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Due to the ] nature of the show, the Whoniverse setting has been covered across points from its formation in a ] event (in 1983's '']'' and the 1985 audio drama '']''),<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01l185b</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} to its ] in the year "100 trillion" ("]" 2007).<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qltt and http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S3_11</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} Important{{cn|date=March 2014}} events shown include the ], the ]<ref>{{cite |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=330-Zdk5myk |title=Creation of the Earth - Doctor Who - The Runaway Bride|publisher=BBC Worldwide }}</ref>{{Verify credibility}} and its eventual destruction in the year "5 billion" ("]" 2005),<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074dmp</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} and the destruction and recreation of the universe ("]"/"]").{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
Due to the ] nature of the show, the Whoniverse setting has been covered across points from its formation in a ] event (in 1983's '']'' and the 1985 audio drama '']''),<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01l185b</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} to its ] in the year "100 trillion" ("]" 2007).<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qltt and http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S3_11</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} Important{{cn|date=March 2014}} events shown include the ], the ]<ref>{{cite |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=330-Zdk5myk |title=Creation of the Earth - Doctor Who - The Runaway Bride|publisher=BBC Worldwide }}</ref>{{Verify credibility}} and its eventual destruction in the year "5 billion" ("]" 2005),<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074dmp</ref>{{Irrelevant citation}} and the destruction and recreation of the universe ("]"/"]").{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
==Criticism==
Tat Wood says of the term "The "correct" term for this rigidness is no longer "continuity" but "fanwank". And if people insisted on using terms like "Whoniverse", it might be said that they deserved to have stories like "Attack of the Cybermen" or "The Two Doctors" made for them, because nobody else does."
==Alternative usage==
==Alternative usage==
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*{{Cite book|last= Haining |first= Peter |authorlink= Peter Haining (author) |coauthors= |title= Doctor Who: A Celebration; Two Decades Through Time and Space |year= 1983 |publisher=W.H. Allen |isbn= 978-0-491-03351-0 }}
*{{Cite book|last= Haining |first= Peter |authorlink= Peter Haining (author) |coauthors= |title= Doctor Who: A Celebration; Two Decades Through Time and Space |year= 1983 |publisher=W.H. Allen |isbn= 978-0-491-03351-0 }}
*{{Cite book|last=Wood|first= Tat|authorlink= Tat Wood|title=About Time 6:Season 22-26, The TV Movie|year= 2007|publisher=Mad Norwegian Press|isbn= 978-0-9759446-5-3, 2007}}
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite |title=Doctor Who: The Television Companion |first1= David J |last1=Howe |first2=Stephen James |last2=Walker |year=1998, 2003}}{{Irrelevant citation}}
*{{cite |title=Doctor Who: The Television Companion |first1= David J |last1=Howe |first2=Stephen James |last2=Walker |year=1998, 2003}}{{Irrelevant citation}}
The term is used to link characters, ideas or items which are seen across multiple productions, such as Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who, K-9 and Company (1981) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011), Jack Harkness from Doctor Who and Torchwood as well as K-9 from Doctor Who, K-9 and Company, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K-9 (TV series).
Unlike the owners of other science fiction franchises, the BBC takes no position on canon, and recent producers of the show have expressed distaste for the idea. The term has recently begun to appear in mainstream press coverage following the popular success of the 2005 Doctor Who revival.
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"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and the rivers dream, people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice and somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on, Ace, we've got work to do."
Tat Wood says of the term "The "correct" term for this rigidness is no longer "continuity" but "fanwank". And if people insisted on using terms like "Whoniverse", it might be said that they deserved to have stories like "Attack of the Cybermen" or "The Two Doctors" made for them, because nobody else does."
In his 1983 book Doctor Who: A Celebration; Two Decades Through Time and Space, Peter Haining called his final chapter "The Whoniverse". The section assembled factual information about all the episodes to date, but also gave information about fan clubs and ancillary entertainments related to the programme. Thus, the term "Whoniverse" referred to everything connected with the programme behind-the-scenes. In this meaning, standing exhibitions, discussions about the filming of episodes and even fandom itself were considered part of the "Whoniverse".
Since then, the term has been used in that meaning several other times, including as the name of a Doctor Who convention in Australia.
Howe, David J; Walker, Stephen James (1998, 2003), Doctor Who: The Television Companion{{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
