Talk:Owen Harper

message: I think something should be added about what might be called his "sexual ethics", based on both his use of the spray and the website's background check, but I don't know the best way of phrasing it. Daibhid C 23:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've given it a stab anyway. It probably needs tidying up. Daibhid C 22:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

text: For some reason I don't think Owen is bisexual. Out of everyone he is the most hetero. - Luke  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.72.194 (talk) 03:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I highly doubt that he's homosexual.  If I remember the episode correctly he seemed to use the spray to avoid a conflict with the man, not to make out with him. --Phoenix Hacker (talk) 01:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

text: re his ethics, I know that many fans (most including those at the "behind the sofa" blog) do not approve of his use of the pheremone sprey, as it efectivly removes free will, and could be classed as a date-rape drug. I feel that this controversy is worth mentioning.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Will Tingle (talk • contribs) 14:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Owen's sexual ethics

message: Just because he wrote up a profile on someone once, doesn't mean he's a "trained psychologist." The rest of the info about him contradict this -- Owen trained as a medical doctor and then  worked in A&E with the aim of being a surgeon, so it's doubtful he was ever a trained psychologist. Also, does the info in the Torchwood books count, and should it be added (to the main article or in its own section in the article) because they give a lot of details about Owen's former life and how he came to join Torchwood, etc. 172.143.65.240 02:00, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The general practice for Doctor Who articles has been to add the information, but state its source clearly; we generally also add a note indicating that the novels are "of unclear canonicity".  The BBC has never made a clear statement about what is and isn't canon for Doctor Who or, now, for Torchwood, so it's original research either to suggest that they're as canonical as the television series or to state clearly that they're not. For good examples of how it's been handled in Doctor Who character articles, see Susan Foreman, Romana and Peri Brown; you'll see that info from non-telly sources is usually separated out into "other appearances", so that readers can make up their own minds about how much it "counts". —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Psychologist? and novels

message: Should the fact that this character is now dead be included in the article? - TheProf07 (talk) 22:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Add on, i was think more of its own section as oppose to a small part at the bottom of the page:) TheProf07 (talk) 22:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: He's dead!

message: The second series has shown Owen calling himself "King of the Weevils" but is this because he was possessed by Death in Dead Man Walking or because he fought them off in Combat?  90.198.228.28 (talk) 11:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's ambiguous.~ZytheTalk to me! 12:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but I was wondering whether it should be mentioned.  Then again, there's not much evidence about the Weevil's fear of him between Combat and Dead Man Walking, so... Arraitchjee (talk) 16:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we'd just be speculating Ged UK (talk) 16:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: King of the Weevils?

message: The text on canon removed in my recent edit didn't need to be said, just as one wouldn't quibble about "canon" in other works whose writers lack that particular obsession.  It would probably be better to reserve annotations about canon to articles on subjects that have a coherent concept of canon. In particular, quoting the concept of canon adopted by the maintainers of a fan site, who openly admit that the BBC does not pander to their obsessions, is grossly inappropriate. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 00:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think your choice of words might be aggressive. Simply stating that there is no coherent canon shows the reader that the Television and Literature sections don't necessarily refer to one complete, unabridged story. It's not a manner of appropriate, it's a manner of writing in an out-of-universe style.~ZytheTalk to me! 16:59, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Canon

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thread_title:  owen je t admire amanda