# Talk:Mel Bush

According to the Past Doctor Adventures book Business Unusual, the Sixth Doctor had been on Earth in 1989 and after defeating The Master he met Mel.

I've changed it to 20th century to reflect the uncertain canonicity of the source. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Do we want to include the season listing in non-television appearances or not?  I suppose that since the Big Finish audio dramas are explicitly set in-between television stories, it could be OK, but the novels are a messier matter, and Head Games and Heritage are both set after Mel's travels with the Doctor are over anyway.  I think that if we start down this road it would be pretty easy to head into original research territory.  The placement of each story within the Doctor Who canon can be addressed at each novel or audio's page, anyway.
Also, if we're going to list comic stories and short stories, it would be good to include Doctor Who Magazine issue numbers and collection titles, respectively, so that readers are able to find the stories if they want to. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:22, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

(I've taken care of the comic and short story sources, and removed the season tags from everything except the television stories and the audios.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 00:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
i was just looking  at the list  of audio plays she appears in... can i ask what type of ordering system is been used in the list. i dont think it is alphabetical chronological or   by date?   nor do they seem to be published  acording to bigfinish season numbers.  can anyone explain this?  what  would be the best to use.. does wikipedia have a standard for such matters--Dr noire (talk) 21:16, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Where is it said in a TV story that the Doctor takes Mel back to his future after Trial of a Time Lord and then meets her again for the "first" time? I know that's the explanation used by the books, but is it ever explained canonically?

No it is only ever stated in the Target novel and Business Unusual. However, as this is the time it's discussed I think it's important to note. --Matt (talk) 21:25, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

When is Mel revealed to be vegetarian canonically?Andral (talk) 12:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

In the documentaries released on the Trial of a Time Lord DVDs, there's a close-up of a document written by Eric Saward about how Mel met the Doctor. Should that go in the article? I know it's not canon, but I think it'd be interesting to at least know how Saward intended for them to meet up. Davhorn (talk) 22:29, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mel Bush/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 00:04, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: DoctorWhoFan91 (talk · contribs) 06:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I'll take this one. Expect remarks in a few hours. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I'll go section by section. (P.S. I'm thinking of nominating Forest of the Dead again, would you like to review it?)


### Images
Any free images from the recent episodes, maybe?
I'd have to do some digging for that later but I can't guarantee there will be either way. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I won't hold it back from GA if there isn't
At a glance, nothing else. There might be something, but that'd require going through their entire video catalog, which is something I don't have time for.


### References
All fine


### Lead
All fine


### Character biography
Is there nothing to say of the six stories between her debut and departure?
I summarized them mostly because it would just be restating each episode's basic plot. Mel doesn't have a very big role in any of them akin to her modern appearances and summarizing the episodes again here would just bloat the plot unnecessarily. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
there must be some common elements, like whatever the polite version of "damsel in distress" or ""crybaby" that distracted from more important stories" is
nothing here too?
Sorry, just wanted to double check what I had. The sources don't really give a particular highlight to specific episodes, and mostly focus on era-wide personality. I did not include it in the plot section out of concern that this would be too opinionated, as the audience reaction to Mel's role feels more fitting in the development reception. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)


### Development
change "meeting" to "first meeting" in the first para, twice  Done
Umm, Pokelego999? DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 07:50, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
is more about her development than "no character arc"
What do you mean? Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
forgot "there no" between "is" and "more"
I included all I could find. I'm sure there's offline books with information that I could add, but they're things I can't access nor say that they have any more coverage in with any degree of certainty. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
(this goes for the above section too) anything to say about her Big Finish appeareances? maybe just a sentence or two at least
Nothing more that I could find. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)


### Reception
Mel's character was ... a better person.: Make into two sentences, it's a long sentence  Done
Any other site which talks about Mel, if it can be added?
This is everything I could find. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
A sentence or two about the reception of her Big Finish appearances, similarly, at least 2-3 sentences for her NuWho appearances, perhaps
There is no ability to expand this with what sources exist. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 17:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)


### Spot-check
Checking every 5th ref

Ref-1: show the Doctor meeting Mel for the first time ... The Sixth Doctor regenerated in the first scene of Season 24 ... Bonnie Langford would appear alongside a new Doctor ... not get to see her meeting the Sixth Doctor.
Ref-6: Mel is investigating ... Triad Technology and its leader Susan Triad (not the best source, but other GAs have passed despite it)
Ref-11: didn’t even return for a final regeneration episode, it wasn’t possible to cover his meeting with Mel.
Ref-16: Bonnie] decided she couldn’t take it anymore ... She decided to leave.
Ref-21: She said: "[Mel] felt she had to stop travelling the universe and actually, literally, get back to down to Earth and face the things she's been running away from."


### Overall
I'll go in detail later, but please make the paragraphs smaller. They get harder to read the longer they are. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

@DoctorWhoFan91: I didn't think they were that big to begin with, but it seems you've already resolved this. I'll take a look for potential free media when I'm home, but let me know if anything else needs to be done.
Maybe I just have a lower attention span. Feel free to revert them if you like, I just thought this would be faster than discussing it
I'm also down to review Forest of the Dead if you need it.Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! I'll put it up for review soon. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:13, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Put it up for review just now. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Finished the review, Pokelego999. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:01, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
@DoctorWhoFan91: responded to your above comments. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Responded, one change remains in the lead. Will pass after it is done and after a second read-through. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 07:50, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
@DoctorWhoFan91 Sorry! Missed that one. Fixed, let me know what else needs to be done. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:14, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Nothing comes up after a second read-through and a spot-check, passing to GA. Well done, more or less the best the article could be with the sources that are available. Congratulations, Pokelego999, keep up the good work. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 18:57, 31 October 2024 (UTC)