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A wiki covering Doctor Who, Torchwood,
The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K9
that anyone can edit!
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We opened on 16th February 2005
and are currently working on 18,256 articles.



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Article of the month

First introduced on screen in 1968 the sonic screwdriver has been one of the Doctor's most used devices. Apparently a product of Gallifreyan technology several versions have been made, both by the Doctor and his associates. The Doctor has had at least seven different versions of a sonic screwdriver, with many of the versions exhibiting similar functions such as disabling bombs, removing screws, destroying controls and dematerialising his TARDIS...Read more...

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Quote of the week

Emperor Dalek: "We are near success. Only one thing remains to be solved. The problem of metal fatigue. Space travel means heat far stronger than our casings can stand."
Zeg: "That is not so . . . I have invented metalert! A substance stronger than the sun's heat. With my secret we can conquer space — but I must be emperor!"
Emperor: "You dare challenge my authority? Guards, destroy him!" (TV21: Duel of the Daleks)

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Popular categories

If you're new to wikis, it might be helpful for you to take note of the concept of categories. Categories are the principal organizing tool on a wiki, allowing users to group information in ways that can ease the discovery of information. All the pages on our wiki are found, ultimately, in just four big "super categories". If this is your first visit here, please go to Floor 500 for a discussion of the way our wiki is organized.

Real world
On our wiki, the world we actually live in is called the "real world" . As such, information about the production of Doctor Who and her sister shows are in this category. This includes pages about the actual televised episodes themselves, the behind-the-scenes personnel, terminology used by the production teams, and merchandise related to the shows.


Time-Space Visualiser
The Time-Space Visualiser is the place where most of this wiki's pages reside. All the articles are written from an in-universe perspective, quite different to what you might be used to on Wikipedia. Here you'll find information related to The Doctor, his companions, Other individuals, astronomical objects, time travel, races and species, locations, science, culture, and a whole host of other subjects.
Non-canonical material
Notwithstanding writer Paul Cornell's famous comments that denounced the concept of "canon" in Doctor Who, our canon policy does deem a few things to be outside the Doctor Who universe. For examples, visit: stories, characters, technology, species, and locations.
TARDIS Index File Wiki
This category contains articles having to do with the actual running of the wiki. It's full of all those little pages that help the wiki work. As such, it isn't accessed often by most users. However, more advanced editors might wish to peruse the templates category for ways to make their editing easier. Or if you're looking for a place to start editing on the wiki, you might want to look at articles that need updating, major expansion, general copy-editing, sectional cleanup, and re-writing from an in-universe perspective.

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