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Possible Adaptation for TV

At this point it's just 'net rumor (so not applicable to the article), but word has it that episodes 8 (title TBA) & 9 (Family of Blood) of Series 3 also written by Paul Cornell) will be an adaptation of this novel. All that's really known is that the story takes place in the same time period, but that's enough to get tongues wagging. -- MisterHand 21:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to Outpost Gallifrey the episodes will also feature several characters by the same name as those in the novel which makes the rumor a bit more plausible. Jccalhoun 04:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did this book have the Jack Straws in it? I've never read it... oh, I'm new by the way...--Sekhmort 19:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation

Now that the title of episode 8 of the forthcoming series has been confirmed as Human Nature, I've added content about it at Human Nature (Doctor Who episode). I've submitted Human Nature (Doctor Who novel) for speedy deletion so that I can move this page across to there later (with this acting as a redirect to there). I believe that administrators can move straight over the existing page - if this is easier, please go ahead. Hope this is OK. Silver Nemesis 20:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How the novels fit into the continuity

Does the fact that the 10th Doctor adventure 'Human Nature' is essentially a TV adaptation of the 7th Doctor Novel 'Human Nature' effectively confirm that the novels take place in a separate continuity to the TV series? Or am I reading too deep into things? Chris Evo

It'll probably keep the canon of the novel vague.(84.69.7.145 17:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)).[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. —innotata 00:58, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(non-admin closure)

Human Nature (Cornell novel) → Human Nature (novel) – As of this moment, no other novels available with title "Human Nature". --Relisted. j3j3j3 ...pfH0wHz 14:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC) j3j3j3 ...pfH0wHz 11:28, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. The page used to be at Human Nature (Doctor Who novel), to distinguish it from Human Nature (Doctor Who episode), but on March 27 Robsinden (talk · contribs) moved it to Human Nature (Cornell novel), citing WP:NCBOOKS. However, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)#Standard disambiguation says:

If further disambiguation is needed, add the author's surname in parentheses: "(Orwell novel)", "(Asimov short story)", etc. In this case it is not advised to leave out the qualifier of which type of book it is, unless completely redundant, which may happen for some non-fiction books like Histories (Herodotus)/Histories (Tacitus).

A book which is part of a series may be disambiguated by series title, especially if this would result in a more recognizable title, such as with The Underground (Animorphs) or Betrayal (Star Wars novel).

However, the last sentence was added by BDD (talk · contribs) on March 28, a day after Robsinden (talk · contribs) moved this page, which to me suggests a possible relationship between the two. It's not completely clear to me whether there is a consensus supporting the use of series titles or not.

That said, in the absence of any other novel named Human Nature, I suppose that Human Nature (novel) is as good a title as any, so weak support. But I'd be interested in hearing more from the supporters of (Doctor Who novel) and (Cornell novel), if any exist. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 15:14, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support The current disambiguator is over-precise. Josiah, I believe I added that sentence after observing that it seemed to be an accepted practice. I hadn't seen this page before. --BDD (talk) 16:09, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for clarifying. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 21:30, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ - ping nom User:Josiah Rowe User:BDD once something is disambiguated there is rarely any benefit in trimming the dab, in this case A Treatise of Human Nature (1739) is 300+ times described as "Hume's Human Nature" but Donald Winnicott also has an article on en.wp, and although his posthumous Human Nature wasn't in the article, after looking at it on Amazon.com it's notable to be added, so have done so. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:47, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Neither A Treatise on Human Nature nor Human Nature by Donald Winnicott is a novel. Both are non-fiction, so the disambiguator (novel) couldn't be applied to either. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:47, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indifferent - okay true enough, actually the loss of "Cornell" doesn't inform anyway, as it is a franchise book, putting the author name on it is pretty meaningless. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:53, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and I would support moving back to Human Nature (Doctor Who novel) for that reason. While I added the NCBOOKS language cited above as a reflection of practice rather than my own opinion, I probably wouldn't've done so if I didn't think it was a good idea anyway. --BDD (talk) 21:08, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support per User:Josiah Rowe. If articles on other notable Human Nature novels are subsequently created, we can move it back. — AjaxSmack 02:04, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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