I remember that - not for the doctor shift, but the visitor shift - the player who played the "visitor" just made up the fake history. XD I didn't know anything about it, which was totally cool with me because it made things way more interesting.
But said player was also completely familiar with my fandom, since...we have chars in the same fandom, so. D: I would, as Tad said above, suggest doing the wiki before a doctor came around. It's especially useful, too, for the chars who are telepaths.
As for the wiki - Yup. Make a new page for the fandom first if the fandom page has yet to be created. Then attached to that would be your character page. HOWEVER. You technically don't have to fill out anything on the fandom page yet. Just stick in the template headings ("World", etc) and then leave it blank. You can just fill it in later. ^^ The most important part is your character info, and not so much their world's canon unless it plays a vital role to your character (but you can always put such explanations in your character page, too).
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But said player was also completely familiar with my fandom, since...we have chars in the same fandom, so. D: I would, as Tad said above, suggest doing the wiki before a doctor came around. It's especially useful, too, for the chars who are telepaths.
As for the wiki - Yup. Make a new page for the fandom first if the fandom page has yet to be created. Then attached to that would be your character page. HOWEVER. You technically don't have to fill out anything on the fandom page yet. Just stick in the template headings ("World", etc) and then leave it blank. You can just fill it in later. ^^ The most important part is your character info, and not so much their world's canon unless it plays a vital role to your character (but you can always put such explanations in your character page, too).
Uh. Yeah. Hope that helps? XD;;;;