the point of view of an [[Book (The Whoniverse)|in-universe publication]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Complete with full-color illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts, the definitive, essential companion to [[Doctor Who universe|the Doctor's world]]—and many more.
Complete with full-colour illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts, the definitive, essential companion to [[Doctor Who universe|the Doctor's world]]—and many more.


''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' is a never-before-seen history of the [[Human|Human Race]]—from the formation of the [[Earth]] around the [[Racnoss]] eggs, and the creation of [[life]] by the destruction of the last [[Jagaroth]] spaceship, through to the eventual expansion of the [[sun]] and end of the world and beyond to the [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], and [[Utopia (Utopia)|Utopia]].
''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' is a never-before-seen history of the [[Human|Human Race]]—from the formation of the [[Earth]] around the [[Racnoss]] eggs, and the creation of [[life]] by the destruction of the last [[Jagaroth]] spaceship, through to the eventual expansion of the [[sun]] and end of the world and beyond to the [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]], and [[Utopia (Utopia)|Utopia]].
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Along the way, the book explores the untold histories of other [[planet]]s and other lifeforms as they have interacted with humanity. We examine the [[Dalek]]s and [[Cybermen]], the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s, the [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Weeping Angel]]s, and many, many more. Additionally, we visit [[Gallifrey]] and [[Skaro]], [[Mondas]] and [[Telos]], [[Mars]] and [[Sontar]].
Along the way, the book explores the untold histories of other [[planet]]s and other lifeforms as they have interacted with humanity. We examine the [[Dalek]]s and [[Cybermen]], the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s, the [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Weeping Angel]]s, and many, many more. Additionally, we visit [[Gallifrey]] and [[Skaro]], [[Mondas]] and [[Telos]], [[Mars]] and [[Sontar]].


Filled with full-color illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts throughout, ''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' is a treasury of accumulated knowledge, scholarly erudition and accumulated folk wisdom from the worlds of ''Doctor Who''.
Filled with full-colour illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts throughout, ''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' is a treasury of accumulated knowledge, scholarly erudition and accumulated folk wisdom from the worlds of ''Doctor Who''.


''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' explores:
''Doctor Who: The Whoniverse'' explores:
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* The [[UNIT]] Era—[[Earth]] under attack from alien invasions;
* The [[UNIT]] Era—[[Earth]] under attack from alien invasions;
* The Cyberwars—[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]] and [[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]];
* The Cyberwars—[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]] and [[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]];
Earth's Galactic Empire—Starting in present day through the rise of [[Earth Empire|Earth's Empire]] as seen in [[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]];
* Earth's Galactic Empire—Starting in present day through the rise of [[Earth Empire|Earth's Empire]] as seen in [[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]];
* And much more!
* And much more!
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''


== Contents ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Notable features ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The ''[[Terminus]]'' is once again theorised to have been the cause for [[Event One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')
* The first use of the [[Hand of Omega]] was to force a star near to [[Gallifrey]] to go nova. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]]'s attempt to avert the [[creation of the Daleks]] is seen as the first act of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquests]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Daleks (webcast)|Monster File: Daleks]]'')
* When [[Davros]] was a boy, he got lost in a field of [[handmine]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') and eventually had his body destroyed in an accident. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Up Above the Gods (comic story)|Up Above the Gods]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'', ''[[Corruption (audio story)|Corruption]]'') He began using his chair as a life support to prevent further accidents. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'')
* [[Rassilon]] exiles the [[War Doctor]] after the [[Battle for the Tantalus Eye]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'')
* The book postulates that Skaro as seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' / ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'' is not the original Skaro but another world that had been [[Geo-forming|geo-formed]] to resemble the Daleks' ancestral home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'')
 
== External links ==
* {{Penguin|1111173/doctor-who-the-whoniverse/}}
* [https://bobbyandco.com/the-whoniverse Bobby&Co Book Design]


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You may wish to consult The Whoniverse (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The Whoniverse was a 2016 book that described human history in the Doctor Who universe from the point of view of an in-universe publication.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Complete with full-colour illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts, the definitive, essential companion to the Doctor's world—and many more.

Doctor Who: The Whoniverse is a never-before-seen history of the Human Race—from the formation of the Earth around the Racnoss eggs, and the creation of life by the destruction of the last Jagaroth spaceship, through to the eventual expansion of the sun and end of the world and beyond to the New Earth, and Utopia.

Along the way, the book explores the untold histories of other planets and other lifeforms as they have interacted with humanity. We examine the Daleks and Cybermen, the Time Lords and the Sontarans, the Ice Warriors, Silurians, Weeping Angels, and many, many more. Additionally, we visit Gallifrey and Skaro, Mondas and Telos, Mars and Sontar.

Filled with full-colour illustrations, maps, charts, and artefacts throughout, Doctor Who: The Whoniverse is a treasury of accumulated knowledge, scholarly erudition and accumulated folk wisdom from the worlds of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who: The Whoniverse explores:

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]