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* Key to References
* Key to References
=== 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...
=== Subject matter ===
* A definitive guide to every reference from ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' right up to ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s and the animated episode ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]''.


=== Notable features ===
=== Notable features ===
* 1,700 entries and 90,000 words
* 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]]''.
* Gary Russell's introduction includes a list of possible entries for a second edition, most likely teases as they are deemed worthy of inclusion.
* 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.
=== 2011 update ===
* Gary Russell's introduction includes a list of 26 possible entries for a second edition, most likely teases as they are deemed worthy of inclusion. They include:
* A new revision was released on [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], with entries now covering ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' to ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s, the Prequels, [[The Adventure Games]] and the animated episodes ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' and ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
** [[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]]
** 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 ===
=== Notes ===
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* Designer: [[Stuart Manning]]
* Designer: [[Stuart Manning]]
* Acknowledgements: [[Andrew Pixley]], [[Edward Russell]], [[Matt Nicholls]], [[Mark B. Oliver|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 B. Oliver|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]].
=== 2011 update ===
* A new revision was released on [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], with entries now covering ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' to ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s, the Prequels, [[The Adventure Games]] and the animated episodes ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'' and ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
=== 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...


== App version ==
== App version ==

Revision as of 23:07, 2 November 2022

This is a work of non-fiction.

Unlike other fictional universes, the Doctor Who universe is created solely by fiction. To us, this is not a valid source. Information from this source can only be used in "behind the scenes" sections, or on pages about real world topics.

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

Book version

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)

2007 cover

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

Notable features

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).
  • 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

2011 update

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...

App version

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

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