Tardis:Layout guide

Within these articles are detailed descriptions of what should be included within various articles both in-universe and out of universe.

Lead
Every article, regardless of type, must have a lead, as outlined by our Manual of Style.

Out of universe / Real world
Articles on specific stories, novels, or individuals should have the appropriate infobox and format:


 * Articles on specific stories in the Doctor Who or spin-off television series should use the Classic TV story infobox (for TV stories from 1963-1989) or New TV story infobox (for TV stories post-2005).
 * See the Format for Television Story Articles for more information on how these articles should be written.


 * Articles on novels should use the Novel Infobox.
 * See the Format for novel articles.


 * Articles on audio dramas which have been released on CD should use the CD Infobox for audio dramas containing a Doctor or Other CDs Infobox for other audio dramas.
 * See Format for audio stories for more information on how articles should be written.

Other format guides:


 * Format for short stories


 * Format for comic stories

In-universe
There are a variety of sources of information to write in-universe articles from and as such there is a somewhat different approach that is less constrained because of the sometimes limited amounts of information on in-universe subjects.


 * See Guide to in-universe writing for more detailed information on how to write in-universe articles.


 * Most articles on individuals (companions, enemies, background characters) should use the Individual Infobox.

Places, Objects, Theories and Concepts
Layout for these should include an infobox (in the case of the object, see Template:Infobox Object) followed by an encyclopaedic entry with any information from the Doctor Who universe in the article.

Example articles

 * Place: Library of St John the Beheaded
 * Object: Hand of Omega
 * Theories and Concepts: Laws of Time

Contradictory evidence
Often on in-universe articles there will be instances of contradictory evidence. In cases where there are several accounts that cannot co-exist, both should be presented with a lead in sentence along the lines of
 * One account stated...

or
 * In one instance...

Information from sources that are within our canon policy should not be discounted as apocryphal just because they do not "fit in" with an account from a different source (such as a TV story contradicting a novel or an audio contradicting a TV story etc).

Categories
Utilising categories to their potential is sometimes tricky, as many of the categories on this wiki contain several sub-categories. These exist to better organise the information on this wiki. The following guides aim to allow you to explore and get a better idea of the categories that are used on this wiki.

In-universe

 * Guide to planets categories
 * Guide to individuals categories