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|book name=Doctor Who – The Encyclopedia
|book name=Doctor Who – The Encyclopedia
|image=[[file:Enc1.jpg|250px]]
|image=[[File:Enc1.jpg|250px]]
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]
|release date= [[October]] [[2007]]
|release date= [[October]] [[2007]]
|format= hardback 192 fully illustrated pages
|format= hardback 192 fully illustrated pages
|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84-607291-8
|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84607-291-8
|previous release=
|previous release=
|next release= [[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011)]]
|next release= [[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011)]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' 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 [[Tardisode]]s of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]], the animated story, ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and the [[42 Prologue|prologue]]  to [[42 (TV story)|42]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' 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 [[Tardisode]]s of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]], the animated story, ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and the [[42 Prologue|prologue]]  to [[42 (TV story)|42]].


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
* Do you know what was playing on [[Lady Cassandra|Cassandra]]'s iPod?
* Do you know what was playing on [[Lady Cassandra|Cassandra]]'s iPod?
* What was the name of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s lost play?
* What was the name of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s lost play?
*Where were the [[Slitheen]] planning to hide a [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]]?
* Where were the [[Slitheen]] planning to hide a [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]]?


There's no need to search time and space – it's all right here. From [[Auton]]s to  [[Anne Droid]], from [[Sisters of Plenitude|Cat Nun]]s 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.
There's no need to search time and space – it's all right here. From [[Auton]]s to  [[Anne Droid]], from [[Sisters of Plenitude|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==
== Subject matter ==
* A definitive guide to every reference from [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' right up to ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''.
* A definitive guide to every reference from [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' right up to ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''.


==Notable features==
== Notable features ==
* 1,700 entries and 90,000 words
* 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.
* 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==
== Notes ==
* In [[DWM 388|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 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 amended by Gary, leaving further scope for expansion of the Cruciform at some stage.
* In [[DWM 388|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 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 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).
* This non-jacketed hardback with a photographic cover was priced £14.99 (UK).


==Errors==
== Errors ==
*Milton Ager is misspelled as [[Milton Agar]].
* Milton Ager is misspelled as [[Milton Agar]].
*[[Barcelona]] is referred to as the capital city of [[Spain]].
* [[Barcelona]] is referred to as the capital city of [[Spain]].


==Credits==
== Credits ==
*Commissioning Editor: [[Mathew Clayton]]
* Commissioning Editor: [[Mathew Clayton]]
*Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]]  
* Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]]  
*Designer: [[Stuart Manning]]  
* Designer: [[Stuart Manning]]  
*Acknowledgements: [[Andrew Pixley]], [[Edward Russell]], [[Matt Nicholls]], [[Mark Oliver]], [[John Roulston-Bates]], [[Nicholas Pegg]], [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], [[Peter Anghelides]], [[Joseph Lidster]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Cameron Fitch]] and [[Kari Speers]]. [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]].
* Acknowledgements: [[Andrew Pixley]], [[Edward Russell]], [[Matt Nicholls]], [[Mark Oliver]], [[John Roulston-Bates]], [[Nicholas Pegg]], [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], [[Peter Anghelides]], [[Joseph Lidster]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Cameron Fitch]] and [[Kari Speers]]. [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]].


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[Torchwood: The Encyclopedia]]
* [[Torchwood: The Encyclopedia]]
*[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]
* [[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]
*[[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]]


==External links==
== External links ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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Revision as of 23:41, 3 November 2011

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.

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 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 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

Credits

See also

External links

to be added


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