Tardis:Guide to planets categories

There are several planet categories used on the TARDIS Index File Doctor Who Wiki, most planets that are present on this wiki will usually be categorised further down into subcategories of Category:Planets category. It is preferable to have as few planets within the main Planets category as possible, however some cannot be sorted into subcategories.

This is a guide to the major sub-categories found within the the Planets category of this wiki to give a clearer idea of the categories and to allow for greater utilisation of the subcategories when editing articles.

Colony planets
This category contains planets which were were designated colonies for a planet or species.

This category includes two subcategories:


 * Earth colonies
 * Planets within this category include; Paxas, Sifranos and New Aspen.


 * Human colonies
 * Planets within this category include; Kaldor, They're All Nouns You Idiot and Auros

There are also colony planets included within the main Colony planets category these include; [[Karn and Nova Martia.

E-Space planets
This subcategory includes planets located within E-Space such as Alzarius and Terradon.

Mutter's Spiral planets
This category includes three subcategories; Gallifrey, Mutter's Spiral star systems and Sol System planets.

This category also includes planets stated to be within the Mutter's Spiral such as Ruta III, Hoopla IV and Capella Four.

Planets from the real world
This category is for planets stated as existing within the Doctor Who universe and that are known to exist within the 'real world' it includes two subcategories; Earth and Mars.

This category also includes planets such as; Pluto, Venus and Jupiter.

Planets visited by the Doctor
The Planets visited by the Doctor category contains within it separate sub-categories for all the Doctors. This category and subsequent sub-categories have planets which the Doctor has visited, be it that he's seen visited or said to have visited.


 * Planets visited by the First Doctor
 * Planets such as; Dido, Vortis and Kembel


 * Planets visited by the Second Doctor
 * Planets such as; Vulcan, Dulkis and Gano.


 * Planets visited by the Third Doctor
 * Planets such as; Draconia, Solos and Exxilon.


 * Planets visited by the Fourth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Ribos, Kastria and Argolis.


 * Planets visited by the Fifth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Deva Loka, Mondas and Frontios.


 * Planets visited by the Sixth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Agora, Thoros Beta and Lethe.


 * Planets visited by the Seventh Doctor
 * Planets such as; Terra Alpha, Betrushia and Yemaya 4.


 * Planets visited by the Eighth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Hyspero, Dust and Entusso.


 * Planets visited by the Ninth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Justicia, Woman Wept and Raxacoricofallapatorius.


 * Planets visited by the Tenth Doctor
 * Planets such as; Messaline, Loam, Shan Shen.


 * Planets visited by the Eleventh Doctor
 * Planets such as; Smyslov 3, Alfava Metraxis and Arcadia.

There also also some planets in the main Planets visited by the Doctor category, these planets are planets identified as having visited by the Doctor, though which incarnation is not specific. Planets such as Dronid, Benelisa and Ty are within this category.

Planets by type
This category covers types of planets rather than specific planets. This category includes subcategories:


 * Artificial planets
 * Planets within this category include; Arcadia, Micawber's World, Tyler's Folly.


 * Prison planets
 * Planets within this category include; Raaga, Desperus and Volag-Noc.


 * Uninhabited planets
 * Planets within this category include; Javarda, Omega Three and Tigus.

There are also specific planet types within the Planets by type category these include; Holiday world, Leisure planet and Breeding planet.

Planets with their own sub-category
These are planets that have their own article, but also their own sub-category within the Planets category, this is due to them having significant articles that are related to that planet, these planets/subcategories are;
 * Earth
 * Gallifrey
 * New Earth
 * Skaro
 * Traken

Other sub-categories of Planets category
There are other sub-categories of the planets category that aren't specifically planets but are connected to the planet category structure.
 * Species by planet
 * Planetary level conflicts
 * Locations by planet
 * Weather