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For simpler reading, our valid sources page mainly concentrates on the things that aren't allowed as valid sources. The following list is for people who like to look at the world in a more positive way. Here then is a comprehensive, but probably not completely exhaustive list, of all the things you can use to write an in-universe article.
| Type | Range | Approved by | Are there exceptions? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audios | AG, BBCR, SJAA, TWA and the one-off Doctor Who and the Pescatons | the main rule | No |
| BFA, BFBS, BFC, BFD, BFDE, BFG, BFSJS, BFU, CC | the main rule | no | |
| BFIW | Iris Wildthyme: should she stay or should she go? | No | |
| BBV Productions | BBV and canon policy | Many, as noted in detail here | |
| Comics | DWM, DWA, DWBIT, RT, IDW, TVC, TV21, DAN, PHS, DWAN comic stories | the main rule | No |
| Novels | MA, NA, BNA, EDA, NSA, QR, TDL, TME, TC, TWN, TN, AK9 ranges, as well as any future ranges or individual books that bear the BBC logo | the main rule | No |
| PDA | the main rule | Generally no, but there are two exceptions | |
| IWN | Early Wildthyme books, Forum:Iris Wildthyme: should she stay or should she go? | Generally no, but stories featuring the so-called "Phoenix Court" version of the character are disallowed. | |
| Novelisations | Target novelisations, SJA novelisations | An amalgamation of: this, this, and this discussion |
No, but in the case of a conflict between the novelisation and the television story, only the television story is valid |
| Short stories | DWM, BE, DAN, DWAN, ST, VD, IWN, Iris Wildthyme, Bernice Summerfield short stories | the main rule | No |
| Video | DW, TW, SJA, K9TV, KAC television stories | The original inclusion debates | A few, as noted below |
| BBV Productions videos | BBV and canon policy | Many exceptions, as noted in detail here | |
| Things original to Moffat-era home video releases | Meanwhile in the TARDIS | Not yet, but we only have the examples of Meanwhile in the TARDIS and Night and the Doctor |