Biography

Biographies were books documenting the life of a real individual. The author of a biography was known as a biographer.

The Tenth Doctor claimed to love biographies. Donna Noble reasoned that he would, since there was "always a death at the end." According to the Doctor, biographies were located near the equator of the Library. (TV: Silence in the Library)

Individual biographies
British Prime Minister Harriet Jones had planned an autobiography which covered her encounter with aliens by December 2006. However, it was banned by an Act of Parliament. (TV: The Christmas Invasion) However, Harriet's biography, Do You Know Who I Am?, was later released. (PROSE: "Congratulations and Regrets")

The Roving Reporter was an unauthorised biography of Sarah Jane Smith, written by biographer Kevin W. Parker. (PROSE: The Roving Reporter)

In the York Central Library, there were biographies of HG Wells, Boudica, Tancred Norman, Xenocrates, Blaise Pascal and Margaret Thatcher. Prior to March 2005, senior librarian Millicent Davies caught the Ninth Doctor in the act of defacing these biographies with a "hand-held electronic 'eraser' device", replacing entire paragraphs with his own scribbles; in particular, the Doctor wrote "Nessie was here!" in Thatcher's biography. Millicent banned the Doctor from the York Central Library and then applied to get the Doctor an ASBO to ban him from all UK libraries. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)