Talk:List of Doctor Who supporting characters

message: Does this really need a separate list? Could we put it in another Dr Who page?2toise 05:12, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: What page would you suggest? The main Doctor Who page is quite long enough as it is. —Paul A 05:23, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough, why not, there are sillier lists!2toise 08:47, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: Sil appears twice - Vengeance on Varos and Mindwarp. -khaosworks 16:21, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

text: Nope, they refer to The Ambassadors of Death. -khaosworks 16:21, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

text: I've never liked the organization of this page, but to list it in serial order would be messier. Far better to put it in alphabetical order. -khaosworks 16:21, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

text: Manually, AFAIK. -khaosworks 18:36, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorting the list

message: As the recent edit by anonip show, this page desperately needs some kind of organization and criteria for inclusion. This is one of the Doctor Who pages I've never liked - the Cyberman page being another - because it just looks wrong. A page of mere lists never strikes me as useful. Should we be spinning off sub-pages? Aliens, villains, companions, etc.? The concept of companions alone (especially given the discussion about who is or isn't a companion) might be deserving of its own page.
I'd like to hear what the other editors think before I eventually snap and start slashing. -khaosworks 16:32, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Page cleanup

message: I've often tried to "get into" Doctor Who, but when I get to see an episode, I never understand who it is he's with. This is why I look for lists such as this one. Here, on Wikipedia, I expected a short story of who each companion is, how they get to meet the Doctor and why they leave. This would indeed make the page more useful than the way it is now, if anyone has the time and courage to write about that. — Eje211 23:21, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion

message: Should the listings for the Doctor Who Magazine characters reflect what the magazine was actually called when they appeared in it?  That is, should Sharon say Doctor Who Weekly, and Sir Justin Doctor Who Monthly, et cetera?  Or does that just muddy the water? —Josiah Rowe 17:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  An ultra-pedantic question 

message: Someone really needs to update this page. Quote: "It is expected that Rose Tyler will stay at least through the 2006 season." That's not quite a direct quote, but it's close.
--MorwenofLossarnarch 14:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating 

message: * 'The new series (2005–) has slightly altered the significance of the companion status, partly due to a strong focus on the character of Rose Tyler and characters connected to her. For example, although Adam Mitchell was a companion by the standard definition, he appeared in only two episodes and was arguably a less significant part of the 2005 series than Rose's sometime boyfriend Mickey Smith, who was not technically a companion during the 2005 series, but appeared in five episodes (or six, including a brief appearance as a child in Father's Day).'
Whilst I agree with the point about the strong focus on Rose, is the Mickey/Adam bit valid? It's only the same as the relationship between recurring UNIT characters, (the Brigadier et al.), and Liz, Jo, Sarah and Harry. Yes, Adam did less than Mickey, so I think my issue is with the implication that this explains the change in the significance of the companion in the 2005 series. The strong focus on Rose was seemingly RTD's way to allow a new, (and indeed the old), audience to relate to the show, (the traditional role of a companion, just more overtly here), and the characters relating to her were an attempt to inject some reality and domesticity to the series. See what you think. Wolf of Fenric 23:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Description Detail

message: Since a more detail article on the "Companion" has been created at Companion (Doctor Who), there's no need to duplicate the information here, so I've made a link to that other article. 23skidoo 13:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Duplicated information

message: Under Other recurring or important characters, the Edit links don't correspond for each subsection after "recurring Time Lords" (because "characters from UNIT" data shows up in the "recurring Time Lords" subsection?), i.e. the edit link across the subsection directs to the following subsection instead of the one it is across from.  I don't know how to fix this.  Hopefully I'm making sense. Tehr 19:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit links misaligned

message: Surely the fact that the reporter played by Lachele Carl has now made 4 appearances in Doctor Who, ("Aliens of London"/"World War Three", "The Christmas Invasion" and "The Sound of Drums")  and an appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures, (Revenge of the Slitheen - Part Two) - the only character to make a crossover from Doctor Who other than Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 Mark IV thus far - warrents her a place on the list? I really do not see why people object to this extra person on the list. Wolf of Fenric 20:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In a nutshell, because the role is completely non-notable. We've no proof it is even the same character, as opposed to a generic, unnamed character. --Ckatzchatspy 07:54, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the fact that the character has been depicted as a reporter on each appearance and is played by the same actress is an indication that the character is the same person, despite being credited in alternative forms. I mean, no one claims that Doctor Who, Dr Who, The Doctor and The Old Doctor are four different people... Wolf of Fenric 20:18, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Plus, I would think the fact the character has crossed-over merits some notability. Wolf of Fenric 20:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reporter

message: I really think we can just delete Francine Jones and not include her at all, but for the sake of people who disagree (and so no one shouts at me) I'm putting this a merger discussion. There is no assertion of real-world notability, and the sources that there are are just the episodes she appeared in, rather than, say, concept and creation by producers/developers/etc. The televised history is just WP:PLOT imo. Harry Blue5 (talk) 19:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I just went ahead and redirect Francine Jones to this page. Harry Blue5 (talk) 21:07, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion 

message: I just deleted one character (Oliver Morgenstern) who appeared in only a single episode. If we're going to include all one-off characters this list will contain hundreds of names. Discounting those one-off characters identified as companions by the BBC, of course, other one-offs shouldn't be included. 68.146.64.9 (talk) 21:37, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Recurring' is the key word 

message: Should Susan Foreman and Romana be added as recurring Time Lord characters?  I know they are listed under the suitable companion lists, but should they also appear in this section too, as I feel that they do qualify.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nutster (talk • contribs) 23:38, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring Time Lord? 

message: These ones should stay on the list for there many apperances in my opion because they have bin in the most serials or a few serials and more in spin-offs or both or revived or still recurring to this day, or even iconic these ones seem the most important - 
*Autons and the Nestene Consciousness
*Cybermen and Cybermats
*Daleks
*Ice Warriors
*Judoon
*Macra
*Ogrons
*Ood
*Raxacoricofallapatorians (the Slitheen family's species)
*Silence 
*Silurians and Sea Devils
*Sontarans
*Thals
*Weeping Angels
*Yeti and the Great Intelligence
Note: the ones gone are - 
*Cats
*Demons
*Draconian
*Eternal (Doctor Who)
*Kaled
*The Pel
*Rutans
*Robotic Santa Clauses and Christmas Trees
*Sea Devils  alone (now listed next to Silurian, witch is there link!)
*Vortisaur 
*Werewolf 
*Weevils
*Zygons
  
If you agree with this ones to keep then good, if you have any arguments post them here (I don't want an edit war)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.139.104 (talk) 14:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring alien species, monsters or robots 

message: The Face of Boe is listed under both "Other recurring humans", and "Recurring or significant aliens, robots or characters of an unknown race". 
I think it would be most appropriate to remove him from the list of "Other recurring humans", and perhaps place a comment that he is possible human.
210.48.101.90 (talk) 10:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Face of Boe 

message: I don't actually recall Sophie and Craig's marital status, but her page on the Doctor Who wiki says "Sophie was Craig Owens's girlfriend and the mother of their son, Alfie Owens, though they were not married". So she's probably not Sophie Owens. 
Come to think of it, why's she considered a "main character", when Craig isn't listed at all? 86.138.253.238 (talk) 12:15, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Sophie Owens?

message: Is it "every guest star on Doctor Who ever"? Wouldn't it make more sense to only list non-companion recurring characters who've appeared in multiple stories? john k (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is this article supposed to be? 

message: What exactly divides major and secondary alien species?
Why are Ice Warriors, Silurians, Sontarans, etc considered major, while Zygons, Oods, Silence, etc are considered secondary? The Silence were quite significant species during The Eleventh Doctor stories.
In my opinion, the only ones that should be considered major are The Dalek, Cybermen, and the Time Lords. SirSX3 (talk) 13:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm moving them down. Please discuss here if anyone disagrees. SirSX3 (talk) 10:22, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major vs secondary recurring aliens