Tardis:Italics

We render all story names in italics. This goes contrary to standard English rules, which generally hold that shorter works of fiction would be enclosed in quotation marks. Nevertheless, it was felt easier for our editors to consistently italicise all stories, regardless of medium or length, and all BBC Wales episodes.

There are also other things which may be italicised, a list of which is given below.

The biggest exception to the "always italicise" rule is that Hartnell-era episode titles, like "The Cave of Skulls", should be enclosed in quotation marks to clearly indicate when a Hartnell episode, rather than a full serial, is being referenced. This is particularly important because some Hartnell serials, like An Unearthly Child, have episodes of the same name.

Story names
Names of stories should be:
 * Capitalised
 * Italicised

e.g.
 * Tooth and Claw
 * Everything Changes

This means that they should be italicised everywhere, infoboxes, source citations — even page titles. To change a page title into italics, please use title. Generally, the easiest way to italicise a page title would be to place the following on a page:

However, in the case of disambiguated page names, you'll have to use the appropriate title template. For instance, to properly italicise TV titles, just use:

Here's a list of all the title templates: allowcachedresults=true category=title templates shownamespace=false columns=4

Other cases
Aside from story titles, there are a number of other instances where one must make a choice between italicising and enclosing in "double quotations". This chart sorts out these other cases.

Don't use quotation marks
Some people get confused and put italicised title within quotation marks. Please don't do this.