Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse (reference book)

Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse was an encyclopedic celebration of 60 years of the world's longest-running sci-fi television series, Doctor Who.
== Publisher's summary ==
Six decades may only be a handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord, but for Doctor Who it's the adventure of several lifetimes. Evolving over 60 years, the world's longest-running sci-fi TV show has gifted us a universe of menacing monsters and unforgettable heroes. You might even call it a 'Whotopia'.
Now you can roam free through the Doctor's dimension as never before in this special commemorative book for Doctor Whos diamond anniversary. Join all the Doctors as each tells their own story. Learn about their legions of legendary allies - and hear from the monsters' own mouths about what makes them tick. Find danger on alien worlds and threats here on Earth in all eras. And explore the gadgets, robots, spaceships, computers and mind-blowing creations that crowd the never-ending corridors of Whotopia.
Crammed with exciting new images and in full colour throughout, Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse is the essential celebration of 60 years of Doctor Who.
== Contents ==
=== Section 1: Heroes ===
==== Heroes of Time ====
# 	Character 	Summary
1 	First Doctor 	
2 	Second Doctor 	
3 	Third Doctor 	
4 	Fourth Doctor 	
5 	Fifth Doctor 	
6 	Sixth Doctor 	
7 	Seventh Doctor 	
8 	Eighth Doctor 	
9 	War Doctor 	
10 	Ninth Doctor 	
11 	Tenth Doctor 	
12 	Eleventh Doctor 	
13 	Twelfth Doctor 	
14 	Thirteenth Doctor 	
15 	Fugitive Doctor 	
16 	Fourteenth Doctor 	The Fourteenth Doctor questions his face, hair, and teeth; he knows he should be somebody new, not somebody he had been before. He also questions his clothes.
17 	Fifteenth Doctor 	The Fifteenth Doctor reflects on his new face, the new adventures he'll go on, the new friends he'll make and the new threats he'll face; he knows that there will be a whole "pantheon" of enemies, who will have "no idea what they've let themselves in for."
Travelling Companions	Travelling Companions	Travelling Companions
18 	River Song 	
19 	Jenny 	
20 	Susan 	
21 	Romana I 	
22 	Romana II 	
Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends
23 	Andredand Rodan 	
24 	Azmael 	
25 	Damon 	
26 	Drax 	
27 	Ohila 	
==== Heroes of Space ====
# 	Character 	Summary
Travelling Companions	Travelling Companions	Travelling Companions
28 	Adric 	
29 	CaptainJack Harkness 	
30 	K9 Mark IV 	
31 	Karvanista 	
32 	Nardole 	
33 	Nyssa 	
34 	Turlough 	
Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends
35 	Alpha Centauri 	
36 	Angstrom 	
37 	Bannakaffalatta 	
38 	Bellal 	
39 	Biroc 	
40 	Chantho 	
41 	Face of Boe 	
42 	Flast 	
43 	Novice Hame 	
44 	Idris 	
45 	Jabe 	
46 	Tasha Lem 	
47 	Dorium Maldovar 	
48 	Greston Paltraki 	
49 	Astrid Peth 	
50 	Vrestin 	
51 	King Yrcanos 	
==== Heroes of Earth ====
===== The Past =====
# 	Character 	Summary
Travelling Companions 	Travelling Companions 	Travelling Companions
52 	Katarina 	
53 	Jamie McCrimmon 	
54 	Victoria Waterfield 	
Pioneers 	Pioneers 	Pioneers
55 	Rosa Parks 	
56 	Marco Polo 	
57 	Madame du Pompadour 	
58 	Mary Seacole 	
59 	Joseph Williamson 	
Scientists 	Scientists 	Scientists
60 	Albert Einstein 	
61 	Ada Lovelace andCharles Babbage 	
62 	George Stephenson 	
63 	Nikola Tesla andThomas Edison 	
Creators 	Creators 	Creators
64 	Agatha Christie 	
65 	Charles Dickens 	
65 	William Shakespeare 	
66 	Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron 	
67 	Vincent van Gogh 	
68 	H. G. Wells 	
Leaders 	Leaders 	Leaders
69 	Winston Churchill 	
70 	Richard I 	
71 	Elizabeth I 	
72 	James I 	
73 	Queen Victoria 	
74 	Richard Nixon 	
75 	Nefertiti 	
Pirates 	Pirates 	Pirates
76 	Henry Avery 	
77 	Madam Ching (Zheng Yi Sao) 	
Crime Fighters 	Crime Fighters 	Crime Fighters
78 	Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago	
79 	Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax 	
Paranormal Investigators	Paranormal Investigators 	Paranormal Investigators
80 	Professor Eustacius Jericho 	
81 	Professor Palmer and Emma Grayling 	
82 	Professor Travers 	
Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends 	Fleeting Friends
83 	Ancelyn 	
84 	Madge Arwell 	
85 	Ashildr 	
86 	Caecilius and family 	
87 	Cameca 	
88 	The Captain 	
89 	Lieutenant Carstairs and Lady Jennifer 	
90 	Will Chandler 	
91 	Canton Delaware III 	
92 	Giuliano and Marco 	
93 	Hal 	
94 	Professor Rachel Jensen and Allison Williams 	
95 	Kar 	
96 	Ying Ki 	
97 	Jackson Lake and Rosita 	
98 	Kirsty McLaren 	
99 	Robert MacLeish 	
100 	Richard Mace 	
101 	Nancy 	
102 	Prem and Umbreen 	
103 	Ray and Billy 	
104 	Robin Hood 	
105 	Laurence Scarman 	
106 	Tahira 	
107 	Tallulah 	
108 	Willa Twiston 	
=== Section 2: Villains ===
==== Villains of Time ====
to be added
==== Villains of Space ====
to be added
==== Villains of Earth ====
to be added
=== Section 3: Monsters ===
==== Monsters of Time ====
to be added
==== Monsters of Space ====
to be added
==== Monsters of Earth ====
to be added
=== Section 4: Machines ===
==== Machines of Time ====
to be added
==== Machines of Space ====
to be added
==== Machines of Earth ====
to be added
=== Section 5: Worlds ===
==== Dimensions in Time ====
to be added
==== Alien Worlds ====
to be added
==== Earth ====
===== The Present =====
# 	Concept 	Summary
Rest of the World	Rest of the World	Rest of the World
TBA 	Vatican City 	The Vatican City is notable for various things, such as being the residence of the Pope, the central government of the Catholic Church, and being the home to an underground library known as the Hereticum. One text in this library is The Veritas, a text with a truth so powerful any who read it commit suicide. However, this only exists in a simulation, and thus not in the real world, or, perhaps it does...
=== Section 6: Technology ===
# 	Concept 	Summary
TBA	Sonic blaster 	
TBA	Sonic screwdriverand othersonic devices	The Doctor originally built their sonic screwdriver to emit sound waves to unscrew screws without physically touching, its sole purpose. However, the Doctor found more uses for the device, and added more features over time, leading them to develop other sonic devices such as a sonic cane, sonic lance, sonic lipstick, sonic trowel and sonic umbrella.
== Characters == 
(In order of appearance)
* The Doctor
** First Doctor
** Second Doctor
** Third Doctor
** Fourth Doctor
** Fifth Doctor
** Sixth Doctor
** Seventh Doctor
** Eighth Doctor
** War Doctor
** Ninth Doctor
** Tenth Doctor
** Eleventh Doctor
** Twelfth Doctor
** Thirteenth Doctor
** Fugitive Doctor
** Fourteenth Doctor
** Fifteenth Doctor
* River Song
* Jenny
* Susan
* Romana
** Romana I
** Romana II
* Andred
* Rodan
* Azmael
* Damon
* Drax
* Ohila
* Adric	
* Jack Harkness
* K9 Mark IV
* Karvanista
* Nyssa
* Turlough
* Alpha Centauri
* Angstrom
* Bannakaffalatta
* Bellal
* Biroc
* Chantho
* Face of Boe
* Flast
* Novice Hame
* Idris
* Jabe
* Tasha Lem
* Dorium Maldovar
* Greston Paltraki
* Astrid Peth
* Vrestin
* King Yrcanos
* Katarina
* Jamie McCrimmon
* Victoria Waterfield
* Rosa Parks
* Marco Polo
* Madame du Pompadour
* Mary Seacole
* Joseph Williamson
* Albert Einstein
* Ada Lovelace
== Worldbuilding ==
* The image of the Fifteenth Doctor shows him to be wearing a burnt orange double bressted leather trenchcoat, a striped zip-up cardigan, blue trousers, and a silver necklace and rings. It also shows him to have a moustache.
* Forbidden and heretical texts are stored in the Hereticum. The Hereticum's layout is deliberately confusing and, at the centre of it all, a locked cage contains The Veritas.
** The truth in The Veritas is that everyone and the world they live in is a simulation.
* The Doctor's sonic screwdriver is a pocket-sized tool and a scientific instrument.
** Some functions on the device include being able to open locked doors, detonate land mines, creating sonic corridors to enable communication across a distance, all by utilising sound waves.
** Other functions and uses include: being a diagnostic probe; being able to hack computers; being able to light candles; repair barbed wire; being able to run programmes; being able to store data; and being able to operate some TARDIS systems.
** However, the sonic screwdriver doesn't work on wood or deadlock seals.
== Notes ==
* Artist "The Lone Dalek" did the TARDIS renders in this book.https://www.instagram.com/p/CztOi-co4pN/@leebinding on twitter.com@thelonedalek20 on twitter.com
* This book only focused on information exclusively from the television series, ignoring anything from non-television spin-offs.
** In particular, it appears at first glance to identify incarnations of the Master with ordinal names at odds with known incarnations; for example, Roger Delgado's Master is identified as the "First Master", despite virtually every other source featuring this incarnation showing him to be nearing, or the final incarnation, of his first regeneration cycle. Simon Guerrier clarified that these names weren't diegetic but referred merely to the order in which every television Master first appeared.@0tralala on twitter.com
* As this book was released prior to their full television debuts, it gave hints of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors personalities; the Fourteenth is shown to look back towards the Tenth Doctor, questioning why he has his body once more, while the Fifteenth Doctor is shown to have an optimistic and adventurous outlook towards the future.
* A promotional bookmark was included in SFX 373 with Whotopia artwork.
== Continuity ==
* The Fourteenth Doctor's entry appears to be an inner monologue, where he recalls his similar appearance to the Tenth Doctor as seen in the surprise ending of TV: , although doesn't reveal any new information.
* Similarly, the Fifteenth Doctor's entry appears to be an inner monologue, where he reflects on the new chapter of his life. This includes a reference to his new friends, which seems to be an oblique reference to companion Ruby Sunday, who was first mentioned in PROSE: .
* The section about Vatican City clarifies a few ambiguities from TV: , otherwise, it introduces little new information other than variant spellings for a few concepts.
* The two-page spread for the technology section includes various items from the Whoniverse, including: the Thirteenth Doctor's version of the TARDIS, first seen in TV: ; Satellite Five, first seen in TV: ; the Nerva Beacon, first seen in TV: ; the SS Madame de Pompadour, first seen in WC: ; the Confession Dial, first seen in WC: ; the Doctor's psychic paper, first seen in TV: ; a hypercube, first seen in TV: ; and the Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver, first seen in WC: .
* This book correctly addresses that the sonic screwdriver was originally just a screwdriver in its debut story TV: , as well as mentioning the added functions across
== External links ==
* Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse on the Doctor Who website
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== Footnotes ==
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