I think that this is hard, and the line between fanfiction and non-fanfiction is super blurry. In the end, we have to do this on a case-by-case basis. I think that some of the stuff that is on the site today is stuff that we might have said no to if someone suggested it now.
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Yeah, but we have stuff that they don’t have and are a bit looser with what gets added. The AV is not on the wiki, for instance.
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And I think that’s only right. Excessively stringent inclusion criteria aren’t actually compatible with people’s wants or expectations. Personally, I like a certain degree of subjectivity – for a database meant for humans, it only makes sense let a human (or humans, plural) judge what belongs. TARDIS Guide isn’t a wiki, either, meaning that concerns about the quality of content are less salient.
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Seems a bit…I don’t know. I admit I’m not privy to the behind the scenes of TARDIS Wiki, but considering it’s open-season in terms of who can edit it, I don’t think I’d use that as the authority of what is and isn’t licensed. There’s one obvious example whose TARDIS Wiki page says nothing about it being licensed, only that its a spinoff of a series that was published by a licensed publisher. That sounds like fanfic to me. Then there’s another series that has a TG page whose TARDIS Wiki page explicitly says “this is fanfiction and unlicensed”.
Not trying to step on anyone’s toes, but I’m just saying.
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Yeah there’s something on the wiki and here and I have no idea how its licensed, probably the same thing, and I suspect they’ve just got their mates at the wiki to put it on 
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Once again I’m gonna point out that Lady Aesculapius only has episode 5 on the guide, and I’m so curious how/why that’s the case
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Sometimes I feel like anything after Survival is fanfiction…
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How many episodes should be on the site? What is it?
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The Gendar Conspiracy is also there, and others. It’s all based on what is on the wiki.
Disclaimer: I’ve not read these or really know what they are, someone handed me a spreadsheet 
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After Survival? Anything after the unaired pilot is fanfiction! This show peaked before it even began!
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This is where the “Doctor Who doesn’t have a canon” creates a lot of questions. There’s no rule as to what is and isn’t Doctor Who that “counts,” which makes it tougher to decide what should and shouldn’t be on a website like this.
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I mean you’ve got Big Finish’s Dorian Gray range on the site so Blake’s 7 isn’t too much of a strech from there…
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A Star Trek Guide sort of website would be a bit easier. Trek does have a canon, all of the official shows and films are canon, everything else isn’t. You could maybe extend it to include licenced non-canon works like novels, comics, Star Trek Online, but there’s some level of a standard to go on for Trek.
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There’s so much stuff that isn’t in the show/film canon on star trek you’d want to include, though…
Edit: And yes, I’ve read all the novels pictured at one point or another…
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Short answer:
Long answer:
She’s like Iris Wildthyme, but for the modern show instead of the classic series. I believe the character originated in James Wylder’s 10,000 Dawns series as a sort of Doctor equivalent/parody, but she’s made a few crossover apperances in the Coloth/New Faction Paradox/Charity Anthology space. In 2019, Wylder gave her her own series in the form of 13 serialized short stories on his website (12 episodes and a christmas special). This is the series that only has episode 5 on the site (surely the first four should be added at least)
In universe, she’s part of The Firmament, who are to the multiverse what the Time Lords are to time. They have functional equivalents to Tardises and regeneration, but they’re conceptually and mechanically very different (episode 2, Mortal Gods, really goes deep into the way their version of regeneration works, and it’s possibly my favorite of the lot). Lady Aesculapius rebelled from her stagnating society and now travels the multiverse with various companions, much like the doctor, but one level higher and slightly parodying, again like Iris Wildthyme
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Yeah, I don’t think it’s that difficult if you stick to stories that are obviously and explicitly licensed (or, to stretch it a little, are culturally significant in the fandom like BBV).
Just because a writer who has has their works published in official DW material decides to write their own DW book on the side doesn’t mean that that work should be automatically taken as canon/licensed. Likewise, just because someone gets the rights to some obscure character, writes a story for an indie publishing house with said character, which then spurs additional stories (published independently elsewhere) that are based off that already obscure/five-degrees removed story doesn’t mean those additional stories are canon or licensed either.
The Star Trek Alpha/Beta sites were a good way to do it for their fandom (where Alpha is explicitly official and Beta is EU/unlicensed). Saying that “any story on TARDIS Wiki[1] goes on TG” essentially means that every fan can upload their fan projects on there and get on TG.
That’s just my opinion. Again, I’m not saying anyone’s stories are bad.
(a website anyone can edit) ↩︎
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This only has one episode on the Guide
Why not just add the whole series???
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I mean yes, anyone can edit TARDIS Wiki, but it’s not like they don’t have administrators checking on things to make sure what’s there is accurate and the right level of licensing to be eligible for inclusion.
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Considering they have an entire page dedicated to a character that is plainly described as “fanfiction and unlicensed”, which has made it onto TG in various aspects, I’m skeptical. Looking at the page’s “history” tab, the admins of TARDIS Wiki are aware of its existence on the site also.
Likewise, I’ve found another page that mentions how something is fanfiction and beyond the scope of TARDIS Wiki, but yet when you click into that “something”, you find an entire (rather detailed) page detailing it where the word “fanfiction” is nowhere to be seen. That “something” isn’t on TG, but it is within the realm of something some users would like added.
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I’d assume if it didn’t fit their rules for inclusion, it wouldn’t be there. But, this is why it has to be a case by case basis.
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