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Doctor Who: The Complete History

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To ascertain this fact for the WikiProject: Which copies of Doctor Who: The Complete History do we have on-hand? I've just completed work on Mel Bush, but feel as though the Complete History has a lot of information that would benefit her article's developmental information. While I do not expect the specific copies focusing on her to be on-hand, I did figure I would ask here in order for future reference. To be able to easily request information from it from other editors on the chance we know someone has access to a copy of The Complete History that we need would be greatly beneficial overall. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly certain all of them are on the Internet Archive. unfourtantely my current computer struggles to load pdfs so I struggle to read the books. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 02:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@OlifanofmrTennant I didn't notice this when you first shared it, but I'm fairly certain it's an unofficial upload, so I'm not sure if we'd even be allowed to use that at all. Would it be possible to ascertain the verifiability of the uploader, or if that upload is even allowed on the Archive in the first place? Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing preventing us from using them for research purposes, but we should absolutely not be linking to them per WP:COPYVIOEL. I removed several of these links, but it seems they continued to be added afterwards. Rhain (he/him) 22:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I saw some of the links had been delinked; I had linked them bcs I saw it on a few articles, didn't know they violated a guideline. Thank you for removing them. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:31, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, I personally bought the ones with Hell Bent/Husbands of River Song and Power of the Daleks/The Highlanders/The Underwater Menace/The Moonbase. Glimmer721 (talk) 17:01, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Potential new source?

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I've discovered that BBC One's website for Doctor Who contains cast lists, broadcast dates and times, and links to concept art and behind the scenes content for the revived era, going from Rose until Power of the Doctor. Would this be useful for citations? It's primary, but definitely very useful for some usually hard to find information. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:57, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who webste's Stories section also provides similar information, if it's worth anything. -- Alex_21 TALK 08:16, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alex 21 it might be worth linking both then. Either way both seem highly usable. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:31, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added links to both and additionally also added The Complete History as a source for editors to look into. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rankings to be used for reception sections

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Hi, I'd thought I would pass on some rankings that can be used in reception sections for most episodes!

Hope this helps!! Feel free to add more Glimmer721 (talk) 23:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sharing! I actually started working on a summary of the DWM rankings a while ago but never finished it; I've just published it here. Hopefully it can work as an easy to find this information when writing episode articles. Rhain (he/him) 05:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lost in Time

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Does anybody have back issues of DWM from around 2004? Is there anything in there about the Lost in Time DVD set? Particularly concerning my Keep !vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost in Time (Doctor Who). Also, regarding the same AfD, does anybody have Alan Kistler's Doctor Who: A History? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • This WikiProject probably should have been notified about that AfD. In any case, here are some articles from DWM around that time:
    I've responded over there too, but unfortunately Kistler's book doesn't refer to the DVD. There's also Larsen, Joachim (October 2006). Larsen, Henrik (ed.). "Tid til Doctor Who" [Time for Doctor Who]. Obskuriøst (in Danish). No. 10. pp. 16–21. and a brief mention in Cartmel, Andrew (20 December 2005). Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who. A & C Black. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-826-41734-3. In utter contrast to the thoughtless devastation that was wrought at the time, the BBC has recently compiled a painstaking DVD collection (appropriately entitled Lost in Time) which lovingly collects and restores all the surviving fragments of the incomplete episodes. It's a splendid piece of work and the thoughtful and well written notes that accompany the set do their best to explain and justify what happened, stating that the individuals responsible for this pillage were 'just ordinary people doing their jobs in terms of the need and assumptions of the day.' that may be relevant, though likely only tangentially. Rhain (he/him) 00:18, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Technically, we were notified, in this edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm aware; my point was that a proper talk page notification would have been appropriate. Rhain (he/him) 22:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies. I'm admittedly concerned that posting them here counts as canvassing of some sort, but I'll try to send a notice of bigger discussions like this here in the future. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 19:19, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pokelego999: The {{subst:Afd notice}} template may be used on the talk pages of page creators, significant contributors, and interested Wikiprojects, in a way that does not violate WP:CANVAS. The specific guideline is WP:APPNOTE. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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This is a notice that there is currently a Miscellany for deletion for the following drafts:
Draft:Doctor Who series 17
Draft:Doctor Who series 16
Draft:Sixteenth Doctor
Draft:Seventeenth Doctor
All editors are welcome to contribute to the discussion to help reach a consensus. Mjks28 (talk) 22:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notable novels

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Over the next couple days I plan to look through a large chunk of the novels to identify the ones that may survive at AFD and the ones that wouldn't. Then I'll file a bundle nomination.

Batch 1

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Salvageable

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  1. Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio book not book)
  2. The Silent Stars Go By (Abnett novel)
  3. Return of the Living Dad (sent to AFD for resercrh purposes)
  4. History 101 (novel)

Unnotable

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  1. Apollo 23
  2. The King's Dragon
  3. Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)
  4. Matrix (Perry and Tucker novel)
  5. Peacemaker (novel)
  6. Parasite (Mortimore novel)
  7. Evolution (Peel novel)
  8. Happy Endings (novel)
  9. Speed of Flight
  10. Martha in the Mirror
  11. Managra
  12. The Deviant Strain
  13. Heritage (novel)
  14. Winner Takes All (novel)
  15. Only Human (novel)
  16. The Stealers of Dreams
  17. The Price of Paradise
  18. The Nightmare of Black Island
  19. Escape Velocity (novel)
  20. Placebo Effect (novel)

Batch 1 complete. Out of 25 checked 4 were usable, not a great sign... Well at that rate the project is on track to becoming the next WP:TV taskforce Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 08:02, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Batch 2

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I am going to look through the 11th and 12th Doctor novels to help. (also removed a book you had repeated twice). P.S. I have checked around ten dozen articles in the last three months, around 80 of which were tagged with failing notability, and also had no sources after I checked.

Notable

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  1. The Blood Cell (12th)
  2. The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (might be better merged)
  3. The Silent Stars Go By (Abnett novel)
  4. The Coming of the Terraphiles

Unnotable

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  1. Apollo 23
  2. Nuclear Time
  3. Night of the Humans
  4. Hunter's Moon (Finch novel)
  5. The Forgotten Army (definite delete, as a redirect would be bad)
  6. Dead of Winter (Goss novel)
  7. The Glamour Chase
  8. Paradox Lost
  9. The Way Through the Woods (McCormack novel)
There probably needs to be a taskforce, as most book stubs under the project are un notable. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 13:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Batch 3

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I will note that the salvageable section is the articles I think may have a chance at AFD I would bet that atleast one of them would go down. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:03, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the purpose of these, two reviews is needed to establish notability. Would DWM count towards that? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DWM is not independent, so I would assume it can't be used to establish notability. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It’s technically independent in a wobbly wibbly sense. It’s officially licensed but published by Panini Comics not the BBC. Though it more or less has been considered an official magazine Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but the BBC authorizes Panini to publish them- if they wanted, they could just allow someone else to do so- the licensing of DWM by BBC is probably gonna last as long as the show itself. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Probably longer, if issues 156 to 353 are any indication. Rhain (he/him) 13:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Given the number of DW book stubs that exist, not to mention the BF audios, Wilderness Years 2.0 will have even more stories than now. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@OlifanofmrTennant for the books that are guaranteed non-notable, I'd suggest BLARing them since they're very obviously non-notable if they have next to no coverage, and the BLAR process means we don't have to dedicate as many AfDs to this subject. For the other books, or for any guaranteed non-notable you feel may be controversial, I'd suggest sending them by AfD if you still feel they aren't notable. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 00:38, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
noted. I'll begin getting through batch 1. I'll put some of the ones that may survive AFD at AFD to see just to be safe. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Random comment, but what's the depth of coverage for Human Nature? It might be worthwhile merging it to Human Nature (Doctor Who) since that is a definitely notable subject and Human Nature's novel has significant overlap in with the episode. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 15:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I searched for it, and might have found one source, of it starting out as a fanfiction (though there might be more sources, but they are buried underneath such a common phrase). Every other source in the article mentions the adaption, so a merge would be best- might be good to start a merger proposal, and pinging the wikiproject. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I actually have it, here's the entry from my private book list:
I bought it soon after it was published, at the time I was buying each of the "New Adventures"/"Missing Adventures" as they came out. I stopped when I had piled up about fifty, and have still not read them all. Human Nature is still on my "unread" list, although I loved the TV episode (I picked up the "My parents were Sydney and Verity" line immediately, without having to wind back to hear it again). --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Salvagable

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  1. The Cabinet of Light
  2. Human Nature (novel)
  3. The Krillitane Storm
  4. The Doctor Trap
  5. Beautiful Chaos (Russell novel)

Unnotable

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  1. The Dalek Factor
  2. Blood and Hope
  3. Shell Shock (novella)
  4. Wonderland (novella)
  5. Foreign Devils (novella)
  6. Time and Relative
  7. Synthespians™
  8. The Infinity Doctors
  9. Palace of the Red Sun
  10. Blue Box (novel) (I will admit there may be sources buried under other things)
  11. Spiral Scratch (novel)
  12. I am a Dalek
  13. Code of the Krillitanes
  14. Sting of the Zygons
  15. Wetworld
  16. The Pirate Loop
  17. Shining Darkness
  18. The Slitheen Excursion
  19. Prisoner of the Daleks
  20. The Eyeless

Barnstar

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Anyone know that this existed?

Found it by accident when browsing commons. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 14:08, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@OlifanofmrTennant I had seen it on some older talk pages but I had assumed it had been retired or fallen out of fashion since it wasn't present on our main page. It might be worth bringing back given the work so many edtors have been doing lately. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:09, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I could throw a mention of the barnstar template in the newsletter to bring more awareness to it? TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
that would be great! Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:36, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pick up a review

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I was looking over some the list and reliesed if we can get two more GAs by the end of the year we will have had our second most GAs in a year with 21. Beating 2012 (36) may be out of reach as it would require significantly more planning and strategy and suitable writing topics. And to be fair 2012 did have some reviews that possibly may not have been up to code Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on Last Christmas (as there is going to be a Christmas DYK set), so I'll probably review one after that's done; those could be our two reviews. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can take on one of the reviews later today. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 15:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Pokelego999 and OlifanofmrTennant: I was wondering, given that we all are actively editing- I could review the 2022 specials and Pokelego999 could review series 14. We would just have series 13 and the list left then, which are both being worked on, and series 15, which would just need to be peer-reviewed due to it being inherently unstable pre-broadcast. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think we just have to wait on S15 Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It would probably be around August/September 2025 by the time we have enough info for that to be a GA, by which time series 16 would probably already be in mainspace. We could restrict the topic to broadcasted series perhaps, or peer review it per WP:GT?#3c, as is suggested on the goals page. But we can decide on that later when the remaining 3.5 articles and lists get reviewed. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be down to review Series 14 Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 18:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]