Tardis:Format for audio stories

This is a tutorial for writing entries for audio dramas or audio stories

Basic requirements Before writing an article you should consider what information is available, as you may not have enough information to write a valid article.

At the very least, a valid article should have a publisher's summary, Cast list, the correct infobox and information to fill out a majority of the fields (see below) and the official image of the audio's cover. It should also have the correct layout for an audio story as detailed below.

Please do not attempt to write an audio story article if you are unable to provide these.

Please also, if you do not have the necessary information or time to complete any of the other headings or sub-headings listed below, please include them and add to be added below the sub-headings so that other editors may add to them when more information becomes available.

By the very nature of a wiki all the other information will eventually be completed. No one here is expected to go it alone.


 * First onto the article is the infobox; infobox for CDs containing a Doctor and infobox for CDs not containing a Doctor such as Bernice Summerfield and audio dramas focusing on a particular character or series. Follow the links for a copyable version of the infobox, the pages also have explanations of all the fields in the infobox.


 * The CD infobox is used for all audio stories, even if they have not been specifically been released on a CD.
 * The infobox contains basic information such as Doctor (or main character), Companions, Publishing date, Enemy, year audio story is set...etc.

Publisher’s summary

 * This is the description on the back of the CD (sometimes called the blurb).
 * If there is no description on the back of a CD use the publisher's summary of the audio story on the publisher's website. This should only be done when the story is a non-CD release.

Plot

 * This is a detailed summary of the story. The plot for audio stories should be divided up into Parts/Episodes. Single part/episode audio stories (such as the I, Davros stories of the Gallifrey) do not require this division). Plot descriptions must be original content and not plagiarised or otherwise copied from another source. Please see our Plagiarism and copyright policies for more information concerning plagiarism and copyright.

Cast

 * This is a list of all cast and characters in the audio drama.
 * Layout for this is:


 * Character Name - Actor Name
 * (including bullet point)

Continuity

 * Tie-ins between this audio story and other stories such as; other audio stories, TV stories, novels, short stories, comic stories, or any other stories.

Timeline
As most of the Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Dramas are not released in order for the particular Doctor this is helpful in determining which story follows which (it should also be used for the Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series as her adventures often have a novel or short story in between), it should written something like this:


 * (page story title) occurs after: (prefix): (story title)
 * (page story title) occurs before: (prefix): (story title)