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Characters

The Doctor

Doctors

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Garriefisher (talk)

Discussion

Should we also include Dr. Who, the War Doctor, the Fugitive Doctor and/or the Valeyard? Mr Sitcom (talk) 01:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say yes for War and Fugitive. No strong opinion on the other two. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:38, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say no for all four, there is barely any reliable source saying much about War and Fugitive(even The Doctor only mentions them in other and not the main list), and if they are not included, there would be no point for the other two either, even if they might have reliable sources. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 05:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the Fugitive Doctor:

Regarding the War Doctor:

The sources exist, it would just take improving the articles. I suppose Martin as Fugitive is more debatable as she was only ever credited as a guest star, but Hurt was credited in the opening sequence of DotD along with Smith and Tennant, meaning he did technically headline the series. If we're including the Eighth Doctor based on that bar, then War should be included as well. I feel less strongly about Dr. Who since he wasn't in the main television series. The Valeyard is up for debate. TheDoctorWho (talk) 06:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not just about appearances though. Most of the coverage for War and Fugitive is that they appeared in a few episodes; War has some audio stories, but Fugitive does not even have that at the moment, and audio stories barely get any coverage as compared to the TV stories, with Eight only getting extensive coverage because he has appeared in so many. Same for the Valeyard as War and Fugitive. We should definitely not include Dr. Who though, even the Shalka Doctor is more related to the story than him. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:38, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say include Fugitive and War, as they are decently notable, but Valeyard and Dr. Who should be excluded. Tbh I'd honestly say those may be liable to AfD due to notability concerns, but I'd have to research that. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:21, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actors

Participants

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) (1 GA, 1 suptopic)

Discussion

Sixth Doctor

9 articles

Colin Baker

The Sixth Doctor Adventures

"A Fix with Sontarans"

The Twin Dilemma

Doctor Who season 22

Doctor Who season 23

Peri Brown

Mel Bush

Participants

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)

Discussion

Ninth Doctor

6 articles

Doctor Who series 1 ^(subtopic)

Christopher Eccleston

Participants

DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)

Discussion

Eleventh Doctor

Participants

Pokelego999

Discussion

Would this also include video games starring Smith as the Doctor?

The Adventure Games

Evacuation Earth

Return to Earth

The Mazes of Time

The Eternity Clock

Or any of his other theatrical/television appearances?

Doctor Who Live

The Crash of the Elysium

The Science of Doctor Who

– Rhain ☔ (he/him) 21:25, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No strong opinion on this either way, BUT if we're adding those, I feel like we'd also need to consider adding in "The End of Time" and "Deep Breath". I don't feel like the current proposed topic has gaps without them, but if we start including expanded media content, it feels weird to exclude things that are in the source material (even more so with the inclusion of DotD). TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:44, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I considered those too, but I don't think they're necessary as they're essentially cameos (whereas the expanded media and Death of the Doctor are generally much more focused on the Eleventh Doctor). – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 05:03, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair point. Like I said, no strong opinion on any of them. I definitely wouldn't oppose if the expanded media were included and the cameos weren't. I just thought discussion on it may come up at one point or another and it made more sense to decide sooner rather than later. TheDoctorWho (talk) 05:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm not sure I have a very strong opinion about it either, but it crossed my mind with this Doctor in particular—which makes sense considering how much additional content featured Smith compared to the others. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 05:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of those articles could do with re-evaluation or expansion before being included, but excluding that, I mainly based this on the Twelfth Doctor one below, which only includes major televised content (Including the Class episode). This can definitely be changed but I feel throwing everything the character appeared in wouldn't really be worthwhile and is not necessary to get an expansive topic on a character. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I figured that's what it was based on, but technically we don't have a precedent for a topic like this so it's still worth discussing. For the sake of completeness, it seems logical to include extended media, since there's nothing about the topic that seems to specifically limit it to television appearances (in which case, some novels may also be within scope). – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 03:20, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhain in that case we should probably determine exactly what falls into the scope of the Topic or not, and we'd need to determine what is and isn't notable. Random Novels probably are going to be AfD'd at some point anyway, and minor cameos probably don't need to be incorporated, but something like The Adventure Games I concur could probably do with being added. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree the novel articles are likely eligible for redirection/deletion anyway, but until then they're worth mentioning. I also agree that small cameos are unnecessary, but significant appearances (like the video games) are likely worth including unless we determine the scope is limited to television (which may also be valid). – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 03:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll leave that up to other editors to decide. @OlifanofmrTennant in particular may be interested in this since her Twelfth Doctor goal may be affected by this as well. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:53, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That topic would definitely be impacted less, to be fair, as there's currently only one novel article. There's an argument to be made that Doctor Who: Legacy and possibly Lego Dimensions could qualify, but I'm mostly apathetic there, and the only other possible inclusion is "From the Doctor to My Son Thomas", but that's already FA so no work required. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 06:34, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If we were to expand to video games then Legacy is a yes. Dimensions is a hard maybe, while the Doctor does play a supporting role in it's story he isn't the lead. Similar to Wikipedia:Good topics/Hulk video games. It's prime AFD material Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree: the argument for Lego Dimensions is far weaker, but something to consider. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 06:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I'd take any excuse to write about Lego Dimensions Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:50, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I feel that an argument to exclude them could be found under criteria 1b. "The articles or lists have a clear similarity with each other under a well-defined topical scope." I feel that including novels and video games would be to broad. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's certainly fair, though there's an argument to be made that the topic itself is already quite broad (especially per criteria 1(c)). I suppose the scope could be limited specifically to "Eleventh Doctor on television"—not that the topic itself should be named that, but perhaps something to keep in mind when nominating. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 06:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twelfth Doctor

9 articles

Doctor Who series 8

Doctor Who series 9

Doctor Who series 10 ^(subtopic)

"For Tonight We Might Die"

Participants

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)
DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)
Garriefisher (talk)
Pokelego999 (talk)

Discussion

Companions

Participants

DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)
Pokelego999 (talk)
Mr Sitcom (talk)
Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)

Discussion

Maybe with only five spinoff companions vs the 43? TV companions they could be moved to a subtopic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlifanofmrTennant (talk • contribs) 19:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- moved out spin offs Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I will be using User:Pokelego999/sandbox/WikiProject Doctor Who Fictional Elements Priority Order in order to collect sources regarding any of these characters as I research them. I intend to try and work on improving Mel Bush soon. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 12:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spin-off companions

Doctor Who spin-off companions

6 articles

Participants

Discussion

Seasons/Series

Season 3

Doctor Who season 3

11 articles

Galaxy 4

"Mission to the Unknown"

The Myth Makers

The Daleks' Master Plan

The Massacre

The Ark

The Celestial Toymaker

The Gunfighters

The Savages

The War Machines

Participants: Glimmer721; Rhain ☔ (he/him)

Discussion

Season 4

Doctor Who season 4

9 articles

The Smugglers

The Tenth Planet

The Power of the Daleks

The Highlanders

The Underwater Menace

The Moonbase

The Macra Terror

The Faceless Ones

The Evil of the Daleks

Participants

Glimmer721

Discussion

I have significantly improved The Power of the Daleks and am working on The Moonbase. Glimmer721 (talk) 00:23, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report: Power of the Daleks I want some advice on how detailed that home media release section should be; The Moonbase has all the information I could find so far and mostly needs plot cleanup. Glimmer721 (talk) 20:45, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Glimmer721 I'd check how much of the information there can even be cited. I think it's likely good as it is, but it needs citations to be verifiable.

I did a plot rewrite for The Moonbase to help out with that, and it now manages to squeeze under the 400 word episode limit. I'd do some more prose rewrites in spots, as there's still a lot of opinionated language in places. I'd also split the large Reception paragraph into two. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:23, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Season 12

Doctor Who season 12

9 articles

Robot

The Ark in Space

The Sontaran Experiment

Genesis of the Daleks

Revenge of the Cybermen

Participants

Glimmer721

Discussion

I did Genesis a looooong time ago, but the others have a lot of promise, too. Particularly Robot. Glimmer721 (talk) 02:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Season 13

Doctor Who season 13

9 articles

Terror of the Zygons

Planet of Evil

Pyramids of Mars

The Android Invasion

The Brain of Morbius

The Seeds of Doom

Participants

Discussion

Series 1

Doctor Who series 1

13 articles

"Rose"

"The End of the World"

"Dalek"

"Boom Town"

"Bad Wolf"

"The Parting of the Ways"

Participants

DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)

Discussion

Series 4

Doctor Who series 4

15 articles

"Time Crash"

"Voyage of the Damned"

"Partners in Crime"

"The Fires of Pompeii"

"Planet of the Ood"

"The Sontaran Stratagem"

"The Poison Sky"

"The Doctor's Daughter"

"The Unicorn and the Wasp"

"Silence in the Library"

"Forest of the Dead"

"Midnight"

"Turn Left"

"The Stolen Earth"

"Journey's End"

Participants

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)
TheDoctorWho (talk)
DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)
Garriefisher (talk)

Discussion

This YouTube channel has a number of full-length Confidential episodes, you may find it useful for earlier series number topics, there's a playlist specifically for series 4. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:24, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DoctorWhoFan91: Would you by any chance be interested in co-noming Journey's End? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 04:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sure, though it does need a lot of work. The DWM edition for series 4 has the finale at 20 pages, so it will take some time to make all the changes to "production". DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 07:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Specials

Doctor Who specials (2013)

4 articles

"The Night of the Doctor"

"The Day of the Doctor"

"The Time of the Doctor"

Participants

Alex 21 (1 GA)
Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)
DoctorWhoFan91 (talk)
Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk)

Discussion

If this were to be completed ALL Matt Smith episodes would be GA. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:45, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The temptation to do work on Day of the Doctor despite the fact I'm busy already is very strong. Might try doing Night of the Doctor though given that article is relatively short and seems easy enough to improve. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Series 7

Doctor Who series 7

15 articles

"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"

"Asylum of the Daleks"

"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"

"A Town Called Mercy"

"The Power of Three"

"The Angels Take Manhattan"

"The Bells of Saint John"

"The Rings of Akhaten"

"Cold War"

"Hide"

"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"

"The Crimson Horror"

"Nightmare in Silver"

"The Name of the Doctor"

Participants

Glimmer721 (12 noms)
Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) (1 nom; 1 co-nom)
Pokelego999 (1 co-nom; 1 review)
Garriefisher (talk)

Discussion

Umm, shouldn't this be moved to the completed section? DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:03, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not until the topic is promoted to GT, I imagine. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 12:40, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Completed =D~~ Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:32, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is reopped as the minisode

P.S. (Doctor Who) and

Good as Gold (Doctor Who) need to be brought up to par with the others. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 04:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: would you have any interest in getting the minisode up to GA? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to help where I can! I may not have a chance to do much until after the holiday weekend is over, but I should be able to split my time between these and series 13. TheDoctorWho (talk) 06:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Series 10

Doctor Who series 10

15 articles

"The Return of Doctor Mysterio"

"The Pilot"

"Smile"

"Thin Ice"

"Knock Knock"

"Oxygen "

"Extremis"

"The Pyramid at the End of the World"

"The Lie of the Land"

"Empress of Mars"

"The Eaters of Light"

"World Enough and Time"

"The Doctor Falls"

"Twice Upon a Time"

Participants

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her)
TheDoctorWho (talk)
Glimmer721
Garriefisher (talk)

Discussion

2022 Specials

Doctor Who specials (2022)

4 articles

"Eve of the Daleks"

"Legend of the Sea Devils"

"The Power of the Doctor"

Participants

Discussion

@TheDoctorWho: would you be intrested in conominating the final article in the set? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 22:57, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, anytime!

Let me know if there's any particular section(s) you plan on working on, and I can focus on the others. TheDoctorWho (talk) 05:48, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Series 14

Doctor Who series 14

10 articles

File:Doctor Who Logo 2023.svg

"The Church on Ruby Road"

"Space Babies"

"The Devil's Chord"

"Boom"

"73 Yards"

"Dot and Bubble"

"Rogue"

"The Legend of Ruby Sunday"

"Empire of Death"

Participants

Discussion

Episodes

Overall

Lists of Doctor Who episodes

7 articles

1963–1989 ^(subtopic)

2005–present ^(subtopic)

Supplementary episodes

Christmas and New Year's specials ^(subtopic)

Missing episodes

Unmade episodes

Participants

Discussion

Dare we say there's an endless number of topics to work towards? A subtopic specifically for missing Doctor Who episodes may be another possible one. TheDoctorWho (talk) 05:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone has any ideas to how we can promote 2005-present to FL? I tried making it like that of the classic era, but that list's FL is so ancient, it would probably end up demoted too instead^[Joke]. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably like a standerd episode list, though you do raise a good point with the classic episodes. It may be worth dedicating sometime to sprusing it up a bit Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see it being that difficult to get promoted. Making sure sourcing is up to par, including phasing out Doctor Who News where possible, is something that needs addressed, I might also suggest a slight overhaul of the lead, it's very generalized and about the programme as a whole, containing very little information about Doctor Who since 2005 itself, which I could see being a potential critique.

Perhaps we could start with the 2005 list, get it up to current FL standards, and then reverse model it back to the classic era to ensure that both are where they should be. TheDoctorWho (talk) 20:52, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1963–1989

Participants

Discussion

2005–present

Participants

Discussion

This one may have to wait a bit considering that Doctor Who series 15 would also have to become a GA before this could become a GT. That likely won't happen until after that season has concluded broadcasting. TheDoctorWho (talk) 05:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, series 15 would only need to be peer reviewed, per WP:GT?#3c. That being said, by the time series 2, 13, 14, and the 2022 specials have been promoted, series 15 could probably be nominated anyway. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 05:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We should probably put series 15 for peer review when the last of the above gets picked up for GAN review- which, because of the GAN backlog drive, should probably be first week of Feb or earlier. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 14:08, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I plan to work on Doctor Who series 13 next month, and with TheDoctorWho working on the 2022 specials, we would probably get everything promoted by the end of the year, or January(as it will have a GAN Backlog Drive). DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be willing to help out with series 13, as well as co-nom a GAN, once you get around to it. It should give me just enough time to wrap up work on the 2022 specials. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:37, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to help out on Series 13, TheDoctorWho- I can do the part which involves reading through the Yearbook and reviews, and you can add info per the BTS videos (they are linked on its talk page already)? Good job on the 2022 specials btw. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, I'd love to!

I should hopefully be able to start on this over the next few days, within a week at the latest. Shouldn't take me too long with the amount of content that is available. TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed many of the issues, and only a few remain. I might not be able to edit properly for the next few days, so I have GANed it already, as they take time to get picked up, and so you can add the info between now and then. Feel free to add yourself as co-nom. Also, I have sent you a source on Discord which can be useful, but can be hard to find online. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:05, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I'm a tad busy currently with the holiday, but I should definitely have time to buckle down and knock it out after Sunday (which will presumably still be well before the nomination is picked up). It looks like you've already added quite a bit, I'll see what else I can pull from the videos and any other online source I find. I've responded on Discord. TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:04, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pokelego999, DoctorWhoFan91, and Pokelego999: pinging you guys here for ease of discussion without having to paste this update multiple places. I'm experiencing a bit of burnout right now in terms of major research and writing projects. I still plan on helping out where and when I'm feeling up for it, but don't currently feel comfortable making specific promises on when I'll have specific things done.

That said, it doesn't really seem to be affecting any of my back-end work, so I'll still help out with the newsletter, and participate in discussions, and work on all of my GAN's that have already been nominated or co-nominated. Outside of that, I'll likely keep making minor updates to things I see that need fixing.

This type of burnout doesn't typically last long for me, so I hope that I'll be back to my regular participation levels by the time series 15 airs for me so we can hopefully work towards a GT for that while it's airing. In the meantime, when I do feel like making more significant edits I'll probably focus on series 13 first given that it's already been nominated for GA. After that I'll move on to the series 7 mini-episodes (I honestly don't expect the series 7 GT to get demoted tomorrow or anything given that we've had a discussion about what we're working towards and know what we need to do). TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:35, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(@OlifanofmrTennant: accidentally pinged Pokelego999 twice instead of you to the above update.) TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hope the burnout ends soon. Glad you told us. (I can try to make the edits to series 13 if you want-there is a GAN backlog drive next month, so I think it will be unreviewed for atleast this month, so take your time). DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 22:55, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't push yourself if you aren't up for it. Take as much time as you need. Enjoy the break man! Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:18, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas and New Year's specials

Participants

Discussion: I have re-classified The Husbands of River Song as B-class. I know I need to get my act together to nominate it but I'm just stuck on how to make the plot summary smaller... Glimmer721 (talk) 00:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Glimmer721: I was planning to lend a hand and shorten it for you but Rhain and DoctorWhoFan have gotten it down to 391 Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:47, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! I think some sourcing needs to be fixed but otherwise, it's almost nomination ready?? (I haven't done this in like 10 years lol) Glimmer721 (talk) 15:17, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the article, and it does look nom-ready (the sourcing can definitely be better though). Great work, I think you should nom it. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 16:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the sourcing best I could! I think I will wait until next week because I am busy this week, but yay! Glimmer721 (talk) 16:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Glimmer721: I think you forgot to nominate it. Also, I'm working on "Last Christmas", in case you are looking for another article to help nominate. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I got busy again...I'm more available next week? I'm just afraid of being away for a couple of days at a time. Perhaps co-nominating is best? Glimmer721 (talk) 03:27, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I nominated it! Sorry about the delay. It seems like there is a backlog anyway. Glimmer721 (talk) 16:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]