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This list of disambiguation terms represents best practices with respect to page titling of terms that may have multiple distinct uses on this wiki. A disambiguation term is that part of the title which appears in parentheses. Thus, in the oft-cited example, Castrovalva (TV story), the disambiguation term is "TV story". In order to give readers, editors, sophisticated code usages and bots an easy time finding particular pages, it's necessary for similar items to always use the same disambiguation term — except for the special cases outlined below. In other words, if a televised story has the same name as something else in the Doctor Who universe, then it should always be disambiguated with "TV story" and not "episode" or "television" or "television story".
When to disambiguate
Our broader disambiguation policy should be consulted first, before proceeding further with this document.
List of terms
The following terms should always be used:
| Term | Usage | Common improper usage |
|---|---|---|
| (TV story) | televised narratives of any length | (episode), (television story), (television) |
| (audio) | any sort of audio release, be it narrative, documentary or music | (audio story), (audio release) |
| (novel) | used on a story page for an out-of-universe discussion about a DWU novel; e.g. Hope (novel) | any term which uses the book series along with the word novel, except in certain circumtances |
| (book) | used for in-universe discussion about books within the DWU; this matches the in-universe category, books | very rarely used, as most in-universe books, like A Christmas Carol have precedence, and therefore don't require disambiguation |
| (comic story) | used to describe any story that uses sequential art, of any length up to, but excluding the graphic novel | (comic), (comic strip) |
| (graphic novel) | For the sake of consistency, we shall adopt the British definition of graphic novel for the main titles of pages. Thus, all things which might be considered trade paperbacks, original graphic novels or collected editions shall be disambiguated "(graphic novel)". | |
| (short story) | used for out-of-universe articles about short stories | |
| (documentary) | any sort of video documentary | |
| (CON episode) | Doctor Who Confidential episode | (Doctor Who Confidential episode) |
| (species) | for in-universe species | (race) should be avoided, as it has dual meanings |
