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|image=Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia.jpg
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|writer= [[Jason Loborik]], [[Annabel Gibson]] & [[Moray Laing]]
|writer = [[Jason Loborik]], [[Annabel Gibson]] & [[Moray Laing]]
|publisher= Dorling Kindersley
|publisher = Dorling Kindersley
|release date=  [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|release date=  [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|format= 212 paged book
|format = 212 paged book
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-4093-2571-0
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4093-2571-0
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|next=Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition)
|next = Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition)
}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a fully illustrated reference book by [[Jason Loborik]], [[Annabel Gibson]] & [[Moray Laing]]. It covers characters featured in the series' nearly fifty years of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', from "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]" airing in 1963 to ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'' in 2012.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a fully illustrated reference book by [[Jason Loborik]], [[Annabel Gibson]] & [[Moray Laing]]. It covers characters featured in the series' nearly fifty years of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', from "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]" airing in 1963 to ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'' in 2012.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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** [[Adipose]]
** [[Adipose]]
** [[Aggedor]]
** [[Aggedor]]
** [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|The Alliance]]
** [[Pandorica Alliance|The Alliance]]
** [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
** [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
** [[Atraxi]]
** [[Atraxi]]
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** [[Draconian]]s
** [[Draconian]]s
** [[Eknodine]]s
** [[Eknodine]]s
** [[Face of Boe]]
** The [[Face of Boe]]
** [[Family of Blood]]
** The [[Family of Blood]]
** [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|The Flood]]
** [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|The Flood]]
** [[Gelth]]
** [[Gelth]]
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** [[Plasmavore]]s
** [[Plasmavore]]s
** [[Prisoner Zero]]
** [[Prisoner Zero]]
** [[Pyrovile]]
** [[Pyrovile]]s
** [[Racnoss]]
** [[Racnoss]]
** [[Reaper]]s
** [[Reaper]]s
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** [[Sisters of Plenitude]]
** [[Sisters of Plenitude]]
** [[Slitheen]]
** [[Slitheen]]
** [[Sontaran]]s
** [[Sontaran]]
** [[Sutekh]] the Destroyer
** [[Sutekh]] the Destroyer
** [[Sycorax]]
** [[Sycorax]]
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** [[Wooden King|Woodland King]] and [[Wooden Queen|Queen]]
** [[Wooden King|Woodland King]] and [[Wooden Queen|Queen]]
** [[Zarbi]]
** [[Zarbi]]
** [[Zygon]]
** [[Zygon]]s
* [[Companion]]s
* [[Companion]]s
** [[Ace]]
** [[Ace]]
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** [[Barbara Wright]]
** [[Barbara Wright]]
** [[Ben Jackson]]
** [[Ben Jackson]]
** Bill Potts
** [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
** [[Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
** Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
** Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
** Captain [[Mike Yates]]
** Captain [[Mike Yates]]
** [[Clara Oswald]]
** [[Clara Oswald|Clara]]
** [[Donna Noble]]
** [[Donna Noble]]
** [[Dodo Chaplet]]
** [[Dodo Chaplet]]
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** The [[Tenth Doctor]]
** The [[Tenth Doctor]]
** The [[Eleventh Doctor]]
** The [[Eleventh Doctor]]
** [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]]
** [[Jenny]]
** [[The Master]]
** [[The Master]]
** [[The Monk|Meddling Monk]]
** [[The Monk|Meddling Monk]]
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== Notable features ==
== Notable features ==
* Each page entry comprises an annotated isolated central image, with accompanying screenshots and photographic images, along with a Data File box detailing homeworld / origin, occupation, special attributes, and Doctors met.
* Each page entry comprises an annotated isolated central image, with accompanying screenshots and photographic images, along with a Data File box detailing homeworld / origin, occupation, special attributes, and Doctors met.
* [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Clara - the Impossible Girl]] is the most recent of entries, as she featured in ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', broadcast Christmas 2012.
* "Clara - the Impossible Girl" is the most recent of entries, as she featured in ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', broadcast Christmas 2012.
* This laminated hardback book was priced £12.99 (UK).
* This laminated hardback book was priced £12.99 (UK).


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* The table of contents features multiple errors:
* The table of contents features multiple errors:
** Adam Mitchell is listed before Ace despite the entries themselves being presented in the correct alphabetical order, though their respective page numbers are correct.
** Adam Mitchell is listed before Ace despite the entries themselves being presented in the correct alphabetical order, though their respective page numbers are correct.
** The entries for Futurekind and the Gangers are both listed as being on page 94, though this is only true of the latter entry.
*** Incidentally, the entry for Futurekind is actually located on page 93.
** The entry for the Movellans - a robotic species - is not listed, but appears on page 121.
** The entry for the Movellans - a robotic species - is not listed, but appears on page 121.


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Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia was a fully illustrated reference book by Jason Loborik, Annabel Gibson & Moray Laing. It covers characters featured in the series' nearly fifty years of Doctor Who, from "An Unearthly Child" airing in 1963 to The Snowmen in 2012.

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

Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia with all 11 Doctors and more than 200 friends and foes.

Meet all of the most important characters from the entire history of Doctor Who, including every Doctor and companion. Packed with fascinating facts and statistics for characters from the Abzorbaloff to the Zygons, and with large cut-out poses and stunning stills from the programme, this is the ultimate compendium of Doctor Who characters.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

The books covers a wealth of characters each given a full page spread with colour-coded pages denoting the subject's categories. Namely:

Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Each page entry comprises an annotated isolated central image, with accompanying screenshots and photographic images, along with a Data File box detailing homeworld / origin, occupation, special attributes, and Doctors met.
  • "Clara - the Impossible Girl" is the most recent of entries, as she featured in The Snowmen, broadcast Christmas 2012.
  • This laminated hardback book was priced £12.99 (UK).

Errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The table of contents features multiple errors:
    • Adam Mitchell is listed before Ace despite the entries themselves being presented in the correct alphabetical order, though their respective page numbers are correct.
    • The entries for Futurekind and the Gangers are both listed as being on page 94, though this is only true of the latter entry.
      • Incidentally, the entry for Futurekind is actually located on page 93.
    • The entry for the Movellans - a robotic species - is not listed, but appears on page 121.
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