The Doctor Who WikiProject is a WikiProject formed and developed to organize information in articles related to the 1963–present British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. We currently have 1642 articles under the scope of this project, which generally includes articles where Doctor Who is a relevant focus to the subject. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page, sign up on our list of participants, or just start editing.
A full list of pages in the WikiProject can be found here and recent changes to these pages can be seen here.
Illustrations for Doctor Who-related articles are typically taken from screen captures, publicity materials, magazine articles and websites. As such they're nearly all non-free and must only be used in conformance with the Non-free content criteria. Exceptions include pictures of people involved in the writing or production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs, which have been released under free licenses: licenses that allow third parties to modify images and use images commercially. Most non-free images currently in Doctor Who-related articles lack detailed or sufficient fair use rationales justifying their use in the articles. Such images are in danger of deletion; you can remedy this by writing better rationales.
To avoid the tricky issue of canonicity, we should identify the source of the information if it comes from anywhere else besides the television series. Televised episodes and specials (barring spoofs and specially-made episodes) are generally considered canon by the BBC and the vast majority of the Doctor Who fandom, while the Peter Cushing films of the 1960s are not. Everything else is of unclear canonicity, with opinion ranging from absolute canon to non-canon. In practice, anything from the televised stories need not be sourced or distinguished, although the relevant episodes should be referenced (with citations to the appropriate episodes or serials). We should also limit the non-television series material, where possible, to material officially licensed by the BBC. This excludes fan videos, but will include the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, the Big Finish Productions audio plays and story collections, the Telos novellas and the Target Books, Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books novels and short stories. Book titles, like television serials, should be italicised, with individual episodes, chapters or short stories in quotation marks. Author credit should be given. The only exceptions to the "officially licensed" would be material from BBV, which is generally of a higher standard than typical fan productions. However, any notable creation may be included, but only if we are clear on its origin.
Some articles on what might be termed minor topics, e,g. monsters, villains, planets or devices which only appear in a single episode are better placed in a list. These are some of the lists available
Articles can be de-merged if they grow very large. Some very minor characters are probably not worth writing about, and it would be preferable to write the plot synopsis of the episode in which they appear: for example, the article about the character Doctor Constantine redirects to the article about the episode "The Empty Child".
Did you know... that the Adipose in the Doctor Who episode "Partners in Crime" were based on a stuffed toy that writer Russell T Davies owned? — on the Main Page on April 13, 2008.
Did you know... that "The Fires of Pompeii" is the first Doctor Who episode since the television show's revival where the cast filmed abroad? — on the Main Page on April 18, 2008.
Did you know... that the titular planet in the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Ood" is in the same solar system as the Sense-Sphere, the location for the 1964 serial The Sensorites? — on the Main Page on April 24, 2008.
Did you know... that although £5 tickets were available for the Doctor Who Prom, tickets were toutedoneBay for £250? — on the Main Page on August 4, 2008.
Did you know... that during the filming of the Doctor Who episode "Boom" some takes lasted up to seven minutes?
Did you know... that due to legal and union restrictions, the production team for the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" occasionally had to replace real babies with props?
This can be placed on your user page to show your first Doctor. To change the Doctor, insert the number as a variable, as in {{User:UBX/Doctor Who Doctor|1}}, etc.
This can be placed on your user page to show your favourite Doctor. To change the Doctor, insert the number as a variable, as in {{User:Dresken/Doctor Who Doctor|1}}, etc.
David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker Doctor Who Handbook: The Fourth Doctor 1992 Dr Who Handbooks ISBN0426203690
David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker Doctor Who - The Handbook: The First Doctor: The William Hartnell Years 1963 - 1966 (1993) Dr Who Handbooks ISBN0426204301
Haining, Peter Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years (1988) ISBN1852270217
Haining, Peter Doctor Who: The Key to Time A year by year record (1984) (ISBN0-491-03283-8)
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