Doctor Who expanded universe
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The Doctor Who expanded universe encompasses the wide range of stories beyond the television series—such as novels, audio dramas, comics, and spin-offs—that further develop the characters, lore, and settings of the Doctor Who franchise.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Doctor Who expanded universe Context triple: [Terrance Dicks, influenced, Doctor Who expanded universe]
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
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Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
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Time Lord archives
The Time Lord archives are vast repositories of knowledge and records maintained by the Time Lords on Gallifrey, chronicling their history, technology, and temporal affairs.
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Target Books Doctor Who range
The Target Books Doctor Who range is a series of novelizations of classic Doctor Who television stories, published mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s and renowned for introducing the show’s adventures to generations of young readers.
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Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Doctor Who expanded universe Target entity description: The Doctor Who expanded universe encompasses the wide range of stories beyond the television series—such as novels, audio dramas, comics, and spin-offs—that further develop the characters, lore, and settings of the Doctor Who franchise.
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A.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
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B.
Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
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C.
Time Lord archives
The Time Lord archives are vast repositories of knowledge and records maintained by the Time Lords on Gallifrey, chronicling their history, technology, and temporal affairs.
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Target Books Doctor Who range
The Target Books Doctor Who range is a series of novelizations of classic Doctor Who television stories, published mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s and renowned for introducing the show’s adventures to generations of young readers.
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E.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional universe
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transmedia franchise ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Doctor Who
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surface form:
Doctor Who television series
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| expands |
Doctor Who characters
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Doctor Who expanded universe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Who continuity
Doctor Who lore ⓘ Doctor Who settings ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cybermen
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Daleks ⓘ The Doctor ⓘ The Master ⓘ Time Lord ⓘ
surface form:
Time Lords
companions of the Doctor ⓘ |
| featuresSetting |
Gallifrey
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TARDIS ⓘ |
| follows | The Doctor ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Doctor Who audio dramas
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Doctor Who comic strips ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Who comics
Doctor Who novels ⓘ Doctor Who role-playing games ⓘ Doctor Who short stories ⓘ Doctor Who spin-off series ⓘ Doctor Who stage plays ⓘ Doctor Who video game tie-ins ⓘ Doctor Who webcasts ⓘ |
| includes |
BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
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BBC Past Doctor Adventures ⓘ Bernice Summerfield spin-off media ⓘ Big Finish Productions ⓘ
surface form:
Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas
Dalek Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Dalek Empire audio series
Doctor Who comic strips ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Who Magazine comic strips
IDW Doctor Who comics ⓘ K-9 ⓘ
surface form:
K-9 spin-off media
The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-off media ⓘ Time Hunter series ⓘ Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor (Titan Comics) ⓘ
surface form:
Titan Comics Doctor Who series
Torchwood spin-off media ⓘ UNIT spin-off media ⓘ Virgin Missing Adventures ⓘ Virgin New Adventures ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
audio drama
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comic books ⓘ graphic novels ⓘ prose fiction ⓘ web fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
BBC novel: The Eight Doctors
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Big Finish audio: The Sirens of Time ⓘ Doctor Who comic strips ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Who Magazine strip: The Iron Legion
Virgin New Adventures: Love and War ⓘ Timewyrm: Exodus ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin New Adventures: Timewyrm series
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| partOf |
Doctor Who expanded universe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Doctor Who franchise
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| publisher |
BBC Books
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Big Finish Productions ⓘ IDW Publishing ⓘ Panini Comics ⓘ Titan Comics ⓘ Virgin Books ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Publishing
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| startPeriod |
Doctor Who comic strips
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surface form:
1960s Doctor Who annuals
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| targetAudience | Doctor Who fans ⓘ |
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