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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 1845 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.

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Style guide

Shortcut: WP:WHO/MOS

Our style guideline includes the following guidelines aimed to standardise Doctor Who articles:

Adherence to the Wikipedia Manual of Style;
Adherence to the Television WikiProject MoS;
Adherence to the MoS with regard to fiction;
Categorisation;
Verification and citations;
Organisation;
Image usage;
Geolocation;
Terminology.

See the Doctor Who manual of style

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Organisation

[edit] Task forces

There is presently one task force, the Torchwood taskforce. Possibilities for others are:

Doctor Who audio plays
Doctor Who novels
The Sarah Jane Adventures
K-9

[edit] Parent projects

[edit] Sister projects

WikiProject BBC

[edit] Similar projects

[edit] IRC channel

#wp-doctor-who on freenode

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What do we include?

The main criteria for inclusion should be notability. That being said, to avoid clutter and confusion, we should note the following.

[edit] Images

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.

[edit] Canon

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. Story titles, like the television stories, should be italicised and author credit 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.

[edit] Minor topics

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".

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Achievements

[edit] Articles with featured status

Doctor Who missing episodes – featured on the Main Page on November 23, 2008.
Kylie Minogue
Sydney Newman – featured on the Main Page on June 14, 2010.
Doomsday (Doctor Who) – featured on the Main Page on July 8, 2011.
Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)
The Stolen Earth
List of Doctor Who serials
List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films

[edit] Former featured articles

Doctor Who – featured on the Main Page on December 16, 2004.
Douglas Adams – featured on the Main Page on February 13, 2006.
TARDIS – featured on the Main Page on March 8, 2006.
Dalek – featured on the Main Page on May 23, 2005.

Doctor Who articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	2	2			6
FL		2					2
GA	2	2	31	4			39
B	9	37	34	17			97
C	2	20	229	38		2	291
Start		16	101	261		4	382
Stub		2	25	912		12	951
List		10	16	46			72
Future		3					3
Book					10		10
Category					243		243
Disambig				1	9		10
File					1,373		1,373
Portal					1		1
Project					15		15
Redirect					372		372
Template				1	144		145
NA					6		6
Other				1			1
Assessed	13	94	438	1,283	2,173	18	4,019
Total	13	94	438	1,283	2,173	18	4,019

[edit] Articles with Good Article status

Jack Harkness	5 July 2007
The Girl in the Fireplace	21 January 2008
Invasion of the Bane	22 January 2008
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood)	10 February 2008
School Reunion (Doctor Who)	13 February 2008
Astrid Peth	14 February 2008
Army of Ghosts	15 February 2008
Dalek (Doctor Who episode)	15 March 2008
Hugh Grant	24 March 2008
Planet of the Ood	6 May 2008
The Fires of Pompeii	22 May 2008
Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)	18 June 2008
Jenny (Doctor Who)	5 July 2008
Music of the Spheres (Doctor Who)	21 August 2008
Time Crash	24 August 2008
Doctor Who Prom (2008)	7 October 2008
Steven Moffat	11 January 2009
David Morrissey	12 January 2009
Doctor Who campfire trailer	19 April 2009
Turn Left (Doctor Who)	17 May 2009
Matt Smith (actor)	9 June 2009
Planet of the Dead	12 June 2009
John Barrowman	7 January 2010
Ianto Jones	18 August 2010
Day One (Torchwood)	1 March 2011
Cyberwoman	4 March 2011
The Curse of the Black Spot	27 May 2011
The Impossible Astronaut	9 June 2011
Russell T Davies	2 September 2011
The Time of Angels	21 October 2011
Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)	22 October 2011
Victory of the Daleks	3 December 2011
The Rebel Flesh	4 December 2011
The Beast Below	8 December 2011
The Hungry Earth	12 December 2011
The Lodger (Doctor Who)	18 December 2011
Flesh and Stone	19 December 2011
The Sarah Jane Adventures	1 January 2012
The Vampires of Venice	30 January 2012

[edit] Articles selected for "Did You Know?"

Did you know... that "Rose" is the first new episode of Doctor Who to be shown since 1989? — on the Main Page on March 27, 2005.
Did you know... that Doctor Who spoofs range from a 1964 novelty Christmas single by the Go-Go's called "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek" to two sketches on Saturday Night Live? — on the Main Page on April 8, 2006.
Did you know... that "The Unicorn and the Wasp" will be the first comedic episode in the science fiction television series Doctor Who since the 1966 serial The Gunfighters? — on the Main Page on March 28, 2008.
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 the Doctor Who episode "The Sontaran Stratagem" is the first appearance of the eponymous aliens since the 1985 serial The Two Doctors? — on the Main Page on May 2, 2008.
Did you know... that Georgia Moffett was selected for the eponymous role in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter", but not because her father is Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor? — on the Main Page on May 17, 2008.
Did you know... that the Doctor Who episode "The Stolen Earth" features cameo appearances by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and comedian Paul O'Grady? — on the Main Page on July 3, 2008.
Did you know... that although £5 tickets were available for the Doctor Who Prom, tickets were touted on eBay for £250? — on the Main Page on August 4, 2008.
Did you know... that Matt Smith, who will portray the Eleventh Doctor in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is the youngest person to be cast in the title role? — on the Main Page on January 12, 2009.
Did you know... that the damage inflicted to a bus bought for the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead" was written into the storyline at the last minute?
Did you know... that 80-year-old actor Bernard Cribbins will be the companion in David Tennant's final Doctor Who story?
Did you know... that the underworld kingpin Keyser Söze from the 1995 film The Usual Suspects was an inspiration for the Doctor Who campfire trailer?
Did you know... that Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat warned actor Matt Smith not to visit fan forums such as Gallifrey Base? — on the Main Page on April 26, 2010.

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