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Talk:Jo Grant

message: Didn't an alternate universe version of Jo appear in the New Adventures book Blood Heat? If so, should that appearence not also be added to this page? Alan-WK 22:11, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate Jo? 

message: This article is mostly "in-universe" - where is the information about how and why the character was created and cast? What were viewers' and critics' reactions? There's nothing about that side of things. Totnesmartin 22:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How much more work needs to be done to justify removing that tag (ie. does anyone have further ideas on what ought to be done)? --Mark H Wilkinson (t, c) 12:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone ahead and removed the tag - excellent work on the real-world info; we could use that in a lot of other articles as well. --Brian Olsen 18:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you.  I had thought of looking at some of the other supporting characters (there doesn't appear to be much RW stuff on the Brig, despite being a significant part of the show's history).  The only problem is that my "library" isn't quite in good order, with much of it stored in boxes; I don't really trust using too many online sources. --Mark H Wilkinson (t, c) 18:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't got much in the way of real world sources either, unfortunately, and I agree the reference books are generally better than web sites. Good work with this article nevertheless. --Brian Olsen 18:37, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Real world stuff on the Brig? what about Nicholas Courtney's autobiography? probably worth hunting down, as is Jon Pertwee's if you can find it. Totnesmartin 20:05, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In-universe 

message: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-04-25/ive-been-a-naughty-girl---doctor-who-companion-katy-manning-interviewed bit congratulary butb lots of plaudits. Will add Eshlare (talk) 02:54, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Source
Talk:Hex (Doctor Who)

message: If anyone can get a decent scan of the cover to The Settling, there's a good picture of Hex we can crop out for this article.  An image of the character would illustrate the article better than one of the actor. Rob T Firefly 00:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to echo Rob's request, especially since the image of Philip Olivier is about to be deleted as replaceable fair use.  A crop from The Settling would be more appropriate for the article and would have a better fair use rationale. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 08:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I cropped a low-res version out of the cover scan we have.  It'll serve the purpose until something better comes along. Rob T Firefly 14:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of Hex
Talk:Grace Holloway

message: ----
Well?  Has anyone read about her other few adventures with the Doctor?  I imagine a lot of people would appreciate to at least have an idea what "unofficially" happened between the two upon their next meeting.
:The only licensed appearance of Grace following the TVM was in the comic strip The Fallen (not counting a cameo in The Flood). I've written a brief summary. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 09:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

message: Why is Grace Holloway supposedly independently notable of the Doctor Who film? I don't believe she is.~ZytheTalk to me! 19:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: because whoovians like her, i think thats not a big problem, the film is cult and we dont need to save space like in print media in here or why do you think it should be the same page? any particular reason why not expand it and keep it here? 2001:9E8:636A:5200:448E:36F2:69A0:93AD (talk) 17:46, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Sam Jones (Doctor Who)

message: Could she be the first of the Doctor's comopanions to suffer from the eating disorder? I mean, she is described in The Eight Doctors as being wiry and thin at length, and perhaps it's worth noting. NP Chilla 12:25, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: People can be thin without being anorexic. Is there anything that actually says she's anorexic? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 13:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's been a couple of years since I read the novel The Eight Doctors, but I distinctly remember that the slimness of the girl was very much discussed at length during her introductory passage (a là The Doctor's garlic breath in World Game); and the Doctor Who Magazine Special: The Complete Eighth Doctor mentions, in a section by Matt Michael, that she is "Paper-thin", and gives the general impression that this could be a disorder of some sort. NP Chilla 16:36, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ummm, that's the problem. "General impression" is so subjective. I would really have to read the exact context to see how strong the implication is before I can offer an opinion either way. Failing that, I'd suggest erring on the conservative side of verifiability, i.e. don't mention it. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 16:48, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're probably right. NP Chilla 20:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Sam anorexic? 

message: Dark Sam, whom he found living as a drug addict in a London bedsit.
ICBW, but my memory is that, while Dark Sam had drugs experience, she wasn't an addict. There was a key point in Unnatural History where her history changed so that she was, and she was very different from the "standard" Dark Sam. Daibhid C 22:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've checked, and I was right, so I'll just tweak that bit Daibhid C 13:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dark Sam
Talk:Antonio García Gutiérrez

message: he died
:*Undoubtedly. Spanish Wikipedia has it that he died 6 August 1884 rather than 26, though, and was born 5 July 1813 rather than 4 October. Who's got better evidence behind them? ELSchissel (talk) 13:49, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sara Kingdom

message: Which episodes of her single adventure did she appear in? Asa01 23:45, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Parts 4-12. I've added that. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 00:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How many episodes?

message: I was going through the companions putting their appearances in a list (as discussed at WT:WHO), but wasn't sure whether it's needed here.  Sara appeared in only one television serial and one published short story that I know of, and they're both already mentioned.  Should I bother with the standard-format list as well?
Also, where is "The Last Song I'll Ever Sing" from?  I don't see it at DWRG. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 08:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's from Missing Pieces. Not an "official" licensed product as such, but with sufficient contributions from pro Doctor Who writers to lift it above your average fanfic. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 08:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, right.  I even have that one... —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 09:39, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearances 

message: Everything interesting or notable about the character belongs at The Daleks' Master Plan. I fail to see why Sarah Kingdom is independently notable of it.~ZytheTalk to me! 19:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: a valid point, disappointing that no one gas addressed it. GraemeLeggett (talk) 05:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge?
Talk:Trix MacMillan

message: Any objections to moving this to Trix MacMillan, in line with Charley Pollard, Dodo Chaplet and Peri Brown? (I won't propose moving Melanie Bush because Mel Bush strikes me as aesthetically unpleasing) --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:57, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, especially as she may or may not be Patricia MacMillan anyway Tim! (talk) 10:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Has this been cited/confirmed anywhere? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Confirmed or not, if it wasn't intentional it's a hell of a coincidence.  Given the Douglas Adams/Doctor Who connection, I think we could find a wording that notes the near-identical names without saying anything about intentions. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I'm going to go with the possibility that the name's a homage to HHGTTG, and have added a small paragraph mentioning the possibility.  No, it's not 'fact', but I think it's a pretty reasonable proposition.  - 207.67.145.193 18:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Miranda (Doctor Who)

message: The Tardis Index File wiki gives her last name as Dawkins. 68.146.64.9 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Last name?

message: I dig this entry. But my queshion is if this chick's character was ever on the TV SHow, Doctor Who?  I aint never seen the show, but I would be totally interested in seeing what chick they gots to play this lady on TV.  We should totally include it in the wiki, if it makes sensed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.36.165 (talk) 04:48, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No. When the title for "The Doctor's Daughter" was announced I thought she might make a cameo, but she didn't. Shiroi Hane (talk) 17:23, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was this Chick on the actual TV show?
Talk:Nyssa (Doctor Who)

message: I've reformatted the page, and no doubt made it a damn sight uglier. What's the general opinion on the way it looks now? --El Zoof 04:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reformat 

message: What was wrong with this info that used to be on the page?
"Nyssa was a child of aristocratic privilege, gifted with a brilliant intellect, an expertise in bioelectronics, and a gentle, sensitive and compassionate soul. She was often the peacekeeper among the crew of the TARDIS, serving as a calm centre to her fellow companions, Adric and Tegan."
This info was there when I first looked up the article, and found it helpful to actually have something on her personality rather than just what happened to her during the series. Besides, if the article is ABOUT Nyssa, surely it's important to go into what the character was like, and this account seems like an accurate and well-written one. Should the text be put back? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.19.114.0 (talk) 12:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character info 

message: Now I accept that we should have Shockeye of the Quarncing Grig, but this seems a little strange. Isn't it just Nyssa? Or should we then have "Jamie of Earth", "Susan of Gallifrey", as titles for those characters? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct I think. I checked the official BBC homepage entry on her and they do not use the "of Traken" as well. So I moved the article to "Nyssa (Doctor Who)" and removed the bit from the article. So#Why 20:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nyssa "of Traken"?
Talk:Charley Pollard

message: The article assumes that it was "Charley/Mila" who died in the explosion in Blue Forgotten Planet, and that it was the original Charley who survived and worked with the Viryans to alter the Doctor's memories.  I agree that that seems more likely, both from a character standpoint and by the expectations of dramatic structure; however, the audio itself is deliberately ambiguous about which Charley survived.  There's an earlier scene in which the original Charley tells Charley/Mila her whole backstory, which means that the Charley who talks to the Doctor at the end could be Mila talking about the Charley whose identity she stole.  And at the end of that scene, the Doctor asks, "Which one are you?  Are you Charlotte Pollard?" and "Charley" responds, "We both were."
The script (which BF subscribers can download) is even clearer that it could be either one: a stage direction says "[WE DON’T KNOW WHICH CHARLEY CALLED OUT AND WHICH SHUT OFF THE DISSEMINATOR AND DIED.]" and from that point on the character is identified in the dialogue markers as "A CHARLOTTE POLLARD".
So unless someone disagrees in the next few days, I'll edit the article (and the Mila section of the spin-off companions article) to reflect this ambiguity. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue Forgotten Planet 
Talk:Ben and Polly (Doctor Who)

message: I have a question regarding Polly's surname of Wright. I had heard that Wright came from Polly's original character notes. If this is so shouldn't Polly be listed in the Companion Lists under the W's? As far as I know, Melanie's surname of Bush was never heard in the series but came from Mel's original character notes and yet she's still listed in the Companion List under B.
If Mel's surname of Bush can be accepted if it's only from the character notes then so can Polly's surname of Wright. -- Alan-WK 20:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The difference is that Polly's last name was never made public at the time, while Mel's last name was used in contemporary publicity and promotional literature. So it was never used in the same way that Mel's was. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wright 

message: Revmoved categories per WP:INCOMPATIBLE. Christian75 (talk) 20:54, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Quote from the page: "Another example is when a single article covers things known by multiple names, such as a person who is known in multiple fields of endeavour under different names, a merged article about three different newspapers, or a sketch comedy television show whose name exists on Wikipedia as a redirect to the comedy troupe that created it. In such a case, consideration needs to be given to which title should be reflected in an individual category. ". This is a merge of two different people, and the categories should be on this page, but on the two redirects. Christian75 (talk) 18:58, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Categories
Talk:Liz Shaw

message: Let me make this as clear as I can, with the room afforded me here. The meaning of "UNIT" was changed because the United Nations withdrew permission to use their name. If the BBC radio was to produce a Who audio adventure set in this period with good vocal doubles for Pertwee, John, Courtney, et.al., as the 3rd Doctor, Liz, the Brig, etc., they would not be allowed to say that UNIT stands for "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce", but if plot requirements were to mandate stating the organization's full name, "Unified..." would have to be given. Come to that, this is already true of any UNIT era-set Past Doctor novels or comics. Anyone looking up this article is doing so today, so that perspective has to be dealt with. It is not "total rubbish". Live with it. --Tbrittreid (talk) 21:06, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  UNIT
Talk:Morland Brewery

message: Feebtlas 22:27, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Beer box

message: I've reverted the anon edits just now - since although there probably was some valuable data included, the incorrect formatting changes made the text unreadable. Please read up on editing Wikipedia before re-attempting these changes. Thanks, Ian Cairns 22:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Explain reversion

message: This page has it listed as 2000, the Greene King page has it listed as 1999, press also says 1999. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/greene-king-to-close-brewery-in-pounds-219m-takeover-of-morland-1101925.html Mr Jolly (talk) 05:38, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Mr Jolly  I see in the source you have given that a takeover was agreed in 1999 but no mention of it having taken place. The source in the Greene King article does not say it had taken place in 1999. The source in this article does not say the deal had gone through. It looks like a new source is needed for it having been completed.06:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

text: User:SovalValtos Hello, https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/5064618.ales-well-as-abingdon-to-brew-beer-again/ This article mentions the take over was completed in 1999 and Greene King themselves say 1999 too. https://www.greeneking.co.uk/our-company/our-history/ Mr Jolly (talk) 10:46, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Mr Jolly Shame the Oxford paper used the ambiguous spelling 'completing' rather than 'completed' but probably still the best source for you to use in all the articles.SovalValtos (talk) 10:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Greene King Takeover
Talk:Ssard

message: I'm not sure whether there is a lot more to say about this character.  In fact, despite their appearances in two different media, I wonder if Ssard and Stacy Townsend ought to be merged into List of minor Doctor Who companions. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:02, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There's very little else, unless we want to delve into a summary of what happened in the Radio Times strips. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:20, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Ok having read all the strips, that is all that there is. Stub removed! Tim! (talk) 14:30, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub?  Merge? 

message: What's the basis for dating Descendance and Ascendance to 3998?  Placebo Effect's set in 3999, and suggests that Ssard's someone from Mars's "warlike past" who's had to acclimatise himself to 40th-century living [p31].  Phil PH (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 11:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  3998?
Talk:Atlantic hurricane records

message: These "records" overlap heavily with those at List of notable tropical cyclones.  Either those records should *all* be split off into this list (which should be renamed List of notable Atlantic hurricanes) or this list should be merged in there. And yes, I agree all lists of records should be turned into templates that can be included on hurricane article pages (like . Jdorje 22:30, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

message: At least one "record" here is flat-out wrong.  I suspect many others are.  Any record that you cannot provide a source for should be removed. Jdorje 01:37, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not the way it works.  All of the records need to be confirmed.  If it cannot be confirmed, it is not a record.  I'm not blaming you specifically here; throughout all the current season's articles people have taken every opportunity to insert any sort of "record" they can find (most of them probably are records but are useless since accurate data only goes back about 10 years, but that's another issue).  But in many cases people just take offhand remarks by weather forecasters and then claim on wikipedia that they are records.  But that's not the way records work -- they need sources. Jdorje 08:07, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I do admit I did not confirm all of them.  I have been meaning to take the HURDAT file I downloaded from the NHC and write a program to parse it and get statistics from it, but I have not finished it.  The page should be left as disputed, until I, or someone else can provide notations for each record.
The question that comes up now is, how do you document a record that has been researched, but does not appear on any other webpage, book, or source as a record?  For example, maybe a silly record like "the only hurricane ever in the 3rd week of June"(don't know if it really exists)?  You would have to go over all the records, and confirm it yourself.  Is this considered original research, if the data it was created from is available?  Whenever I get that program done, it'll be posted as open source so that others can use it.
--Mcmillen76 12:38, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of sources 

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thread_title: Improvement drive
Talk:Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)

message: Should we add Terror of the Zygons (regular) to his "last appearance" in the infobox? Percy Snoodle 12:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last appearance 

message: Given that he is referred to as Harry rather than Sullivan throughout the series, I've changed the article to reflect this, which seems fairly consistent with other characters. --El Zoof 05:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Harry" not "Sullivan" 

message: You can say "speculation" all you like, but the idea that the naval surgeon who worked for UNIT and Porton Down, is familiar with the Zygons, and the Doctor considers an imbecile might not be Harry is on a par with suggesting that the Doctor might have taken a different mouthy Australian to Heathrow at some point, so that line from "The Crimson Horror" shouldn't be on the Tegan Jovanka page. 86.167.130.233 (talk) 14:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zygon Invasion
Talk:Stacy Townsend

message: What's the source for the 2220 and 2246 dates in this article?  I can't find anything in the Radio Times strips or Placebo Effect.  I'm also unconvinced by the 3998 dating for "Ascendance" and "Descendance" -- Placebo Effect p31 suggests that Ssard's someone from Mars's "warlike past" who's had to acclimatise himself to 40th-century living. Phil PH (talk) 12:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating?
Talk:Barbara Wright (Doctor Who)

message: Similar to the question I asked at Talk:Ian Chesterton — the following was recently commented out of this article:
:Jacqueline Hill returned to the series in 1980, guest starring in the Fourth Doctor serial Meglos as the priestess Lexa.
Again, I understand the reasoning (it's about Jacqueline Hill, not Barbara Wright), but I think it's worth some discussion among Doctor Who editors.  Relevant? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I'll put it back. It may not be specifically relevant, but it's still reasonably useful information. --El Zoof 04:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I really don't object to the removal per se — I just think it's worth talking about.  I could go either way, myself. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jacqueline Hill/Lexa: relevant here or not?
Talk:Magnetic weapon

message: What's the point of this article? It's basically a disambig. for the two magnetic weapons there are - rail drivers and coil guns, with a small summary of their function. Might aswell make this a redirect. Joffeloff 20:14, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Redundant

message: This article does not include any citations to support the facts represented. There is no clear indication of where the facts came from and lack a fuller explanation and examples. The viewpoints of the inventors are underrepresented in this article which I believe would add more substance to the article. --Hopeprost (talk) 02:31, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations
Talk:Alvar Hanso

message: I've just snipped a bit of text about Alvar Hanso being an anagram of Sharon Alva, and a bit about bigspaceship1.org (as oppose to .com). This particular website is not registered to ABC according to a whois lookup. --Tomcage9 22:41, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, and neither is .com. --Tomcage9 18:58, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: bigspaceship.org
Wikipedia talk:Files for deletion/2005 November 5

message: I've added an awful lot of images to this list, but I have been going back over my edit history and realised I uploaded many images during my early time at Wikipedia without realising copyrighted material wasn't acceptable. Sorry about the hastle, but these images need to be deleted and replaced with copyleft ones. Harro5 22:55, 5 November 2005 (UTC)