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'''''Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia''''' is a reference book, as well as an interactive reference [[app]], about ''Doctor Who'' and its related programs.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Book version ==
* Do you know what was playing on [[Cassandra]]’s iPod?
The first version of the Encyclopedia was a reference book, containing 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 2005)|Series 2]], the animated story ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', and the [[42 Prologue (short story)|prologue]] to ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]''.
* 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 [[Sisters of Plenitude|Cat Nun]]s to [[Canary Wharf]], from [[Plasmavore]]s to [[Pig Slave]]s … everything you need to know about everything you didn’t know you needed to know about Doctor Who.


==Main Focus==
=== Publisher's summary (2007 edition) ===
* A definitive guide to every reference from Doctor Who ([[DW]]): [[Rose (TV story)]] right up to ([[DW]]): [[Last of the Time Lords]]
* Do you know what was playing on [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]]'s [[iPod]]?
* What was the name of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s lost play?
* Where were the [[Slitheen]] planning to hide a [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]]?


==Notable Features==
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 [[Plasmavore]]s to [[Pig slave|Pig Slaves]]... everything you need to know about everything you didn't know you needed to know about ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* 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==
=== Contents ===
* 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. 
* Introduction
* 1 ''[[0207 946000]] - [[Day Zero|8.02am]]''
* A ''[[ABBA]] - [[Axos|Axons]]''
* B ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to the Future]] - [[Owen Bywater|Bywater]]''
* C ''[[Dalek Caan|Caan, Dalek]] - [[Cyberman|The Cybermen]]''
* D ''[[D'Étiolles|d'Étiolles, Madame]] - [[Dynamite]]''
* E ''[[EarPod|Ear pods]] - [[Expelliarmus]]''
* F ''[[Family of Blood|Family of Blood, The]] - [[Futurekind]]''
* G ''[[Gaffabeque]] - [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]]''
* H ''[[H₂O scoop|H2O Scoop]] - [[Hyposlip Travel System]]s''
* I ''[[I Can't Decide|'I Can't Decide']] - [[ITV]]''
* J ''[[Jabe|Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe]] - [[Judoon captain (Smith and Jones)|Judoon Captain]]''
* K ''[[K37 Gem 5|K 37 Gem 5]] - [[Kyoto]]''
* L ''La Viva - [[Jeff Lynne|Lynne, Jeff]]''
* M ''[[M4]] - [[The Mystery of Edwin Drood|Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Blue Elementals, The]]''
* N ''Naming, the - [[Nurse (School Reunion)|Nurse [2]]]''
* O ''O'Connor, Des - [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen, Lady Cassandra]]''
* PQ ''[[Pa (Gridlock)|Pa]] - [[Quoldonity]]''
* R ''[[Racnoss]] - [[Ernest Rutherford|Rutherford, Ernest]]''
* S ''[[Sabre-Toothed Gorilla|Sabre-toothed gorillas]] - [[Sycoraxic]]''
* T ''[[Tainted Love|'Tainted Love']] - [[Rose Tyler]]''
* U ''[[Ultimate Upgrade™ project|Ultimate Upgrade]] - [[Utopia Project]]''
* V ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]] - Vulcan salute''
* W ''[[Wagner (School Reunion)|Wagner, Mr]] - Wristwatch''
* XYZ ''[[The X Factor|X-Factor, The]] - [[Yana|Professor Yana]]''
* Key to References
 
=== Notable features ===
* It covers the period from [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' - [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', including [[TV]]: ''[[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode]]s'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[42 Prologue (short story)|42 Prologue]]'', and the animated episode [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]''.
* The ''Key to References'' page places [[GAME]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', and [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''.
* More than 1,700 entries and over 90,000 words.
* Gary Russell's ''Introduction'' included a list of 26 possible entries for a second edition, most were teases for the then upcoming [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Christmas special]] and [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]]. They include:
** [[Adipose]]
** [[Bannakaffalatta]]
** [[Enid Blyton|Blyton, Enid]]
** Carravaggio, Daniel
** [[Century House (TV story)|Century House]]
** [[Chandrakala|Chandrakala, Miss]]
** [[Foss Street]]
** [[Steve Gray|Gray, Private]]
** ICAPS
** [[Rombus|Major Domo]]
** [[Noble Corporation|Noble Corporation PLC Limited - Intergalactic]]
** [[Passenger 57]]
** [[Astrid Peth|Peth, Astrid]]
** [[Cofelia|Rattigan, Mrs]]
** [[Red-eye|Red-Eye]]
** [[Century House (TV story)|Red Widow, the]]
** Scoles, Mr
** [[Sense Sphere|Sense-Sphere]]
** [[Sibylline Oracles]]
** [[Silicon Valley]]
** [[Skree|Skree, Lt.]]
** [[Spartacus]]
** Spectre Inspectre
** [[Sto]]
** [[Ada Mullins|Unicorn]]
** [[Vespiform]]
 
=== Notes ===
* In [[DWM 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.
* 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).
* In January 2014, the official website for [[Russell T Davies]]' book ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'' was discontinued, and the web domain redirected to that for the ''Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia'' app. After the app website's discontinuation, it instead redirected to Penguin Books' page for ''[[The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''.
=== Errors ===
* Milton Ager was misspelled as Milton Agar.
* [[Barcelona]] was referred to as the capital city of [[Spain]].
=== Credits ===
* Commissioning Editor: [[Mathew Clayton]]
* Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]]
* Designer: [[Stuart Manning]]
* Acknowledgements: [[Andrew Pixley]], [[Edward Russell]], [[Matt Nicholls]], [[Mark B. Oliver|Mark Oliver]], [[John Roulston-Bates]], [[Nicholas Pegg]], [[Barnaby Edwards]], [[Peter Anghelides]], [[Joseph Lidster]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Cameron Fitch]] and [[Kari Speers]]. [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]].
=== Publisher's summary (2011 edition) ===
* [[River Song]] still a riddle?
* Stumped by the stolen planets in the [[Medusa Cascade]]?
* Forgotten what happened in the timelines that never happened?
Look no further...
=== Contents ===
* Introduction
* A ''[[Abaddon]] - [[Azlok|Azlok, Lord Knight]]''
* B ''[[Babbington|Babbington, Lady]] - [[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]''
* C ''[[Dalek Caan|Caan, Dalek]] - [[Cynaps]]''
* D ''[[DaCosta|Da Costa]] - [[Dynamite]]''
* E ''[[Ealing]] - [[Eye of Harmony|Eye of Time, the]]''
* F ''[[Face of Boe|Face of Boe, the]] - [[Futurekind]]''
* G ''[[Hath Gable|Gable]] - [[Romany|Gypsies]]''
* H ''[[H₂O scoop|H2O Scoop]] - [[Hywel|Hywel, King of the Welsh]]''
* I ''[[I Can't Decide|'I Can't Decide']] - [[ITV]]''
* J ''[[Jabe]] - [[Justicia]]''
* K ''[[K37 Gem 5|K 37 Gem 5]] - [[Kyoto]]''
* L ''La Viva - [[Jeff Lynne|Lynne, Jeff]]''
* M ''[[Ma (Gridlock)|Ma]] - Myths and Historical Impossibilities''
* N ''[[Nainby|Nainby, Mr]] - [[Nyssa]]''
* O ''[[O Little Town of Bethlehem|'O Little Town of Bethlehem']] - Oxygen Pockets''
* PQ ''[[Pa (Gridlock)|Pa]] - [[Quoldonity]]''
* R ''Rachett - [[Ryder (Planet of the Ood)|Ryder, Dr]]''
* S ''[[Sabre-Toothed Gorilla|Sabre-toothed gorillas]] - [[Sylvia (City of the Daleks)|Sylvia]]''
* T ''[[Tabitha (The Beast Below)|Tabitha]] - [[Tony Tyler|Tyler, Tony]]''
* U ''[[Ultimate Sanction|Ultimate Sanction, the]] - [[Uvodni]]''
* V ''[[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] - Vulcan Salute''
* W ''[[Wagner (School Reunion)|Wagner, Mr]] - Wristwatch''
* XYZ ''[[The X Factor|X-Factor, The]] - [[Zygon]]s''
* Key to References
=== Notable features ===
* It covers the period from [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' - [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', including [[TV]]: ''[[Born Again (TV story)|Born Again]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode]]s'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[42 Prologue (short story)|42 Prologue]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[The Adventure Games]]'', and the [[WC]]: ''[[Prequel]]s''.
* The ''Key to References'' page places [[GAME]]: ''[[Attack of the Graske (video game)|Attack of the Graske]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]'' & ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', and [[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]'' as taking place between [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]''.
* More than 3,500 entries and over 200,000 words.
* The book notes that as it went to press, episodes 6.8 to 6.13 were being finalised for transmission, so there may have subsequently been some minor changes that were made too late to be included.
* The book was dedicated to [[Barry Letts]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]].


==Credits==
=== Credits ===
Commissioning Editor: [[Mathew Clayton]]<br>
* Commissioning Editor: [[Albert DePetrillo]]
Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]] (“wise and wonderful”)<br>
* Editorial Manager: [[Nicholas Payne]]
Designer: [[Stuart Manning]] (“design god”)<br>
* Project Editor: [[Steve Tribe]]
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]].
* Designer: [[Richard Atkinson]]
* Production: [[Phil Spencer]]
* Acknowledgements:


==See Also==
== App version ==
''to be added''
[[File:DW The Encyclopedia app emperor dalek.jpg|thumb|right|The app's entry about the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Emperor Dalek]].]]
In 2012, an app version of the book was made available for tablet devices. It featured an interactive reference guide with sections dedicated to specific areas of the TV show. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150818062814/http://www.doctorwhoencyclopedia.com/ An official website] was launched for the app.


==External Links==
A new edition of the app was published in December 2012, incorporating material through Part 1 of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7]]. Despite neither the app nor website being updated for future series after this point, the website remained active until August 2015, after which point it redirected to Penguin Books' ''Doctor Who'' page.
''to be added''


== External links ==
{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20111105031747/http://www.doctorwhoencyclopedia.com:80/}} (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111104215704/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/doctor-who-encyclopedia/id465341976?ls=1&mt=8 iTunes listing] (archived)


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Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia is a reference book, as well as an interactive reference app, about Doctor Who and its related programs.

Book version[[edit] | [edit source]]

The first version of the Encyclopedia was a reference book, containing 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 (2007 edition)[[edit] | [edit source]]

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 Plasmavores to Pig Slaves... everything you need to know about everything you didn't know you needed to know about Doctor Who.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In DWM 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.
  • This non-jacketed hardback with a photographic cover was priced £14.99 (UK).
  • In January 2014, the official website for Russell T Davies' book The Writer's Tale was discontinued, and the web domain redirected to that for the Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia app. After the app website's discontinuation, it instead redirected to Penguin Books' page for The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter.

Errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Milton Ager was misspelled as Milton Agar.
  • Barcelona was referred to as the capital city of Spain.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]


Publisher's summary (2011 edition)[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • River Song still a riddle?
  • Stumped by the stolen planets in the Medusa Cascade?
  • Forgotten what happened in the timelines that never happened?

Look no further...

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

App version[[edit] | [edit source]]

The app's entry about the Emperor Dalek.

In 2012, an app version of the book was made available for tablet devices. It featured an interactive reference guide with sections dedicated to specific areas of the TV show. An official website was launched for the app.

A new edition of the app was published in December 2012, incorporating material through Part 1 of Series 7. Despite neither the app nor website being updated for future series after this point, the website remained active until August 2015, after which point it redirected to Penguin Books' Doctor Who page.

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

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