Doctor Who: The Universal Databank

Doctor Who Reference Guides #4

by Jean-Marc Lofficier

THE UNIVERSAL DATABANK

The third volume in Jean-Marc Lofficier's definitive series of Doctor Who reference books, The Universal Databank is a complete guide to everyone, everywhere and everyting that has appeared in the series, from the Abbot of Amboise to the Zygons.

The indispensible Programme Guide gives a detailed breakdown of every Doctor Who espisode broadcast since 1963, including full cast lists and information on the writer, producer, script editor and director. The Terrestrial Index contains everything there is to know about Doctor Who and the planet Earth - information on technical details of the programme and on the non-television stories, and a chronology of Earth history as revealed in the television series. Now, with the publication of The Universal Databank, every fan's essential reference library is complete.

Cover illustration: Alister Pearson

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Reference

479 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier

Reviews

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not perfect...and it's obviously been made redundant by time & more detailed works. But this is still the first major attempt at an actual, functioning, detailed "Doctor Who" encyclopedia...and there is no doubt that, like "The Programme Guide" that spawned it, it influenced an entire generation of fandom. Including myself...a devourer of such fact books, especially about my favourite program. After all these years, it remains one of the most concise & useful research tools one can find to classic "Doctor Who".