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|book name=Doctor Who | |book name=Doctor Who – The Encyclopedia | ||
|image= | |image=[[Image:DW_Encyclopedia.jpg|250px]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher= [[BBC Books]] | ||
|release date= [[2007]] | |release date= October [[2007]] | ||
|format= | |format= hardback 192 fully illustrated pages | ||
|isbn= | |isbn=ISBN 978-1-84-607291-8 | ||
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' | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
* Do you know what was playing on [[Cassandra]]’s iPod? | |||
* What was the name of [[Shakespeare]]’s lost play? | |||
*Where were the [[Slitheen]] planning to hide a [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]]?<br> | |||
There’s no need to search time and space – ot’s all right here. From [[Auton]]s to [[Anne Droid]], from [[Cat Nun]]s to [[Canary Wharf]], from [[Plasmavores]] to [[Pig Slaves]] … everything you need to know about everything you didn’t know you needed to know about Doctor Who. | |||
==Main Focus== | |||
* A definitive guide to every reference from Doctor Who ([[DW]]): [[Rose (TV story)]] right up to ([[DW]]): [[Last of the Time Lords]] | |||
==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. | |||
==Notes== | |||
* In [[DWM Issue 388|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 388]], Russell T. Davis 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. Davis 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 primetime”, a larger part of the “disgusting, horrific, temporal hell” that was the Time War. As the encyclopedia 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 ammended 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). | |||
==Credits== | |||
Commissioning Editor: [[Mathew Clayton]] | |||
Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]] (“wise and wonderful” | |||
Designer: [[Stuart Manning]] (“design god”) | |||
Acknowledgements: [[Andrew Pixle]], [[Edward Russell]], [[Matt Nicholls]], [[Mark Oliver]], [[John Roulston-Bates]], [[Nicholas Pegg]], [[Barnaby Edwards]], [[Peter Anghelides]], [[Joseph Lidster]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Cameron Fitch]] and [[Kari Speers]]. [[Russell T. Davis]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]]. | |||
==See Also== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
==External Links== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
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[[Category:Reference Books]] | |||
[[Category:Illustrated guides]] | [[Category:Illustrated guides]] | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 24 October 2007
Publisher's Summary
- Do you know what was playing on Cassandra’s iPod?
- What was the name of Shakespeare’s lost play?
- Where were the Slitheen planning to hide a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator?
There’s no need to search time and space – ot’s all right here. From Autons to Anne Droid, from Cat Nuns to Canary Wharf, from Plasmavores to Pig Slaves … everything you need to know about everything you didn’t know you needed to know about Doctor Who.
Main Focus
- A definitive guide to every reference from Doctor Who (DW): Rose (TV story) right up to (DW): Last of the Time Lords
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.
Notes
- In Doctor Who Magazine Issue 388, Russell T. Davis 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. Davis 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 primetime”, a larger part of the “disgusting, horrific, temporal hell” that was the Time War. As the encyclopedia 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 ammended 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).
Credits
Commissioning Editor: Mathew Clayton Project Editor: Steve Tribe (“wise and wonderful” Designer: Stuart Manning (“design god”) Acknowledgements: Andrew Pixle, Edward Russell, Matt Nicholls, Mark Oliver, John Roulston-Bates, Nicholas Pegg, Barnaby Edwards, Peter Anghelides, Joseph Lidster, Scott Handcock, Cameron Fitch and Kari Speers. Russell T. Davis, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson.
See Also
to be added
External Links
to be added
