Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who/Episode citations

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This page describes episode citations to be used when citing episodes or serials of Doctor Who. There is no need to fully understand the syntax of the templates; simply navigate to the correct page in the navigation box below, and copy and paste the text in the "Citation" column for the episode you wish to cite.

Doctor Who citation pages
First Doctor	Second Doctor
Third Doctor	Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor	Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor	Eighth Doctor
Ninth Doctor	Tenth Doctor

More information is provided here for those interested. Two different templates are used on the citation pages:

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{{Cite serial}} puts the serial title in italics, and the episode title in quotation marks. It should be used when citing a serial from the classic series as a whole, or an individual episode from a serial. For example:

Title	Citation	Appears as
Revelation of the Daleks	{{cite serial | title = [[Revelation of the Daleks]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Eric Saward]], Director [[Graeme Harper]], Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One|BBC1]] | city = London | began = 1985-03-23 | ended = 1985-03-30}}	Revelation of the Daleks. Writer Eric Saward, Director Graeme Harper, Producer John Nathan-Turner. Doctor Who. BBC. BBC1, London. 1985-03-23-1985-03-30.
Revelation of the Daleks	{{cite serial | title = Revelation of the Daleks | episode = Part Two | seriallink = Revelation of the Daleks | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Eric Saward]], Director [[Graeme Harper]], Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One|BBC1]] | city = London | airdate = 1985-03-30}}	Revelation of the Daleks, "Part Two". Writer Eric Saward, Director Graeme Harper, Producer John Nathan-Turner. Doctor Who. BBC. BBC1, London. 1985-03-30.
An Unearthly Child	{{cite serial | title = [[An Unearthly Child]] | episode = The Cave of Skulls | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Anthony Coburn]], Directors [[Waris Hussein]], [[Douglas Camfield]], Producers [[Verity Lambert]], [[Mervyn Pinfield]] | network = [[BBC]] | city = London | airdate = 1963-11-30}}	An Unearthly Child, "The Cave of Skulls". Writer Anthony Coburn, Director Waris Hussein, Producers Verity Lambert, Mervyn Pinfield. Doctor Who. BBC, London. 1963-11-30.

{{Cite episode}} puts the episode title in quotation marks. It should be used when citing episodes of the revived series. For example:

Title	Citation	Appears as
"The Idiot's Lantern"	{{cite episode | title = [[The Idiot's Lantern]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Mark Gatiss]], Director [[Euros Lyn]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network=[[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | minutes = 15:23 | airdate = 2006-05-27}}	"The Idiot's Lantern". Writer Mark Gatiss, Director Euros Lyn, Producer Phil Collinson. Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One, Cardiff. 2006-05-27.

{{Cite serial}} contains the optional parameter "serialllink". {{Cite episode}} contains the optional parameter "episodelink". These parameters may be used in place of wikilinking the parameter "title".

Both templates contain the optional parameter "serieslink", which may be used in place of wikilinking the parameter "series".

Both templates contain the optional parameter "minutes", which may be used when referencing a specific moment from the episode.

Individual episodes and serials may have unique issues - these are described in the individual listings.