TARDIS Data Core

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Name: Tardis Data Core
Tardis Wiki
Doctor Who Wiki
Owner/Maintainer:
Dates: 2005[1]-ongoing
Topic: Doctor Who
URL: https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki
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TARDIS Wiki, formerly known as the TARDIS Data Core, is the fan wiki for Doctor Who and its related fandoms. It's community split into two in 2024, with some operating on a independent wiki (forked onto a self-hosted domain from the original) and others on FANDOM wiki.

During its time as the TARDIS Data Core, the wiki had an infamous reputation in the fandom for its somewhat bizarre policies surrounding canon, and what should and shouldn't be included in the wiki. The reception to the TARDIS Data Core was therefore quite mixed, with some fans applauding the effort to document obscure parts of the fandom that probably wouldn't be known about as much otherwise, and others disliking its bad or confusing policies. Many fans are both.

TARDIS wiki is a hellscape but where else will I find exhaustive info about Dr who stories[2]

Some of the more notable events or decisions regarding the wiki include the comedic Tardis Wiki Penis Saga, the problematic discourse around having an LGBT characters category, and the bizarre inclusion of a full list of floors shown on the page for the colony ship from World Enough and Time.

Notable Events

Tardis Wiki Penis Saga

Other

  • Queer reporting on the wiki, ranging from discourse around the creation of LGBT+ categories to including deadnames of real trans people and banning users who tried to rectify it.[3]
  • The canonicity of Kevin Burnard's Faction Paradox short story You are the Absurd Hero due to its nonlinear storytelling. This is seen as especially ironic given the nature of the series it's a part of.

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