Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia
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Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia was a fully ilmknkjbyuyvuohjhvjvvis truelustrated 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
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
The books covers a wealth of characters each given a full page spread with colour-coded pages denoting the subject's categories. Namely:
- Aliens
- Abzorbaloff
- Adipose
- Aggedor
- The Alliance
- Alpha Centauri
- Atraxi
- Axons
- Azal
- Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen
- Carrionites
- Davros
- Dorium Maldovar
- Draconians
- Eknodines
- The Face of Boe
- The Family of Blood
- The Flood
- Gelth
- Hath
- Ice Warriors
- Idris
- Jabe
- Jagrafess
- Judoon
- Kahler-Jex
- Krillitanes
- Krotons
- Krynoids
- Macra
- Minotaur
- Moxx of Balhoon
- Mutts
- Nimon
- Ogri
- Ogrons
- The Ood
- Patchwork People
- Peg Dolls
- Plasmavores
- Prisoner Zero
- Pyroviles
- Racnoss
- Reapers
- Saturnyns
- Scarecrow Soldiers
- Scaroth
- Sensorites
- Shakri
- Sil the Mentor
- The Silence
- The Sisterhood of Karn
- Sisters of Plenitude
- Slitheen
- Sontaran
- Sutekh the Destroyer
- Sycorax
- Terileptil
- Thals
- Vashta Nerada
- Vervoids
- Vespiform
- Vinvocci
- Weeping Angels
- Werewolf
- Wirrn
- Woodland King and Queen
- Zarbi
- Zygons
- Companions
- Ace
- Adam Mitchell
- Adric
- Amy Pond
- Astrid Peth
- Barbara Wright
- Ben Jackson
- Bill Potts
- Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Captain Mike Yates
- Clara
- Donna Noble
- Dodo Chaplet
- Grace Holloway
- Harry Sullivan
- Ian Chesterton
- Jamie McCrimmon
- Jo Grant
- Katarina
- Leela
- Liz Shaw
- Martha Jones
- Melanie Bush
- Mickey Smith
- Nyssa
- Peri Brown
- Polly Wright
- River Song
- Romana
- Rory Williams
- Rose Tyler
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Sergeant Benton
- Steven Taylor
- Susan Foreman
- Tegan Jovanka
- Vicki
- Victoria Waterfield
- Vislor Turlough
- Wilfred Mott
- Zoe Heriot
- Cyborgs
- Earth Creatures
- Entities
- Humans
- Adelaide Brooke
- Brian Williams
- Canton Delaware
- Craig Owens
- Doctor Simeon
- Futurekind
- Grayle
- Harriet Jones
- Headless Monks
- Henry Avery
- Henry Van Statten
- Jackie Tyler
- Jackson Lake
- Joan Redfern
- John Riddell
- Kate Stewart
- Kazran Sardick
- Lady Cassandra
- Lady Christina De Souza
- Liz Ten
- Madame de Pompadour
- Madame Kovarian
- Madge Arwell
- Mercy Hartigan
- Pete Tyler
- Professor Edward Travers
- Professor Lazarus
- Salamander
- Sally Sparrow
- Sharaz Jek
- Solomon
- Sylvia Noble
- Tobias Vaughn
- Weng-Chiang
- Robots
- Time Lords
- Borusa
- The First Doctor
- The Second Doctor
- The Third Doctor
- The Fourth Doctor
- The Fifth Doctor
- The Sixth Doctor
- The Seventh Doctor
- The Eighth Doctor
- The Ninth Doctor
- The Tenth Doctor
- The Eleventh Doctor
- Jenny
- The Master
- Meddling Monk
- Morbius
- Omega
- The Rani
- Rassilon
- The Valeyard
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.
- "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
- 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.
