Talk:John Simm

message: I seem to remember John playing character called Posh Robert (?) who's DAD was trying to shut a play area. He was a runaway who helped the kids in court against his father. I think It was called Oasis(?) but it was well before any of these mentioned.
Does any body else?? 217.45.248.97 14:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oasis childrens' TV 

message: Was John Simm really in Spaced becaused i've got both box-sets and cant see him.--Wiggstar69 10:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, especially considering the spoiler quality of showing 'Mr.Saxon' without warning. Has anybody got a Life On Mars picture they can supply? 90.240.12.88 00:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A Google search for "Sam Tyler" returns plenty of suitable images. However I am unfamiliar with the copyright issues. The dark nerd 11:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No fair use image should be used, only free use ones. Gran2 15:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I would, but the uploader hasn't added another photo since last year, so I don't they would ever change the license as they would never use their account again. Gran2 21:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spaced? 

message: If you see tha the infobox has been changed from an actor one, please revert it back, John is an actor and so an actor infobox should be used. Also, any fair use image in the infobox should be removed. Gran2 07:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: I've listed this page at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection as this page has become a repeated target for vandalism over the last month. WindsorFan 18:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protection request 

message: Why has this article been fully protected? There doesn't seem to be any major dispute going on. ShaleZero 16:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There isn't, it was just some random IP deciding to change the infobox and add a fair use image repeatedly. We requested semi, they gave us full. Ah well. Gran2 18:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection 

message: Looking closely at that picture, I don't think it looks like John Simm, but Derek Jacobi, and if I recall the episode correctly it's too early in the sequence to be Simm.  As a depiction of the Master's regeneration it's fine, but someone else should have a close look to decide which actor is in that specific screengrab.  MartinMcCann 10:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Replaced.  Will (talk) 15:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regeneration screenshot 

message: This article currently says Simm studied the "Stanislavski School of method acting."  This strikes me as strange because pure Stanislavski style acting and "method" acting are two different things.  The "method", if I'm not mistaken was created by students of Stanislavski...so while they share some basic principles, they are different things.  Anyway, does anyone have a reference for this fact? 66.222.122.69
:I've added a citation request to the relevant point in the article.  Mark H Wilkinson 08:36, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Stanislavski School of method acting." 

message: I can't help but think that this picture is not really ideal. It is more of a picture of the Master than John Simm. Can someone get a better picture? NFreak007 12:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Master with laser screwdriver picture 

message: The note about Simm getting the role of the 11th Doctor Who after David Tennent has been deleted - why?  20:34, 11th November 2007 (GMT)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.108.72 (talk)  
:It has been removed because of the source - the News of the World is a thoroughly unreliable tabloid, and thus the text doesn't even warrant a "rumour" mention. --Ckatzchatspy 01:59, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's also proved to be false http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a79627/simm-to-replace-tennant-in-doctor-who.html -- Halo2 Talk 18:27, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is false, John Simm was only seen on the set of the show, which could mean anything, and personally I think The Master is back. mickyfitz13 Talk 18:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Somehow, I couldn't see the Doctor regenerating into a clone of The Master... mattbuck 18:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 11th Doctor rumour

message: Can anyone confirm that claim of Simm having been in The Bill as "a psycho"?  Of course, it not being on IMDB doesn't mean it didn't happen, but I'd love to know which ep that was. Snowgrouse (talk) 16:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Bill

message: "Episode 18" - This website has already been stated to me as an unreliable source by [User:Magnius]. I have to disagree with that. The visual resources on this page are more realiable than any other website I have found. It is very clear that John Simm has been spotted during the filming of Doctor Who's specials. Whoever has put this site together has got sources far closer than most on Wikipedia, so I cannot understand why this is being disputed. -
Clackson101 (talk) 18:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a self-published source and therefore not reliable. Just because it's a photograph doesn't mean it actually shows what they claim it shows. Unless a reputable, professionally published source, is prepared to publish, we can't use it. As it happens, we do have some sources that meet WP:RS, which are now in this article. Personally, I think there's no need to rush to get information into articles. This is an encyclopedia, not a news site. Maccy69 (talk) 22:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

text: That was not a circumstance in which a self-published source is acceptable. As I said, above, the point is now moot because we do now have reliable sources for his appearance. To quote the article: In 2007, Simm was chosen by Russell T Davies to play the Master, the nemesis of The Doctor in the long-running BBC series Doctor Who. He appeared in the final three episodes of series three: "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords". He will also be appearing in a two-part special, showing over Christmas 2009,[6][7] although his exact role has not been confirmed.[8] Nothing to do with spoilers, everything to do with reliable sources. Maccy69 (talk) 18:03, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Nonsense. And a personal attack to boot. Please apologise. Look at the history: I didn't revert any of your changes, but three separate editors did. The consensus of those editors is clearly that your source was not suitable. All I've done is try to explain why that is, and I don't appreciate being attacked for it. Furthermore, all I did was copy the source from 2009 Christmas specials (Doctor Who) - a very minor contribution. No individual's contribution is noticeable by the general reader, so why you think this has something to do with ego completely escapes me. Maccy69 (talk) 17:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

text: "Is very pathetic" is a personal attack as is "it is an ego-complex". Do you stand by those statements? Actually, I'm not that bothered by it, but your attitude and phrasing isn't going to help when working with other editors, so it might be worth thinking about. To make things clear, for the last time, I didn't remove any of your edits - that was done by other editors, not me. All I did was copy the well sourced additions from another article 2009 Christmas specials (Doctor Who) (again, done for that article by a different editor, not me) to this article. At the time I did this, there was no reference to Simm's upcoming appearance in Doctor Who because three separate editors, all of whom are not me, had reverted your changes. I added the source and then added this page to my watch list. It was then I saw your original message and took the time to explain why your source doesn't meet WP:V and to point out that his appearance has been sourced now anyway. For some reason you've taken this to mean that I am on some sort of ego trip to replace your source with mine. That's simply not the case: it's not my source (another editor found it); and it's the opinions of other editors that lead to your additions being removed in the first place. Please stop giving me motivations I don't have. Anyway, that's it from me and I'm glad you're not edit-warring over this. I will say, though, that if you use that blog as a source again it's extremely likely to be reverted (I'll leave well alone, but others won't). If you want to argue it's an exception to WP:SPS then I suggest you make your case at WP:RSN first. Maccy69 (talk) 20:48, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Simm returning to Doctor Who in the 2009 Specials 

message: Erm... not sure if it's a troll, but we could use an article photo with less of a hostile fake smile. Unless whoever edited that in is on a mission to preach the "John is a grumpy git" thing, which is not particularily NPOV. Or is this one of those instances where some fans can't recognise an expression like that and just think it's cute? Now that he's done a convention, you'd think we'd have more pics of him looking neutral or smiling. The previous photo wasn't that great with the shades and all, but at least he wasn't giving a "f*** off" look to the camera. I've reverted back to the previous one.--Snowgrouse (talk) 08:52, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on John Simm. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100221083028/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23713270-life-on-mars-star-john-simm-takes-the-stage-to-be-near-his-children.do to http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23713270-life-on-mars-star-john-simm-takes-the-stage-to-be-near-his-children.do
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 23:05, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on John Simm. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080131173414/http://www.dwscifi.com/interviews/99-john-simm-clocks-and-robbers to http://www.dwscifi.com/interviews/99-john-simm-clocks-and-robbers
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070213053020/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2258800.ece to http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2258800.ece
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 22:20, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Has this been edited by his agent or what? There are far too many instances of words such as acclaimed and far too few citations. - Sitush (talk) 06:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peacock stuff