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|name=Doctor Who – The Encyclopaedia

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|writer= [[Gary Russell]]

|publisher= [[BBC Books]]

|release date= [[October]] [[2007]], October [[2011]]

|format= hardback 192 fully illustrated pages; touch tablet application

|isbn=ISBN 978-1-84607-291-8

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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was 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)|Series 2]], the animated story, ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and the [[42 Prologue|prologue]]  to [[42 (TV story)|42]].

== Publisher's summary ==

* Do you know what was playing on [[Lady Cassandra|Cassandra]]'s [[iPod]]?

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 the [[Moon]] to [[The Master]]... everything you need to know about everything you didn’t know you needed to know about [[Doctor Who]].

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

== Notable features ==

* 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.

== 2011 Update ==

* A new revision was released on October 13, 2011, with entries now covering [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' to ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'', including the [[Tardisode]]s, the Prequels, [[The Adventure Games]] and the animated episodes ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' and ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.

== 2012 App ==

* An app version of the book was made available in 2012 for tablet devices. It features an interactive reference guide with sections dedicated to specific areas of the TV show.

== Notes ==

* In [[DWM 388|Doctor Who Magazine Issue 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. As the encyclopaedia 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 amended by Gary, leaving further scope for expansion of the Cruciform at some stage.

* This non-jacketed hardback with a photographic cover was priced £14.99 (UK).

* [[Barcelona]] is 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 (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], [[Peter Anghelides]], [[Joseph Lidster]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Cameron Fitch]] and [[Kari Speers]]. [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]].

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